MNA Tehran's interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi condemned empty human rights inaction regarding oppressed people in Nigeria, Kashmir and elsewhere. We should pray with optimism and hope for people of Kashmir that are now under oppression, for Shias in Nigeria that empty human rights have done nothing for them, for Shias in Bahrain ...

MNA Three people were killed and dozens injured when security forces opened fire on Ashura processions in a number of areas in Nigeria. According to a statement by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a joint team of Nigerian police and army opened fire on the participants in the Ashura procession, which commemorated the martyrdom of Imam ...

MNA Nigerias senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky returned to his hometown after sabotaging attempts of the Nigerian government on the process of his treatment in India, Al-Alam news network reported. Meanwhile, leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria had earlier informed of his return to Nigeria in a video message. Nigerian government ...

MNA Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Leader of Nigerias Islamic Movement in a video message on Thu. said that Nigerian government has given incorrect and false information to India government about his health condition. Nigerian government has created problem over giving accurate information to Indian government about my health condition, so I prefer ...

IRNA Iran on Tuesday offered medical assistance to Nigerian Muslim Leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife planning to go to India for medical treatment. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Iran is ready to help Nigerian Muslim leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife planning to go to India for medical treatment. He ...

MNA Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday that Nigerian authorities are responsible for the health and safety of Nigerias Shia top cleric Sheikh Zakzaky. Sheikh Zakzaki is among great Islamic figures. The Nigerian authorities are responsible for his safety ...

MNA Nigerian politicians, especially those from Northern extraction, view Shia Islam as a threat to the majority Sunni Islam. This isnt peculiar to Nigeria. Globally, Shia Muslims are not generally viewed positively. In Nigeria, they have been accused of not recognizing the Nigerian state and of trying to run a parallel government. There is also ...

MNA Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the killing of peaceful Shia Nigerians by the army. The massacre of peaceful marchers attending Arbaeen procession is by no means justifiable, Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a tweet on Tuesday, few days after the killing of 16 Shia marchers ...

MNA Iran has strongly denounced the recent deadly incident in Nigeria in which several Shia mourners were killed by security forces. RIranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi on Mondayhighlighted the need to respect religious ceremonies held by Shia Muslims in the country. We have received conflicting news about the incident,...

MNA According to media reports, the Nigerian Army has martyred 10 members of the Shia protesters during Arbaeen procession at Zuba in central Nigeria Sat. Thousands of memebrs of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) took part in Arbaeen religous procession at Zuba in the FCT (Federal Capital Territory) in central Nigeria, where the capital ...

MNA Zakzaky is a religious leader in detention for ideological reasons and peaceful political criticism but the tricky point is that the government labels him with violence to keep him in prison forever. Its been 1000 days of Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzakys wrongful incarceration along with his wife and other associates since the Zaria massacre ...

IRNA - Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has turned down a government proposal to halt his activities in return for his release from prison. Zakzakys wife said the senior Muslim cleric had stressed that he would not give up the decades-long activities of the Islamic Movement, the Beirut-based Islam Times reported....

Press TV - One person has been reportedly killed and several others injured after members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) clashed with the police in the capital Abuja. The police, using tear gas and live ammunitions, forcefully dispersed Shia protesters demanding the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, at the Unity Fountain ...

FNA - The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) said the government in Abuja plans to keep the movement's Leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah in detention until they die. "Are the tyrants holding the brave Sheikh captive waiting for time to kill him since Allah has rescued him from their attempt to kill him using their military might?" ...

Financial Tribune- Irans largest automaker Iran Khodro is set to offer two of its locally manufactured sedan models, namely Samand and Peugeot 405, to join Nigerias taxi fleet. Hassan Golchubian, IKCOs exports director for the Middle East and Africa, believes that the automotive company can secure a significant share of the automotive market in ...

Alwaght- Nigeria is the most populated African state with a population of about 170 million. Being a federal republic located in West Africa, the country also holds the title of the third-largest Muslim nation. Nigeria is home to the largest community of Muslims in Africa, with the north of the country being the center of their concentration. The ...

Press TV - The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has said the government's release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky will not placate calls for the Shia cleric's immediate release. On Sunday, the IMN released a statement stressing that it will continue with its peaceful demonstrations until their leader released. There ...

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, rumored to have died in detention, has made his first public appearance since he was illegally detained by security forces in 2015. Zakzaky, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), told reporters in the capitalAbujaon Saturday that he was alive ...

Press TV - Nigerian government forces have attacked protesters calling for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, killing at least one person. The protester was killed on Sunday in the northwestern state of Kaduna amid widespread demonstrations which were held in over 50 separate locations....

IRNA - Police in Nigeria have tear-gassed crowds in the capital Abuja to break up a religious procession in the city marking 40 days from the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussain in 680AD, London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission reported on Friday. Videos and photographs from the scene show pandemonium and panic ...