AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Funeral ceremony for Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Saeed al-Hakim held in Karbala.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Mourning ceremony for Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Saeed al-Hakim held at his office in Qom.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei offered condolences on the demise of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Saeed al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s top Shia clerics.

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Mourning ceremony for martyrdom of Imam Sajjad (a.s.) held at office of Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani in Qom.

Prominent Iraqi Shia Marja Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim has passed away after a sudden cardiac arrest, officials in the city of Najaf announced on Friday. He was 87.

In the meeting with the President and members of the Cabinet, Ayatollah Khamenei recommended the officials do their best to serve the people, as well as be honest with them in explaining the existing problems in the country.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed his condolences on the death of prominent thinker Mohammad Reza Hakimi.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei attended the sixth (and the last) night of mourning ceremonies, for Imam Hussain (pbuh) on Friday, August 20 in Imam Khomeini Hussainiyyah. This year too, due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the Leader’s insistence on following the health protocols, the ceremonies are held without the presence of the people.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Rear Admiral Shahram Irani as the new commander of Army's Navy.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khamenei attended the first night of mourning ceremonies, for the Master of Martyrs, Imam Hussain (pbuh) and his companions, on Sunday, August 15 in the Hussainiyyah of Imam Khomeini. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this year's mourning ceremonies are not being held publicly.

In a televised speech delivered today, The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, pointed to the recent wave of Coronavirus saying that this issue is the first and foremost issue of the country. Placing great emphasis on the fulfilment of duties and the implementation of decisions regarding the pandemic, Imam Khamenei offered important pieces of advice to officials and the people.

In the endorsement decree, Imam Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized, "Today, our dear country is thirsty for a competent, jihadi, intelligent, courageous management that can organize and bring the manifest and hidden capabilities of the nation into the field for constructive work and endeavor.”

On the occasions of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Ghadir, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution agreed to the pardoning or reduction of sentences of 2,825 convicts who had been sentenced in the Public Courts, the Islamic Revolutionary Courts, the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, and the Governmental Discretionary Punishments Organization.

An English edition of a seminal book authored by Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, is slated for worldwide release on Thursday, coinciding with the occasion of Ghadir.

Turning to recent protests broke out in Khuzestan province, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution called on officials in the next administration to address problems regarding water shortage.