Islam

According to a decision of the Iranian government, it will be mandatory for employees recruited to the executive authorities to be able to read the Koran, Iranian internet newspaper khorasannews.com reported today.

Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani has sent congratulatory letters to the parliamentary speakers of Muslim countries on occasion of the beginning of Ramadan, the Iranian news agency MEHR reported.

Malaysian authorities have cancelled an upcoming concert by Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo for insulting Islam in his songs, officials said Wednesday.

The attempts of holding revolutionary coup, started last week, continue in Egypt. It is in the spotlight of the world for the last days. The fact that the number of dead and wounded is increasing every day, shows that the revolution was accomplished, and Mubarak's regime defeated.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims are converging on the Iraqi holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arbaeen.

Iran is boycotting the Congress of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Abu Dhabi.

Iranian lawmaker Kazem Jalali says the Islamic Republic will not attend the upcoming extraordinary summit of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union (IIPU) in Abu Dhabi, Press TV reported.

Sources told the German Press Agency dpa that the two discussed "various issues that concern the two countries" including how important the holy Shiite city of Najaf and the whole of Iraq is to Iran's highest religious authority.

Caretaker of Iran's Foreign Ministry Ali-Akbar Salehi voiced Tehran's readiness Tuesday to help materialize Muslim women's aspirations.

Funeral procession was held for the December 15 Chabahar terrorist bombing martyrs on Friday, IRNA reported.