Two synagogues in the Iranian city of Shiraz were attacked by vandals who damaged Torah scrolls, prayer books and ritual objects, Haaretz reports. The city’s Kashi Synagogue was attacked Sunday night, while the Hadash synagogue …
A woman still seeking justice for the 2005 murder of her journalist husband in Iraq is suing the FBI for documents related to the investigation so she can go after the Iranian government, New York …
Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah and Palestinian Sunni Muslim group Hamas, two influential political and paramilitary organizations opposed to Israel, have apparently joined forces in response to President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize the …
Iran’s lawmakers on Wednesday passed a motion with a double urgency status, obliging the country’s administration to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as “the everlasting capital of Palestine”, Tasnim News reports. The generalities of the motion were …
Iranian media are reporting a 5.1-magnitude earthquake in the southern Kerman province. The semi-official IRNA news agency says the temblor rocked the village of Hojedk, about 700 kilometers south of Tehran on Wednesday. Hojdak is …
A state-owned media revealed that Kermanshah province (western Iran) has the highest rate of kidney sales due to poverty and unemployment in this region. The Jamaran government website under the title of “Kermanshah has the …
A 12-year-old girl has been summoned to disciplinary committee because of her photos of being published in gymnastics costumes! Kiana Abdipour has allegedly participated in a gymnastic match in Malaysia with a ‘non-Islamic’ costume, during …
Iran’s absence from a United Nations meeting to vote on condemning the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has stirred controversy in the country. Iran has once again found itself in a defensive position after …
The increasing trend of suicide among different classes and in all age groups and Increase in group suicides, has become a humanitarian catastrophe in Iran. The victims of most of these suicides are in the …
UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that the Arab world must come together under Saudi-Egyptian leadership to combat Iranian and Turkish influences in the region, The National reports. “The world is …
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