MNA Iran is conducting continuous negotiations with the Nigerian government to facilitate improvement of the situation of Nigerias top Shia cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi said on Sunday. Speaking to the reporters, Mousavi referred to the recent visit of Iranian Vice President Mohammad ...

MNA An Iranian lawmaker lashed out at Foreign Ministry for not doing enough on issues of the Islamic world, such as the health status of Shiekh Zakzaky and Indian Armys attack on Muslim people of Kashmir. There are some people in Irans diplomatic body who show a totally secular behavior towards developments in the Islamic world, said Nasrollah ...

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 ...

Press TV - The Nigerian army has opened fire on protesters demanding the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been held for four years ontrumped-up allegations. Several people were seriously injured after being shot by soldiers at the rally on Friday night. The protesters were calling for justice for the leader of Islamic ...

Press TV- Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to the unlawful detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the countrys top Shia Muslim cleric. "Zakzaky is being unlawfully detained, Amnesty Nigeria director Makmid Kamara said on Monday, adding that the Nigerian government ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A group in Nigeria renewed its demand for the unconditional release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky from detention. The group, Save Zakzakys Life, issued on Tuesday a seven-day ultimatum to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to release Zakzaky, who is the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), press ...

Nigerias Army mowed down as many as 347 Muslims last December while swooping on the followers of the countrys leading Shia cleric,a special investigation has found. A report released late Monday by the government of Kaduna state, where the killings occurred, found that the army fired at supportersof SheikIbrahim Zakzaky, who is currently detained....

People in Nigeria have held protestrallies in several cities across the countryto demand the immediate and unconditional release of senior Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky. Peaceful demonstrations were held in the cities of Lafia, Katsina, Gombe, and Kadunawith protesters carrying posters ...

Nigerians have staged fresh protest rallies across the country to call for the immediate release of jailed Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. On Thursday, demonstrators took to the streets in several cities, including Zaria, Kano, Kaduna, Yola, in large numbers to protest against the recent killings ...

Tehran, December 15, The Iran Project- Two days after the brutal crackdown of almost a thousand of Nigerian Shia Muslims and detention of Shia leader by the Nigeria military forces, the condemnations of the atrocity by Iran and Muslim world continue. Top Shia clerics in Iran and Iraq released separate statements, urging the immediate release of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Scores of Nigerian protesters on Saturday took to the streets in the state of Bauchi to demand release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky. Carrying posters of the Shia leader, the protesters called for the prompt release of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife, the official website of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) ...

Tehran, December 31, The Iran Project Irans senior cleric says preventing the spread of Shia teachings by Ibrahim Zakzaki in Nigeria is the main reason behind the Shia Muslims massive crackdown in past weeks. Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-AliAlavi-Gorgani on Wednesday noted that the prominent Shia Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky introduced ...

Tehran, Jan 12, IRNA - Photographs have emerged showing the site of desecrated graves belonging to victims of last year's Al-Quds Day massacre in which soldiers opened fire on a peaceful procession organised by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, said the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission. The pictures show smashed gravestones at the burial ...

Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA - The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it is applying pressure on various international organisations to help secure the release of the detained leader of Nigeria's Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was shot and detained last month when soldiers attacked the movement ...

Tehran, December 16, The Iran Project- Top Iranian clerics continue to react over the massive killing of Nigerian Shia Muslims by the country's army. Inseparateremarks, Irans senior clerics strongly slam the killings, demanding justice forthe perpetrators ofthe massacre. Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirzi on Wednesday urged Muslim world to declare ...

Nigerian Shia Muslims stage rally in protest at arrest of Leader of the Islamic Movement in�Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. The Nigerian army forces arrested Sheikh Zakzaky after raiding his house and killing his assistants and followers in Zaria.   By Islamic Movement in Nigeria

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Nigeria on Monday to take a prompt and serious action for containing violence against Muslims, who have fallen victim to deadly attacks by the government forces in recent days. In a phone call with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, Zarif voiced deed concern over the ...

Muslims in Nigeria have held the annual Arbaeen mourning rituals, which mark 40 days after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him). Shia Muslims on Saturday gathered in the city of Zaria to hold processions along with fellow countrymen. Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, told Press TV that ...