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When Iranian schoolteacher Ali Mohammadian noticed that one of his students was being bullied after going bald as a result of a mysterious illness, he decided to show solidarity and shave his own hair. In no time, his entire class shaved their heads and the bullying stopped. Now, Mohammadian, who …

A Spanish member of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group fighting in Syria has fled the Arab country after refusing to do suicide mission. According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the 28-year-old Spanish national, identified as Abdelwahid Sadik Mohamed, was arrested at Malaga–Costa del Sol Airport on January 5 when he …

The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has exceeded 890,000, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced. The world body said on Sunday that there are 247,425 registered refugees in northern Lebanon, while 7,032 are still awaiting registration. Beirut and Mount Lebanon also host 201,818 registered Syrian …

Iran and P5+1 are to resume talks next month in New York on reaching a long-term nuclear deal, a Foreign Ministry official told Iran’s official IRNA news agency on Monday. “Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group on a definitive agreement will take place in New York at the end …

Mehr News recently ran a news item featuring former head of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rafiqdoost. In the report, the former head of the Revolution Guard mentions a story from the 8 year imposed war in which they spoke to Imam Khomeini about furthering the Shah’s nuclear weapons …

The Government of Balochistan has suspended buses carrying pilgrims from travelling through the province to neighbouring Iran due to security concerns after a suicide attack killed 28 pilgrims in Mastung this week. A 700 km highway connecting Quetta and Iran, home to many Shia pilgrimage sites, has seen dozens of suicide …

Twenty-eight people have been killed in a fresh bout of violence in Iraq, with the latest mortalities taking the death toll for January to over 800. At least eight people, including a young child, were killed in a shelling that began late on Friday in Fallujah’s southern neighborhood of Nazal …

Iranian President Hassan Rohani said Thursday that fair elections would be the best way of ending Syria’s civil war. “The best solution is to organize free and fair elections inside Syria,” Rohani told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “No outside party or power should decide for the Syrian …

Iran has denounced the deadly terrorist attack in Balochistan Province in southwest Pakistan which left at least 22 Shia pilgrims dead. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Wednesday said such terrorist attacks are plotted and carried out by the enemies of Muslim nations.  She stressed the importance of adopting …

Majlis Wehdat-ul-Muslimeen (MWM) has blocked key roads in many cities including Karachi this night with protest sit-ins to express solidarity with Quettas sit-in with bodies against Mastung Shia massacre.  In Quetta, all markets and business centres at Liaquat Bazaar, Prince Road, Jinnah Road, Shahra-e-Iqbal, Mission Road, Shawak Sha Road, Masjid …