Human rights from Islamic perspective

US, allies accomplices to Saddam’s chemical attacks on Iran

On April 10, 1988, Saddam Hussein's warplanes unleashed chemical attacks on the Iranian city of Marivan, Kurdistan. Many civilians were killed and injured. Thirty-three years later, some victims are still suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of those attacks.

Soul is not corporeal and physical in nature, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that the soul is not corporeal and physical in nature. Since the properties, effects and activities of the soul are opposed to the properties, effects and activities of the purely corporeal organs.

Hundreds of researchers define support for Israel boycotts as not anti-Semitic

A group of more than 200 scholars has released a definition of anti-Semitism that explicitly excludes efforts to boycott the Tel Aviv regime, including those of the international anti-Israel movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) as anti-Semitic.

Nowruz marks beginning of spring, renewal of nature

On our most special day of the year, let us pray for peace. We think of peace, but for there is none. We wish for, and we admire, it, for we have called, for so many times, but nature’s only answer has been silence.

President Rouhani says enemies cannot speak to Iranians with ‘language of force, threat’

In his message to the nation on the occasion of the Persian New Year or Nowruz on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani has commended the patience and perseverance of the great Iranian nation, saying the enemies have admitted that they cannot speak to the Iranian people with the language of force, threats and sanctions.

Imam Khomeini ended thousands of years of monarchy and dictatorship in Iran

When did Imam Khomeini let out the cry of "Black Lives Matter"?

One of the stated goals of the Islamic Revolution of Iran led by Imam Khomeini in 1979 was to fight against racism and to support people of color. What did the Islamic Revolution do to prove this claim? Did Imam Khomeini fulfill his promise?