Iran has executed a 23-year-old rapper for protesting against the custodial killing of a 22-year-old woman. Mohsen Shekari was convicted and sentenced to death for blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary
Tightening noose, Iran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced an anti-government protester to death and handed down jail terms to five others for holding anti-hijab protests in the country This marks the first death sentence
A fresh wave of anger has gripped Iran after a video of police sexually harassing a woman protester surfaced on social media. In a video posted by BBC Persian, a member of
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia reserves the right to arm itself with nuclear weapons if regional rival Iran cannot be stopped from making one, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs has
By Asad Mirza The global audience was gripped recently by two historic developments in the Middle East. Both are supposed to have considerable affect on the regional geopolitics. The news of a
Cairo: Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic as COVID-19 cases in Iran surged to 384,666 on Saturday. Meanwhile, an Iraqi health official warned that the
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has termed the United Arab Emirates deal with Israel as a “huge mistake”. In a televised speech condemning what he called a betrayal by the Gulf state, Rouhani
Further aggravating the situation, the US has seized Iran’s fuel shipments to Venezuela, alleging that Tehran defied US sanctions. Four Iranian fuel shipments that had been bound for Venezuela, were Seized by
United Nations: Isolated by its allies, the US has suffered a diplomatic defeat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) which turned down its demand to extend the arms embargo on Iran. The setback
Iran said on Tuesday that the number of lives lost in the country to the novel coronavirus dropped to double figures for the first time in one month. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush
Mumbai: 44 evacuees from Iran were airlifted to their homes in Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday after completing a one-month-long quarantine period at the Indian Navy Quarantine Facility at Material Organisation, Ghatkopar,
New Delhi: Atleast 277 Indians, stranded in Iran, landed in Jodhpur early Wednesday. The travellers comprised mostly of pilgrims, many of them from Ladakh. Earlier this week, three pilgrims from Ladakh who
New Delhi, Mar 19: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, confirmed that one Indian who tested positive for COVID-19 has died in Iran, reported PTI. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Civil Aviation