The Islamic Republic has had the deadliest outbreak of the virus, also known as COVID-19, outside of its epicentre in China. Iranian authorities have arrested a man who was seen licking a Shia ...

A caravan of Shia Muslims from Uzbekistan has paid a visit to Imam Reza shrine on the eve of holy month of Ramadan.

Sayyida Zeinab has been the site of past attacks on Shia pilgrims by IS — which takes an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels. In 2023, a motorcycle planted ...