Iran judiciary freezes assets of BBC Persian staff
Source: BBC News By Rana Rahimpour BBC Persian Image captionThe BBC was not notified of the court order, which names 152 individuals The BBC has called on the Iranian authorities […]
Top Shiite Cleric Sentenced to 13 Years in Saudi Jail
Source: ABNA The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh passed the ruling on the 66-year-old clergyman on Thursday, Arabic-language and independent Yemenat news website reported. Sheikh Radhi’s relatives strongly condemned the court ruling, describing it as the application of the death penalty against the Shia cleric since he is already suffering […]
Iran’s Rouhani appoints female vice-presidents after criticism
Source: BBC News Iran President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three women as vice-presidents and one as a civil rights assistant following criticism of his all-male cabinet. Iran’s 12 vice-presidents run […]
Iran signs its biggest-ever car deal with France’s Renault
Source: Dawn Iran signed the country’s biggest-ever car deal worth several hundred million dollars with French manufacturer Groupe Renault on Monday to produce 150,000 cars a year, the latest advance by a European company into Iran’s sizeable consumer market. The 660 million or $778 million deal follows the lifting of […]
Iran’s Rouhani Commits to Nuclear Deal as He Is Sworn In for a New Term
Source: Time BY Golnar Motevalli, Ladane Nasseri / Bloomberg Aug 05, 2017 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, sworn in for a second term in front of an audience of foreign officials, reiterated […]
Iran’s president under pressure to appoint female ministers
Source: The Guardian BY Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent Concerns raised that Hassan Rouhani may unveil all-male list of ministers in cabinet reshuffle as he prepares for second term President Hassan […]
Unsung in the Muslim world
Source: Dawn News BY Riaz Mohammad Khan July 31, 2017 The writer, a former foreign secretary and author, lectured in quantum physics (1965-69) at Punjab University. MARYAM Mirzakhani, a […]
Iran’s latest culture battle: Should women in cars keep their heads covered?
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Ramin Mostaghim and Shashank BengaliContact Reporter Reihane Taravati, an outspoken social media activist, was riding in a taxi the other day when she received a stern reprimand […]
SWISS DIPLOMACY: Saudi Arabia and Iran weighing mediation offer
Amid enduring tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Switzerland is poised to introduce an alternative path for turning down the heat between the two adversaries and their proxy wars that have been aggravating both regional and international conflicts. Swiss Economic Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann indicated during an interview published on […]
Only woman to win math equivalent of Nobel Prize dies
In 2014 Mirzakhani was one of four winners of the Fields Medal, which is presented every four years and is considered the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize Image Credit: […]
A view from Teheran: Is a new plot against Iraq being hatched?
By Hassan Lasjerdi Is a new plot against Iraq being hatched? June 18, 2016 As Iraqi forces along Popular Mobilization Forces also known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi are engaged in fierce clash with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group and have so far been able to […]
Iranian Maryam Mirzakhani dead at 40 – won Math’s Fields Medal
Source: BBC Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US. The 40-year-old Iranian, a professor at Stanford University, had breast […]
Iranian cancer researcher sent home after being detained at Boston airport
Reuters International JULY 12, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Protesters hold signs against U.S. President Donald Trump’s limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, in New York City, U.S. on June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – An Iranian cancer researcher […]
Iranian women spark debate by defying hijab rule in cars
Source: The Guardian By Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent Judiciary and police insist a car interior is public space but more women are defying authorities by driving with ‘bad hijab’ Iranian women […]
Another uncertain round of talks on Syria
Jul 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The fifth round of Astana talks on Syria, under the sponsorship of Russia, Iran and Turkey, started on Tuesday, with focus, this time, on the ceasefire, and the precise boundaries of the so-called de-escalation zones and who would police them. It is generally agreed that […]
Iranians to take part in hajj despite tensions with Saudis
Source: Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will allow its citizens to take part in this year’s hajj pilgrimage despite soaring tensions with arch rival Saudi Arabia. Iran’s semi-official […]
Why Are These Iranians ‘Really, Really Happy With Trump’?
TEHRAN — Mocking presidents of the Great Satan, the United States, has long been standard practice during state-backed rallies in Iran, where anti-Americanism is ingrained in state ideology. For decades, Iranian revolutionary families would work late into the night to make sock puppets, cartoons and effigies of every American president since […]
Women In Iran Are Wearing White To Protest Mandatory Dress Code
Source: Huffington Post “My goal is just empowering women and giving them a voice,” said the activist behind the effort. By Antonia Blumberg COURTESY OF MASIH ALINEJADWomen share their photos […]
Tighter rules taking effect on travel to US from 6 nations
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of wrangling, tighter restrictions on travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim nations take effect Thursday evening after […]
Iran : Fighting Iran’s dress code for women with a hashtag
DAWN.com https://images.dawn.com/news/1177901 Before she begins her Wednesday morning, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad spends hours sifting through scores of videos and photos sent to her of women in Iran wearing white headscarves or white clothing as part of a growing online protest. To campaign against the obligatory wearing of headscarves – […]