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 Prime Minister's arrival in Tehran on Sunday came two days after Iran released a South Korean-flagged tanker seized three months ago in the Gulf for violating environmental regulations and marine pollution.
The Iranian foreign minister also urged the removal of all US sanctions against Iran
The agreement with the Western powers was concluded in 2015 and there has been a stalemate over the past six years.
The Iran nuclear deal of 2015 restricted Iran’s time period to build a nuclear bomb, called the breakout period, to 10 years. This Donald Trump felt was too little and therefore walked out of the deal. Analysts now believe that since Trump walked out, Iran has already produced fissile material sufficient for two bombs. Any new deal will have to suss out these bombs and neutralize them.
In 2015, a major agreement between Iran and six other countries meant Iran accepted limits on its nuclear activities in return for an end to harsh penalties, or sanctions, that hurt its economy