IRAN, KHASH- A meeting held by the Iranian authorities in Khash, Sistan-Baluchistan, failed to complete its work over insult of Shaikh Abdul Hameed Ismaeelzahi and biggest Sunni centers on Saturday, 28, January 2012.

Note: The eminent Iranian Sunni leader, Shaikh Abdul Hameed Ismaeelzahi, visited Tehran in recent days.

Mullah Abdul Majeed Mowahhed Naderi was born in Pirooza village of Jawanrood city of Kermanshah province. His family belonged to one of the grand sons of Saint Mikaeel Doodani, named Baba Wais son of the jurist Mahmood and held the religious leadership of Naderi tribe.

Tabriz (in Persian تبریز) is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of […]

Zahedan- The prominent Sunni imams and Khotaba’ in the Iranian Balochistan contested the disputable bill of the state-run Cultural Council to control Sunni seminaries in Friday and Eid sermons.

The biggest gathering of the Sunni community of Iran and the 20th Annual Ceremony of Darululoom Zahedan was held on Thursday, 30 June 2011 in the central Musalla (Eidgah) of Zahedan. More than 150 thousand devotees of Islam gathered in Musalla to benefit from the sermons of their religious leaders.

Note: Some national media sources have been publishing articles to compare the situation of both Sunni community of Iran and Shiite community of Saudi Arabia. These elements claim that Sunni community in Iran has more civil rights and liberties than Shiites in Saudi. Dear readers, the following article is a brief comparison of the two […]

Recent statements by the Deputy Representative in the affairs of the Sunnis in the province of “Sistan and Baluchistan,” about the holding of competitions in Hifz-e-Qur’an and nice recitation among the Sunni students, as well as summoning a number of prominent Sunni scholars to the Special Court for Clerics in Mashhad and other security circles […]

The city of “Mahabad” مهاباد is one of the most important cities of the Sunni community in western Iran. It is located south of Lake Urmia, in a narrow valley at a height of 1300 metres above sea level. Mahabad is one of the big cities of “Western Azerbaijan” province (northwest Iran), which is connected […]

Finally, after two months delay the Sunni students’ annual conference was held on 5th May 2011 in grand Makki mosque of Zahedan. Conference title was “Two foundations of development, liability and friendship with knowledge.” Intellectual figures leaded well and expressed their views before hundreds of students belonging to diverse parts of Iran.