Iran
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2 killed in highway ‘riots’ in Iran
Tehran: At least two people were killed and a number of others injured in “riots” on a highway near Iran’s capital Tehran. The “riots” occurred on Thursday on the Karaj-Qazvin highway, Ahmad…
- Middle East
Iran to send delegation to Vienna for talks with IAEA: FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that an Iranian delegation will travel to Vienna in the coming days for talks on enhancing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),…
- India
Iran’s Supreme Leader’s representative in India expresses grief over Abbas Ansari’s death
Hyderabad: After the demise of the founder and chairman of Ittihadul Musilmeen, Maulana Shaikh Mohammad Abbas Ansari, condolences are pouring in from across the globe. Iran’s Supreme Leader’s representative in India Mehdi…
- Middle East
Iran: 1000 summoned over unrest; public trials planned after Amini’s murder
The Iranian authorities on Monday summoned 1,000 people in connection with the last month’s unrest in Tehran over the killing of Mahasa Amini. One of the boldest challenges to Iran’s clerical leaders…
- World
Iran signs gas contracts worth $6.5bn with Russia
Tehran: Iran and Russia have signed contracts worth around $6.5 billion for cooperation in the gas sector, a Minister announced here. The newly signed deals are parts of the memorandum of understanding…
- Middle East
Iran sanctions 10 US officials, 4 institutions for ‘inciting violence, interference’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced that Tehran has imposed sanctions against 10 US individuals and four institutions for violating human rights, interfering in Iran’s internal affairs, and inciting violence and riots…
- Middle East
Iran’s Jamie Oliver, 19-yr-old chef beaten to death amid hijab protests
Tehran: A 19-year-old Iranian celebrity chef Mehrshad Shahidi, also known as ‘Jamie Oliver of Iran’, was beaten to death during an ongoing hijab protest in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish…
- Middle East
Iran: Spanish football fan arrested while walking to Qatar for FIFA
A spanish traveller and football fan, Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, who set out to walk from Madrid to Qatar to watch the FIFA World Cup 2022, has been allegedly arrested in Iran. 41-year-old…
- Middle East
Iranian police busts fraud gang for study abroad scams
Tehran: Iranian police have announced that they have arrested key members of a gang, who had swindled millions of dollars from people, on the pretense of sending them to study in foreign…
- India
India strongly condemns terror attack at Shia shrine in Iran
New Delhi: India on Saturday strongly condemned the terror attack at the Shah-e-Cherag shrine in Shiraz, Iran. “We extend our deep condolences to the families of the victims and the people of…
- Middle East
Gunman who attacked Shia shrine in Iran dies
Tehran: The gunman who killed 15 people at a major Shiite holy site in southern Iran earlier this week died on Saturday, Iranian media reported. The attack was claimed by the militant…
- Middle East
Iran’s Guard warns protesters as more unrest roils country
Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week. Also…
- Middle East
UN: Iran accused of withholding bodies of those killed in protests
Tehran: With dozens of deaths during the ongoing protests in Iran since September 16, against the background of the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the authorities are still tightening the noose around the families…
- Middle East
Iran calls for expanding trade ties with Belarus to counter Western sanctions
Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has said that Iran’s expansion of economic and trade ties with Belarus can help minimise the impact of sanctions imposed by the US and West…
- Opinions
Debating Hijab: A matter of choice
In recent times a political group has been in the news. It has been called names, and there are allegations. The court notes that “suddenly in the middle of the academic term,…
