Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has called for a UN fact-finding committee to investigate the death of Khosrow Alikordi, an attorney known for representing political prisoners and activists.
Alikordi, a former political…

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has called for a UN fact-finding committee to investigate the death of Khosrow Alikordi, an attorney known for representing political prisoners and activists.
Alikordi, a former political…

TEHRAN – The 7th meeting of the BRICS working group on research infrastructures and mega-science projects is being held from December 8 to 10 in Tehran.
Organized by the Center for Progress and Development Cooperation of the Presidency, serving…

TEHRAN – A delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) paid a visit to a fish farm in Isfahan Province, exploring ways to enhance collaboration and improve productivity in the fisheries and aquaculture…

Following the top three, RSF listed the next biggest jailers in order as Belarus, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Iran, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia. 21 journalists are currently imprisoned in Iran, it added, and one remains missing.
“This is where…

Speaking at the 18th Session of Iran-Belarus Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Meeting, which was attended by Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Atabak, he emphasized that Belarus is keen to set up a joint production line…

Iranian authorities arrested eight people for operating a Telegram channel, charging them with forming a network “to disrupt national se …

To many viewers it looks like a cultural opening: a genre long associated with underground resistance now visible on mainstream screens.
But researcher and artist Siavash Rokni, a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University in Montreal who studies…

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The attacks reflect the persistent unrest in Pakistan’s tribal belt near the Afghan border, where militant groups have intensified operations, including assassinations of security officials and local…

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Citizens from more than 30 countries could soon be banned from entering the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The move follows a shooting in which a man from Afghanistan killed one National Guard…

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said more than 170,000 people have gone to emergency wards since the start of December because of heart and respiratory problems caused by air pollution, describing the situation as a “serious and…