Tag: Shiite
In Iraq, pro-Iran Shiite parties lead provincial elections
After Monday’s vote, preliminary results of the provincial council election show pro-Iran Shiite parties in the lead in the majority of the country’s 15 provinces subject to voting. 1 min…
Iraq: Shiite parties urge Washington to release Iraqi funds intended for Iran
As temperatures rise in Iraq and reach 50 degrees in the south and the capital, power outages are increasing. Behind these power cuts hides a blockage of trade with Iran.…
the Islamic State group claims deadly attack in a Shiite shrine in Shiraz
At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday in the southern city of Shiraz in an attack in the main Shiite Muslim shrine in southern Iran and claimed by the…
Shiite leader Sadr’s call to his supporters in Iraq: ‘Withdraw from the area in 1 hour’
The leader of the Sadr Movement in Iraq, Muqtada es-Sadr, stated that he regrets what has happened in the country since yesterday and asked his supporters, who were fighting on…
Shiite imam murdered in knife attack
The knife attack on Tuesday, April 5, against three Iranian Shiite clerics, one of whom died, came to darken the Ramadan fast in Iran. An attack that could fuel tensions…