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  • Photos: Press Conference for Congress Commemorating Ayatollah Milani in Mashhad

    Photos: Press Conference for Congress Commemorating Ayatollah Milani in Mashhad

    AhlulBayt News Agency: The press conference for the congress marking the 50th anniversary of the demise of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Hosseini Milani was held on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, with the participation of journalists and media representatives. The event took place at the Sheikh Tabarsi Hall of the Islamic Research Foundation of Astan Quds Razavi in Mashhad.

  • Photos: 4th National “Banovan-e Behesht” (Heavenly Women) Event

    Photos: 4th National “Banovan-e Behesht” (Heavenly Women) Event

    AhlulBayt News Agency: The fourth national “Banovan-e Behesht” (Heavenly Women) event was held at the Shahid Haftom-e Tir Cultural Complex (Sarcheshmeh). The ceremony was attended by Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Qomi, Head of the Islamic Propagation Organization; Hojjat al-Islam Majid Babakhani, Head of the Organization of Religious Associations and Committees; Hojjat al-Islam Mehdi Khodajouyan, CEO of the Dabir Khazaei Foundation; Haj Mehdi Asafi; Haj Mohsen Taheri; and Haj Mohammad Bazouband, members of the Board of Trustees of the House of Eulogists. During the event, the Fezzeh Medal was awarded in recognition of 135 women actively engaged in religious gatherings (Hey'at) and community service.

  • Photos: Unveiling ceremony of book "Zaria Incident" held in Tehran

    Photos: Unveiling ceremony of book "Zaria Incident" held in Tehran

    According to the AhlulBayt (AS) International News Agency – ABNA – the launch ceremony of the book “The Zaria Incident”, a documented and shocking account of the 2015 massacre of Muslims in Nigeria, translated by Maryam Afshar, was held at Hosseiniyeh Honar in Tehran. The event was attended by Dr. Massoud Shajareh, Chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission in London; Dr. Nasser Tsafeh, an eyewitness to the Zaria massacre and member of Sheikh Zakzaky’s medical team; and Hojjat al-Islam Mehdi Shandizi, Deputy for International Affairs at the Office for Studies of the Cultural Front of the Islamic Revolution.

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  • She who builds humanity: Fatimah Zahra and restoration of womanhood

    She who builds humanity: Fatimah Zahra and restoration of womanhood

    Women are hurting. Around the world, women are living through a profound crisis – one that is deeper than headlines about inequality or statistics about violence. It is a crisis rooted in how modern societies see women, and even more fundamentally, in how they fail to see them as full human beings. This is not a sudden development of recent decades but the culmination of social structures, economic systems, and cultural norms that have been forming for centuries.

  • Holistic identity of a woman: Beyond stereotypes

    Holistic identity of a woman: Beyond stereotypes

    In Islam, the identity of a woman is defined as a multidimensional and impactful personality. On an individual level, she possesses faith, chastity, and intellectual and spiritual growth. Within the family, she is the manager of the household and entrusted with the most crucial task of human upbringing, serving as a source of tranquility for her family. In society, she plays an influential role in public affairs.

  • Prominent Islamic Scholar Abdulaziz Sachedina Passes Away at 83

    Prominent Islamic Scholar Abdulaziz Sachedina Passes Away at 83

    Sachedina was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary scholars of Islam. Born to a Shia family of Indian heritage in Tanzania, East Africa, he received his early education there.

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