- Ahmadinejad: Only “resistance” (terrorism) will ensure Palestinian victory over Israel.
- “Struggle and Jihad for Palestine is our path.”
- Former IRGC commander details U.S. vulnerabilties.
- Supreme National Security Council head (and nuclear negotiator) Larijani: U.S. pursuing its policies in vain.
- Rafsanjani, labeled a pragmatist by USA Today’s reporter, said in his inaugural speech as head of the Assembly of Experts, ‘US has failed to materialize its evil ploy in the region under the guise of the so-called Greater Middle East Plan.’
- Reaffirms importance, supremacy of clerical rule.
- Iranian Foreign Minister seeks progress in Afghanistan.
- Russian proxy Belarus defends Iran’s nuclear program.
- Wins contract to develop Iranian oil field.
- Bolivia, subject of much Iranian outreach, now endorses Iran’s nuclear development.
- Indonesia and Iran considering expansion of economic relations.
- Foreigners invest $1 billion in Iranian communications systems this year.
- Picture of the Day: Cellist in proper attire.
- Supreme Leader’s advice of the day: “To Determine the Sex of the Embryo”
Question: Is it allowed in shar‘ia to determine the sex of the embryo? There are different methods for that such as using calculations (the Chinese method) or certain diet or by referring to the doctor.
Answer: There is no objection to the medical examination and investigations aimed for knowing whether the embryo/fetus is a male or a female. But, it is not true that one can change the sex of the embryo/fetus using medicines, food, etc.