G7 Ministers Look to Persuade Russia to Abandon Syria’s Assad
April 11, 2017
By Crispian Balmer and Steve Scherer
LUCCA/ITAL (Reuters) - YForeign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with...
Attackers bomb Iran parliament and mausoleum, at least 12 dead – Iranian media
June 7, 2017
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Iran's parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people in a twin assault at...
Thousands mourn Tehran attack victims, chant Death to Saudi
June 9, 2017
By Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA (Reuters) - Thousands packed Tehran’s streets on Friday to mourn the victims of two suicide bomb and gun attacks, and joined their supreme leader in accusing regional rival Saudi...
Iranian-American Detained in Iran Released on Bail
April 04, 2017
(Reuters) – An Iranian-American detained in Iran since last summer has been released on bail of approximately $60,000, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported Sunday.
Robin Reza Shahini was arrested by the...
Majlis Seeks to Ease Travel Restrictions on Married Women
October 22, 2017 The Cultural Committee of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) has passed an amendment bill which, if ratified, will enable married women to participate in sporting competitions, religious pilgrimages, seminars and conferences held outside...
Supreme Court Gives Trump More Time to File Travel Ban Briefs
June 13, 2017
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration more time to file papers responding to an appeals court ruling that upheld a block on a...
Saudi Navy Seizes Boat with Weapons Near Offshore Oilfield-SPA
June 19, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi navy seized a boat carrying weapons as it approached the kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield in the Gulf on Friday evening, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on...
Hostages: Real Lives Entangled in Uncertain Policy
March 08, 2017
By Peyman Pejman
Since declaring his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his foreign policy would be vastly different from that of his predecessor, President...
Women Sleeping in Cardboard Boxes to be Sterilised
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A proposal calling for the compulsory sterilisation of homeless women with drug addiction was introduced last year. The idea received negative reactions from the women’s rights activists and the Ministry of...
Expert Warns of AIDS Epidemic in Iran
December 05, 2016
Dr Masoud Mardani, dean of Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University Medical School and a member of the Iranian Research for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), has warned that the country could face an AIDS epidemic unless a...
