EghtesadOnline: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri in separate messages on Saturday congratulated his counterparts on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and the beginning of the new Christian year.

EghtesadOnline: Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said early on Monday 'Jesus is prophet of, we the Muslims, too.'

EghtesadOnline: Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows and blinds many to the needs of the hungry, the migrants and the war weary.