Iranian authorities on Thursday detained 35 women for trying to get into a major football game in Tehran that was attended by the president of the international football association, FIFA, the BBC reported. The women were not named …
Iran’s vice president for women’s affairs insisted on Wednesday the government opposed using “force” to ensure women wear the hijab, after a spate of protests stirred debate over the mandatory headscarf, The New Arab reports. …
Iranian sources have reported the disappearance of General Vahid Haghanian, the commander of Iran’s Supreme Leader guards nearly about a month ago, amid speculations that he might have been detained or placed under house arrest, …
Tehran announced on Wednesday that they will be opening the ‘College of Islamic Schools’ in Damascus, approximately a month after announcing the opening of several branches of the Iran-based Islamic Azad University across Syrian cities, …
The head of Iran’s wrestling federation resigned on Wednesday after criticising authorities for letting athletes pay the price for the ban on facing Israeli opponents, Radio Farda reports. Wrestling is a hugely popular sport in …
Iranian spiritual leader’s advisor for military affairs, Yahya Rahim Safavi, warned of regional tensions between Iran and its neighbors over water in the coming years, stressing that his country was not seeking to resort to …
As scores of protestors demonstrated outside, the U.N.’s top human rights body on Tuesday gave a platform to an Iranian regime official sanctioned by the European Union for his role in “human rights violations, arbitrary …
Iranian women protesting the compulsory headscarf by taking off their hijab in public could be facing up to a decade in jail for ‘inciting prostitution’, police has warned, Daily Mail reports. Authorities in Iran are …
Iran’s top diplomat bragged about his country’s security situation, claiming that Tehran has withstood U.S. sanctions and other problems plaguing the Middle East, Newsweek reports. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the comments Monday …
Barely over a month after economic grievances, mainly among the working class, sparked deadly protests across the country, fluctuations in the value of the Iranian currency — the rial — have generated grave disappointment with …
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