Stadium ban for women to be reintroduced in Iran
A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday.
A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday.
Relations between Iran and Israel have been strained for decades, primarily due to geopolitical, ideological, and religious differences. Historically, Iran and Israel enjoyed relatively good relations prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
Under the Vienna convention, embassies are treated as sovereign territories of the nation concerned, not of the host country.
Despite fierce protests from society, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences.
His comments come amid recent attacks on Israel by Iran, reportedly in retaliation to the attack on their embassy.
The UK has announced sanctions on a further seven individuals and six entities who it said "enabled Iran to conduct destabilizing regional activity, including its direct attack on Israel".
The escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran in West Asia has once again brought the region to the brink of conflict.
The US is planning new sanctions against Iran following Tehran's missile and drone attacks on Israel, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said.
The week gone by had four trading sessions in which markets gained on two and lost on two. At the end of it all, benchmark indices ended virtually flat but gave loud indications that all is not well.
The US does not want to go to war with Iran, a White House national security spokesman has said.