TERHAN, Oct 28 (MNA) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a letter to the young people in France, calling on them to question the double standards of their president over freedom of expression. Following recent flagrant insults to the Holy Prophet of Islam in France, ...
Read More »Health Minister: Iran-Made Rapid Coronavirus Tests Ready for Market Supply
EHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Wednesday that the country’s scientists have succeeded in production of rapid coronavirus-diagnosis tests which will enter the market soon. “We are importing 3mln rapid test kits from South Korea with test results appearing in 20 to 25 minutes, which do not ...
Read More »UN Warns of ‘Highest Level” of Malnutrition among Yemeni Kids
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations warned of the “highest level” of malnutrition among young children in parts of war-stricken Yemen while the deadly coronavirus outbreak and shortfalls in aid funding have worsened a severe humanitarian crisis unfolding there. It said Tuesday that more than half a million ...
Read More »FIFA President Infantino tests positive for COVID-19
FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino is seen at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters) FIFA President Gianni Infantino has tested positive for COVID-19, the global soccer governing body said in a statement on Tuesday (October 27). Infantino, who is 50 years old, has reported mild ...
Read More »Int’l Islamic Unity Conference to Be Held Virtually
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 34th edition of the International Islamic Unity Conference will be organized virtually, the secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) said. Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Hojat-ol-Islam Hamid Shahriari said it was the organizers’ ...
Read More »Female Saudi activist on hunger strike to protest detention conditions
A prominent female Saudi activist, who has been jailed in the kingdom since 2018, launches an indefinite hunger strike in protest at her detention conditions, especially a ban on her receiving regular calls and visits from her family. Loujain al-Hathloul’s sister told Reuters on Tuesday that she had started her campaign ...
Read More »India enacts new laws allowing non-locals to buy land in disputed Kashmir
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government has been introducing major changes to the laws governing the ownership of land in the Indian-administered Kashmir since its decision to abolish the disputed Himalayan region’s autonomous status last year. India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday issued a notification about new amendments ...
Read More »Iran to advance initiative for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a senior Iranian diplomat has gone on a tour aimed at advancing the Islamic Republic’s initiative for resolution of the conflict over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. “Iran’s proposal for permanent resolution of the conflict will be tabled either today or tomorrow and we ...
Read More »Illegal, Unconstructive: NATO Eyes Mission Boost In Iraq
Alwaght– Recently, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stated that the member states have agreed to reinforce the Western military organization’s training mission in Iraq. Stoltenberg gave publicity to the agreement after a two-day summit of the NATO defense ministers, saying that with the security situation challenging, the organization commits to increasing ...
Read More »Yemeni Islah Party’s Strategic Shift To Ansarullah: Grounds, Consequences
Alwaght– Over the past few months, Yemen’s strategic city of Ma’rib as the last stronghold of the forces loyal to the resigned President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has turned into a center of the clashes. Ansarullah Movement’s forces, who are pushing to deal a painful blow to the invading Saudi-led coalition ...
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