Tehran – Iran’s Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, on Wednesday castigated western regimes for their hypocrisy on Bahrain, where for more than a year the mass peaceful protests of the people are being brutally crushed.

Damascus – President Bashar al-Assad has said that the results of the recent parliamentary elections prove that Syrian people support his reform program.

Tehran – Iran's Islamic Publicity Coordination Council has called on the Iranian people to take part in nationwide rallies to protest against a US-sponsored plan to merge Bahrain with Saudi Arabia.

Houston, US – Recalling the mosque original role in Islam, a Houston Islamic center is reviving a largely forgotten objective of imams, offering Muslim worshippers unusual preaches about time management, nutrition and economic empowerment.

Abuja – A leading Muslim group has launched Nigeria’s first Muslim radio station in an effort to clear misconceptions about Islam and to orientate the country’s Muslims about their faith.

The Hague – Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic goes on trial to face 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide during Bosnia war.

Kabul – A coalition of Afghan political parties has called for a mass protest rally against the US military occupation of Afghanistan and the recent so-called security pact between Kabul and Washington, which is actually a one-sided capitulation accorded dictated by the US.

Sarajevo – Islamic Development Bank (IDB) plans to issue $500 million to $1 billion worth of Islamic bonds or sukuk in June, the bank’s chairman Ahmad Mohamed Ali said late on Tuesday.

Qom – Grand Ayatollah Hussein Noori Hamedani called on the ulema in Bahrain and all Islamic countries to come up with due efforts to bar materialization of the Saudi scheme to annex Bahrain to its territories.

Tehran – The man convicted of espionage for the Zionist regime's spy agency, Mossad, and assassinating a top Iranian nuclear physicist has been executed in Tehran's Evin Prison.

Damascus – A Syrian official says more than half of the eligible voters in Syria participated in the May 7 parliamentary elections, which were held under a new constitution that paved the way for a multiparty system in the country.

Al-Quds – Zionist regime forces have clashed with Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank ahead of demonstrations scheduled to be held across the Palestinian territories on the Nakba Day.

Manama – Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked Peaceful anti-regime demonstrators, using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters in the capital, Manama.

Gaza – The Gaza Strip has exported Palestinian-made clothes for the first time after a five-year Zionist regime's ban, an official said.

Tehran – Secretary General of Conference to Support Intifada and al-Quds said here Monday in near future with waves of Islamic Awakening in region Zionist regime would be demolished by people.