Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Motahari says the decision to ban popular messaging application Telegram in Iran was made based on a “state decree” issued by the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Sixteen women accused of being Islamic State (IS) militants have been sentenced to prison, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Ja’fari Dolatabadi announced May 6.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry is set to sell three estates owned by Iran in sub-Saharan Africa, including a previous residence of Reza Shah, who was forced to abdicate the throne by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941.
Daughters of Reformist Green Movement Leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have refuted statements by some Iranian political figures, who had claimed Ms. Rahnavard is no longer under house arrest.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has detained five members of an alleged Islamic State cell planning attacks in several regions, and seized an array of their weapons, Russian news agencies reported.
The political theorist and philosopher's legacy remains controversial as the 200th anniversary of his birth is marked in his German hometown on May 5.
A stray dog has become the mascot of Armenia's antigovernment demonstrations. Meet Chalo, the Armenian protest pooch.
On World Press Freedom Day, RFE/RL mourns the loss of three Afghan colleagues and other journalists who were targeted in a Kabul suicide attack.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed on Monday, April 30, that USA is responsible for “war, insecurity and bloodshed in the region”.
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