A fierce fight broke out on Monday May 13 between students at the University of Tehran who had gathered to protest compulsory hijab, and Basij militia and pro-government plainclothes vigilante groups, reports from Tehran say.
Recent remarks by Iran’s education minister about 14 million schoolchildren being ready to go to war, has led to public outcry and condemnations among Iranians.
The Iranian Parliament has passed the general outlines of a bill authorizing the government to grant citizenship to children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers.
At meeting in Brussels of EU foreign ministers the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt appealed for calm after recent an escalation of tensions with Iran over its nuclear program and maritime security in the Persian Gulf.
Iranian news agencies, including the official government run IRNA, insist that a huge explosion took place in the oil port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, May 12.
Saudi Arabia has disclosed some details about a United Arab Emirates statement on Sunday, May 12 saying that four ships were damaged by "sabotage" off its coast, near Fujairah.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (Araghchi) said on May 11 that Iran does not intend to deport Afghan refugees but that those who have “caused problems for the Afghan people” should “bear responsibility.”
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeesi says officials in a meeting last week have discussed the Iranian Parliament's bill to prevent violence against women. However, he added it takes a few weeks before the bill is finalized.
Pakistan has informed Iran of its inability to abide by the agreement to build a gas pipeline planned to carry Iran’s natural gas to Pakistan and India, due to U.S. sanctions.
Amid heightened tensions with Iran, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says eight alleged terrorists have been killed in a shootout with security forces in the predominantly Shiite eastern region of Qatif.
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday four merchant vessels had been targeted by "acts of sabotage" in Gulf waters off its coast, amid rising tensions between neighboring Iran and the US.
The association of Iranian car makers has reported that car production was halved in the first Iranian month of the year (March 21-April20) compared with the same month last year.
Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and his deputies took part at closed-door session of the Iranian Parliament on Sunday May 12, to discuss a probable war with the United States.
Two of Iran’s largest-circulation dailies have cut back on pages due to paper scarcity, amid U.S. sanctions and economic crisis.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has criticized both Iran and the United States in their moves and counter moves, in an interview with Le Parisien on May 11.
An Iranian trade official has insisted that complying with international financial transparency rules has nothing to do with Europe’s efforts to facilitate trade with Iran.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani told a group of political personalities on Saturday, May 11, “We face difficult conditions”, and added that pressures from current sanctions are more than what Iran endured during its war with Iraq in the 1980s.
An outspoken Iranian lawmaker says sanction-busting is fraught with corruption, but Iran's hardliners believe the country cannot be managed without corruption.
Migratory flamingos have returned to wetlands near Isfahan, central Iran, following substantial rainfalls in the area, reported official news agency IRNA on Saturday May 11.
A top aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says EU has two months to prevent the demise of the nuclear deal with Iran by operationalizing the European financial channel INSTEX set up to help Iran.
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