State TV blames Shah Cheragh mosque assault on 'takfiris,' a term that refers to Sunni Muslim extremists who have targeted the country's Shiite majority in the past

Rights' activists say security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting alleged rape of teenage girl by police chief in poverty-ridden Sistan-Baluchistan province

Tehran claims Mossad sent '10 Daesh terrorists' in plot to attack worshipers on the Shiite holy day of Ashura

Halt comes after Riyadh put 81 people to death over various crimes, in largest known public killing in kingdom's modern history, with over three dozen said to be Shiites

Violence indicates that tensions are spreading from Beirut to Tripoli, the country's second-largest city

Men sentenced to between 16 and 22 years behind bars; they also scrawled pro-Islamic State messages on Melbourne shrine

34 of those killed identified as minority Shiites in executions likely to stoke further regional and sectarian tensions; NGO says they were convicted after 'sham trials'