Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs has rejected criticism of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) by conservatives.
Iranian intelligence agents have arrested a second young woman for removing her hijab in public to protest the country’s strict dress code for women, the woman’s lawyer told Radio Farda.
A strong earthquake has hit the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan, causing casualties in the country and in neighboring Pakistan.
Rights watchdog Amnesty International says it is "outraged" at the execution in Iran of a young man convicted of a murder he committed when he was 15.
The U.S. Treasury Department has released a list of 210 Russian officials and billionaires seen as part of President Vladimir Putin's ruling elite, exposing them to scrutiny and potential future sanctions in a move that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said would "poison" ties for a long time to come.
Video clips published in Iranian social media indicate that renewed protests took place against the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic in the evening of January 29 in several cities.
A Russian warplane has flown within 2 meters of a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea, the U.S. Navy says.
The U.S. Treasury Department has released a hotly anticipated list of 210 Russian officials and billionaires believed to have close links to President Vladimir Putin, exposing them to scrutiny and potential future sanctions in a move that has angered the Kremlin.
Deputy director of Iran’s chamber of commerce, Mohammad Reza Hariri has said that China’s ABC Bank is reactivating suspended accounts of Iranian citizens.
An Iranian woman who was arrested in Tehran last month for apparently protesting peacefully against the country's mandatory Islamic dress code has been freed, a human rights lawyer says.
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