Iran

Several people were killed in clashes between the coup plotters and government forces, and scores of others were arrested. (Image: Reuters File)A year after the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed shah, a group of mostly army…

Published By: Saurabh VermaLast Updated: August 13, 2023, 23:05 ISTAuthorities had previously said the attack involved people from other countries including neighbouring Afghanistan. (Image: News18)A mass shooting in October at the…

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded over $142 million to the families of eight passengers aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 who died when the plane was shot down over Iran more than three years ago. The…

Under a new law under consideration in Iran, “celebrities” who defy the Islamic Republic’s hijab restrictions could find themselves facing confiscation of 10% of their total assets. The proposed bill is the latest effort by…

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<!-- -->The festival had been scheduled to be held in September. (Representational)Tehran: Iranian authorities have banned a film festival that put out a publicity poster featuring an actress who was not wearing a hijab headscarf,…

For a month and 10 days of unrelenting summer heat, Sepideh, a physician in southern Iran, and her dentist husband have left the house only for work (and only in the mornings) and for groceries (and only when the fridge is utterly bare). At…

Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in…

Middle East powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have summoned Swedish diplomats to denounce Stockholm's permission for protests that desecrate the Koran on free speech grounds. Issued on: 21/07/2023 -…

The US is sending additional warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there. Issued on: 21/07/2023 - 05:52…