TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Sunday it had thwarted 30 terrorist attacks by the ISIS in recent days. In a statement, the Intelligence Ministry said 28 members of a “terrorist cell” affiliated with the ISIS terror group were arrested in different provinces. The arrests were made following a series of raids in Tehran, Alborz [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The “world is changing” amid the emergence of a new international order and the “path is irreversible”, said Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Raisi, who arrived in New York on Monday, used the platform of the annual premier conference of world leaders […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s parliament has agreed to the trial implementation of the Chastity and Hijab Bill for a period of three years after a majority of lawmakers voted in favor of it, state media reported. Following the report by the parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission, the bill was put to vote with 152 […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, was removed from the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York after he staged a protest against Iran’s president. A video clip circulated on social media showed UN security forces detaining the Israeli envoy and escorting him outside the UN hall. During Iranian Presiden...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Saturday its security forces had arrested a cell of “counter-revolutionaries” who entered the country from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. The cell “affiliated with counter-revolutionary groups” planned to “foment chaos and prepare media propaganda,” Mehdi Ramezani, deputy gover...
LONDON (AA) – The EU and the UK have criticized Iran over the human rights situation on the first death anniversary of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in custody in Tehran after being arrested police for allegedly violating the country’s designated dress code for women. In a statement, EU foreign policy chief Josep […]
ATHENS (AA) – The Council of the EU has announced that it listed four more individuals and six more entities from Iran over serious human rights violations. “Today’s package follows the High Representative’s declaration on behalf of the European Union to mark the anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, while […]...
