Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi and Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi exchanged views about preparations for the upcoming Arbaeen ceremony.

Within the series of visits of the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine from the prominent religious figures, the eminence religious authority Sheikh Bashir Al-Najafi and the his accompanying delegation had the honour to visit the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine on Wednesday 27th of Dhi Al-Qi'dah 1437 AH, corresponding to the 31st of August 2016 to perform the rituals of the Ziyarat and prayer.

A group of Iranian Quran activists from the holy city of Mashhad participated in a Quran recitation session organized at the holy shrine of Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala, Iraq.

Allamah Rajah Nasir Abbas Jafari said the Takfiris want us to abandon our beliefs and want us to stop our mourning ceremonies for Imam al-Husayn and not object to the current situation.

The office of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi hereby announces that his eminence has sent no one to establish his delegation for this years Hajj pilgrimage from Iraq and any such news is completely false.

The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says Saudi Arabia continues to withhold all cooperation toward compensating the victims of a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals last year.

Iraqi security forces reported that great plan of terrorism in Kadhimiya has been failed, target of these terrorists were visitors of Imam Musa Kazim (A.S) and Imam Jawad (A.S) and Iraqi security forces have captured an explosive laden truck.

Ameerul Mo’mineen Center for Translation that belongs to the Intellectual and Cultural Affairs Department translates some new books into French. The books are given to the Publications Division in order to print and publish them.

Sayyid Nazar Habl al-Mateen, the secretary general, received the Iranian choir for Islamic stanzas. He welcomed them and commended their job considering it one of the messages of Ahlul Bayt’s culture.

More than 100,000 Iranians have so far registered at the Samah website, launched to facilitate sending pilgrims to Iraq’s holy sites on Arbaeen, an official said.

A seminar titled “Iraqi Style of Quran Recitation; A Major Heritage” was organized on the sidelines of “Amir al-Qurra” national Quranic plan in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq.

During a ceremony held on the weekend in Karbala, the youngest and oldest Iraqi memorizers of the entire Quran were honored.

The member of Islamic Thought and Cultural Institute’s knowledge board while pointing towards the teachings of Islam regarding killing in Islam said that terrorism is the name of killing based on ignorance which has no Sharia argument in favor.

The Chief Imam of Area 10 Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Yahya Al-Yolawi, on Friday reportedly advised intending pilgrims to settle their debts and leave their wills behind before travelling to Saudi Arabia.

The Iraqi embassy in Tehran and its consulates in three other cities as of next week will start issuing visas for Iranians wishing to take part in Arbaeen pilgrimage to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala.

Some 2300 travel agencies in different parts of Iran have been tasked with receiving travel documents of those willing to take part in this year’s Arbaeen march, an official said.

More than a dozen civilians lost their lives in a powerful bomb explosion that ripped through a residential neighborhood in Iraq’s central province of Karbala.

Razavi hospital's nuclear medicine department, for the first time in the country and the region has produced gallium-based radiopharmaceuticals and reached the clinical operation.

An official delegation of Popular Volunteers Forces from Babil province – Musayyib branch visited Imam Ali Holy Shrine. The delegation headed by Mr. Qasim Rahim al-Mamouri, the head of Musayyib Council and the head of the Council of logistical support for Popular Volunteers Forces visited Imam Ali Holy Shrine, where he was met by Mr. Mazin al-Asadi, the official from internal relations in the public relations department.

Sayyid Nazar Habl al-Mateen, the secretary general, received some representatives of some civil society organizations who offer separate humanitarian voluntary services.