President Barham Salih says foreign ISIL fighters ‘will be tried’ under Iraqi law, Abu-Dhabi based newspaper reports. Iraqi President Barham Salih has said foreign Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL,ISIS) fighters tried in Iraq could be handed […]
Britain says it will grant “diplomatic protection” to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a U.K.-Iranian dual citizen imprisoned in Tehran since 2016, citing “unacceptable treatment” during her three years of detention. “I have today decided that the U.K. […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed a controversial hard-line cleric accused of gross human rights violations as head of the country’s influential Judiciary. In a decree issued on March 7, Khamenei appointed 58-year-old […]
United Nations, United States, March 7, 2019 (AFP) – The United States on Thursday accused Iran of carrying out three missile-related launches in defiance of U.N. resolutions and urged the Security Council to “bring back […]
U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, February 15, 2019. File photo U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, February 15, 2019. File photo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had separate telephone conversations with Britain’s foreign […]
Akron Kaabi, the leader of Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba of Iraq. File photo Akron Kaabi, the leader of Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba of Iraq. File p WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States has […]
All the activists who were arrested had belonged to the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation. Clockwise from top left: Sam Rajabi, Houman Jokar, Niloufar Bayani, Morad Tahbaz, Kavous Seyed Emami, Taher Ghadirian, Amirhossein Khaleghi, and Sepideh […]
Lack of communication about visit of Syrian president was a reason for Javad Zarif’s resignation, spokesperson says. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was not informed about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad‘s trip to Tehran last week […]
Despite Iranian government’s huge pressure on teachers, they have stayed united during the three- days-long of fresh protest, starting on Sunday, government’s lack of efficiency, imprisonment of teachers and failing education system. Objection to privatization […]
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran targeted by unknown cyber attacker, leading it to stop activities about a month ago, confidential sources told Avatoday in condition of anonymity. The identity and source of attackers have […]