Tag: Iran
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Amy Jackson expresses solidarity with Iranian women
The actress seemed to take exception in particular to the US government's decision to roll out the red carpet for Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi at the United Nations General Assembly session and the fact that the western media was staying relatively quiet about what was happening in Iran.
September 27, 2022 -
Iranians’ rising against Hijab, is it a time-reversal?
In Iran, there is an ongoing widespread protest against the ‘Mandatory Hijab’ law that has been in effect since the late 70s. People in huge numbers are out on the streets and women are cutting their hair and burning headscarves to register their protest.
September 25, 2022 -
Demonstrations in Iran pose biggest threat to hardline regime in 13 years
Demonstrations have spread to most of Iran's 31 provinces and almost all urban centres, pitting anti-government demonstrators against regime forces, including the military, and posing the most serious test to the hardline state's authority in more than 13 years, local media reported.
September 25, 2022 -
Women burn headscarves as anti-hijab protests continue in Iran
Crowds cheered when women burned their hijabs on a bonfire in Sari on Tuesday, the fifth successive day of unrest, BBC reported.
September 21, 2022 -
Iran’s Chabahar port crucial for landlocked Afghanistan trade
Landlocked Afghanistan faces many issues related to trade as it has to cross Iran or Pakistan to reach water ports as the seaports accelerate the rate of international trade and act as an inhibitor in trade cost.
September 17, 2022 -
Co-op makes US-sanctioned states stronger
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the cooperation among countries sanctioned by the United States will make them "stronger".
September 16, 2022 -
Indian community in Uzbekistan sends gift for PM Modi ahead of his arrival to attend SCO Summit
A group of the Indian community, the India Club in Tashkent on Thursday sent a gift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
September 15, 2022 -
Iran does not seek nuclear weapons: President
"Nuclear industry and nuclear capability are the right of the Islamic Republic and the people of Iran, and we have repeatedly said that nuclear weapons have no place in the doctrine of the Islamic Republic," Raisi told a press conference on Monday.
August 30, 2022 -
Iran seeks long-term contract with India on developing Chabahar port
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Qasemi expressed Tehran's intention during his meeting with visiting India's Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal in Tehran earlier this week.
August 26, 2022 -
Iran’s persecution of Bahá’ís must end
The clear objective is to strangulate and exterminate identified people; full details of the specific nature of the acts of violence are available in the public domain.
August 26, 2022 -
Iran factor
Tehran clearly sees itself as a strong regional force which, in collaboration with Moscow and Beijing, can take on the West both economically and, if required, militarily.
August 22, 2022 -
Iranian bomb
Arguably, Iran could reach a point like North Korea did nearly 20 years ago when, in its reckoning, its decision on possessing the ultimate weapon outweighs any further international sanctions.
August 8, 2022 -
Heavy rains, floods hit Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan trade
The trade between Pakistan and Iran was suspended after rains and flash floods washed away Quetta-Zahedan rail track at various points and also brought Afghan transit trade to a halt due to flooding at the Pak-Afghan border and adjoining areas.
August 1, 2022 -
Russia-Iran ties a pact of the isolated
In March 2020, he tried to humiliate Erdogan by leaving him for several minutes in a hallway. Now Erdogan got payback by making the Russian wait, pacing and puffing out his cheeks as cameras rolled.
July 29, 2022 -
A nuclear Iran
Iran is already enriching up to 60 per cent, which is far above a cap of 3.67 per cent under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
July 19, 2022 -
Iranian coach Skocic sacked five months before Qatar World Cup
The decision comes after a string of poor results and performances that included two losses to South Korea, as well as the friendly 2-1 defeat against the North African side Algeria.
July 12, 2022 -
US sanctions should be lifted to assure foreign investment in Iran: Official
The Iranian nuclear talks began in April 2021 in Vienna but were suspended in March this year because of political differences between Tehran and Washington.
July 7, 2022