that iran is funding and promoting anti-israel protests in america, they want to disrupt america. so prayers i need to tax so my players can proceed, we ain to make guys unlivable.

in 2002, the first detanees were transferred their hooded, shackled and masked, most of them without charge or a criminal trial. it's very easy to do whatever they want to do with this prisoners without anybody looking, supervising or controlling what's happening there. since then, reports of secret detentions, torture, and suicides have hit the headlines time and time again. 'i was being dragged through the mud by american of soldiers and being punched and kicked and stripped naked again and photographed and shackled and spat on, so that's gitmo. this is an exclusive report on gitmo only on press tv. allah'.

this melody has been heard for hundreds of years, it's played from here, looking down on the second biggest shrine on the planet, it's of calling on people to come to pray, more than 27 million. people travel here every year,

it's run by the most powerful non-government organization in iran. there are thousands of servants here. they volunteer to provide calm and comfort to the pilgrims. they are doctors, scientists, lawyers and ministers who come to support the pilgrims on their journey to the heart of the shrine. when i go there, i prefer to prepare this situation for all of them.

this is the story of how the eighth shiah imam turned the small city of nuran into one of the most important religious places on earth. this is the story of imam riza and his kingdom. in 633. one of the greatest civilizations on earth, the persian empire, witnessed the rise and spread of islam in the region. within a short span of time, islam expanded to the four corners of the planet. the key to it success was the capture of persia. the islamic conquest of persia led to the end of the sasanit empire and the eventual decline of the zorastrian religion. however, the achievements the previous

persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent embraced by the new islamic state. iran and islam all one another. in constructing iranian civilization, and on the other words, islam has had a critical role in other hand, iranian scientists have played an important role in developing islamic teachings. although the combination of islamic values and persian wealth and culture resulted in these. golden age unprecedented wealth and power as well as sha sunni disagreements divided the descendence of prophet muhammad and the rooting parties. the way forward for the greedy heads of states was to discredit the top religious figures.

they knew if this family was around their popularity would thort their evil plans. it must be noted that he did not so of his own accord, in fact the pull of history forced him to make his peace with imam riza.

mamun's political gesture was to pretend to offer the leadership to imam riza. the imam's response was short and clear. if leadership. was your right, and allah chose it for you, you do not have the right to offer to another, and if it wasn't your right, then you do not have the authority to offer me that which is not yours. eventually, marmon, the calif of marf, forcefully exiled imam riza from medina to horasan, area in the northeast of iran. mamun and the calif knew well that it would cause problems for the government, so with a clever trick he invited the imam to marve. after all, the imam knew ma'mun's hidden agenda, so he rejected his invitation. once more, ma'moon invited the

imam. this time mamun's envoys forced the imam to embark a journey to marv. all against his will. the amam certainly knew that it was his last journey. at the time called in scholars from different religions to debate with the imam hoping that he would at least once fail to answer the questions. بپرسید ما منتظریم من چگونه با کسی مهاجه کنم که بر من از کتابی دلیل می آورد که من اون را منکرم و از پیامبری می گوید که من به او نگرویدهم ای بزرگ نصرانی من اگر دلیل و حجت

از انجیل بیاورم تو را کفایت میکند آیا من می توانم انجیل را منکر شوم؟

his tomb drew hundreds of thousands of shia pilgrims to horasan, and very soon the area

was transformed into a flourishing city called mashad, or the place of martterdom. the city is now the most sacred site attracting millions of iranians and others from around the world who go there every year to pay their respects and that has changed iran forever. more than 27 million kilograms every year uh visits the holy shiron of this more than 2 million of foreigner. and from this about 4000 or non-muslims, they are from europe,

america and even from south asia, from all over the world almost we have the pilgrams who come for visiting the shirin, this sacred site has been the center of attention. for many centuries, and that hasn't been without problems. in 993 ad, the holy shrine was ruined by sabuk takim, the gaznavid king. the mongol invasion led by gingisan reaked havoc with the holy shrine once again. since that time, the shrine has been rebuilt, and all its surrounding buildings expanded.

which resulted in the expansion of the city and consequently the shrine. during the safavit era, again for a special circumstance the time, the shrine was rebuild and decorated, even better than before. many art branches manifested themselves here in the shrine. the same was true in the gajar dynasty. to put in a nacho, the expansion has been done over time to accommodate the growing number of the pilgrims. millions of pilgrims have visited this site. for hundreds of years and their generous donations have helped turn the small shrine into a

magnificent structure that now spans about 1 million square meters. the shrine that entumms imam riza's grave is the largest mosk in the world by dimension and the second largest in capacity. the complex also includes gohershad mask, museum, library, the... of university of islamic sciences, dining halls, vast pear halls and many other buildings. it is tourist hup in iran. the works of persian art have their roots joined with imam raza's devotion to peace and harmony, and that relationship has prompted the artists who designed the place to make it most beautiful as well as religious.

so all these complex designs have been made to create an atmosphere in which we feel ourselves in front of the creator, and i think that architects have been successful in this regard. a religious architecture has managed to create such a unique atmosphere in this place through adjusting the heights,

موجود. the holy grave is located under an amazing golden dome. the mirror work in the holy burial chamber under the dome is one of the finest in the world. the holy grave itself is inside a zi or a civil grill, which is also one of the finest examples of iranian islamic art. in the year 2000, engineer azizan was chosen to organize the construction, expansion and replacement of the old zari as a servant of imam reza, he considers that opportunity his greatest honor. it was a difficult job to prevent the pilgrims from coming into the shrine. a few minutes ago, i said that the shrine's gates have never been closed, but actually it

happened once, and the doors were closed for 55 days to change the zare. though every side the zari was over 1.5 tons in weight, we never used regular transportation vehicles. we had to use things suitable enough to pass through different doors of different heights. it was taxing job, and for me it was marvelous to see that the project was completed on time and within a short period of time. the wonderful seri was made by 10 master iranian craftsman under the supervision of the international. celebrated artist master fashan. he was never paid for this. in shia islam it's an honor to serve and invest in religious places of pilgrimage with no expectation of a return. it is called. in arabic means restriction, because it says that all properties belong to god. it

is one of the greatest economic practices recommended by islam.

magnificent as it is today, worked for free, people who made this fascinating structure as like doctors, engineers, lawyers, ministers, as well as ordinary workers would devote their time and energy on the upkeep of the imam's mosolium and its premises. dr. sarahross is a doorman, he spents his time

guiding the pilgrims trying to find their way around in the building. i believe, from that place by serving imam, by staying there, by making worship to imam, and asking and introducing imam to allah, and asking him because of imam, give me this and کار ندارید شما با من کار ندارین من دیگه میرم حرم به خدا انشاالله تا. بعد از بار انشاءالله با امید خدا با خدمتتون می رسیم.

in the shiah context, imams are community leaders, here people believe they were chosen by god to be perfect examples for the faithful and to lead humanity in all aspects of life. they also believe imams are free from committing any sin. this is mr. shukuhi, he is one of the oldest servants of imam riza. in the past 68 years he has played a special traditional drum like instrument twice a day in, a rooftop balcony overlooking the whole shrine. a loud reminder for the people who may miss the time to pray. به نام خدا بنده احمد اقوام شکوهی هستم.

بعداً کرونا رو بلند میکنه رو به گنبد مطهر سلام میگه سلطان دنیا علیدا باقیه همه جواب میدن میگن امام رضا. مجدد او باید اینا میگن امام رضا باز اینا میگن غریب رضا مولا مولا رضا جان رضا جان رضا جان یا امام غریب امام رضا رضا

جان رضا جان رضا جان دور دوران امام رضا میگه ای داد رسی بشاره کون میگه درمند فریاد رس فریاد رسی وقتی که میگه یا فتاح یا فرد.

professor sarf has studied chemistry at birmingham university in britain. is a former mp representing mashad constituency in iran's parliament and is now a leading lecturer and researcher at the university of mashed. he puts in a 12-hour shift every eight days to serve pilgrams in the shrine. sometime i'm so busy in university and my working and my class i never left the haram so i prefer to go there first and then my class i never left these things because it's very important for me to going there and giving the service so

because this has been really in our family, my grandfather, my father, so now me so every 80 days i go there for 12 hours, 13 hours, 14 hours for working there, بعد اینجا دوره راهنما اینجا که اینجا هست من خب خیلی خوش آمدین تشریف آوردین منزل ما به هر حال شما یه موقعی اومدین که ما حالا تنها موندیم با حاج خانم بچه های هم همه خدا را شکر که به هر حال برای کار علمی و برای آیندهشون رفتن خارج از کشور پسر بزرگم که الان دکتراش تموم شد و فعلاً توی کار پژوهشی خیلی مهمی در دانشگاه نیویورک مشغوله به عنوان استاد اونجا هستش. پسر بعدی مون که اینجا فیزیک می خوند حالا دکتراشو داره تو آمریکا می گذرونه با همسرشون که ایشونم در حقیقت رشته کامپیوتر می خونن. دختر منم که خب

ایران پزشکیش تموم شد و ترشو گذرونده و حالا شوهرش چون بورسیه دانشگاه هست و این ها دانشگاه آزاد ایشون رفته به دانشگاه در آلمان اونجا شوهرش هست یک سالی ایشان خود خانم چون به هر حال ایشون هم مدرس دانشگاه هستن دانشگاه فردوسی از آزاد درس میدن هم ایشون چندین ساله که با حرم همکاری میکنن. تو بخش مشاوره حرم ایشون جزو اونجا میرن خدمت می کنن مردم میان زوارا میان مشاورین خانواده حرم هستن که هفته چند روز ازشون راجع به مسائل اجتماعی خانوادگی مشورت می گیرن.

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crisis devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy, genocide of palestine. the economic condition was very bad, now the youngest leader of the soviet union was the ruler of the largest country in the world. gorbachev

was preparing him. for better days, days when the soviet people, like the americans, could live well. people had pinned their hopes on gorbachev, and gorbachev had pinned his hopes on reagan. gorbachev knew if the united states collaborated with the soviet union, the europeans would follow suit. neither gorbachev's economic policies, nor his attempts to trade with the west, nor expecting international loans worked. the russians decided to stop the gamble they had started 15 years ago with gorbachev.

the israeli occupation of forces kill more than 40 palestinians in the gaza strip in 24 hours alone. hamas warns the tel aviv regime that the only way for the safe return of the israeli captives is to stop the genocidal war. and heavy clashes are reported between israeli forces and palestinian resistance fighters in the west.