Sahar Tabar came in limelight after posting her heavily doctored photos on Instagram. As per the Iranian Human Rights News Agency, Tabar has been jailed for obscenity and insulting the hijab.
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Know about Qassem Soleimani, top Iranian commander killed in US airstrikes ordered by Trump
Gen Soleimani played a key role bolstering Bashar al-Assad’s Iranian-supported government in the Syrian Civil War.
Iran floods leave at least 30 dead, hundreds injured
Tehran: At least 30 people were killed in the flash floods that ravaged several parts of Iran over the last few days, the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) said in a statement. According to ILMO website, Mehrdad Ali Bakhshi, deputy head of the organisation said that among the deceased, 19[Read More…]
Iran to drop tattooed footballers from team
The Iranian football federation has been asked to drop tattooed players from the national team, a media report said. The Ethics Committee of Iran’s Football Federation had issued repeated warnings to players, saying that having a tattoo was unprofessional, The Tehran Times reported on Monday. The Iranian players, who have[Read More…]
Live Streaming Football, Semi-final 1, Iran Vs Japan, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch IRA vs JAP
Semi-final 1, Iran vs Japan, AFC Asian Cup 2019 match will start at 07:30 PM IST on January 28 at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al-Ain.
Iran, Turkey to enhance cooperation to defy US sanctions
In a meeting held in Tehran on Saturday, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Head, Gholam-Hossein Shafeie, and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (known as TOBB) President, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, also discussed issues of mutual concern, Xinhua news agency reported. The ICCIMA head mentioned[Read More…]
Live Streaming Football, Quarter-final, China Vs Iran, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch CHI vs IRA
The round-of-16 phase of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 is done and dusted with and we are all set for the commencement of the quarter-finals of the continental showpiece.
Live Streaming Football, Iran Vs Iraq, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch IRA vs IRQ
Iraq play Iran in their last group stage match of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in Dubai. Iraq and Iran are paired alongside Vietnam and Yemen in Group D of the competition. Both Iran and Iraq will be exempt from the elimination process at the moment, as they secured their[Read More…]
Boeing 707 cargo plane crashes in Iran; 10 feared killed
Boeing 707 cargo plane with 10 people on board crashed on Monday near Iran’s Fath airport, west of the capital, Tehran. According to media reports, the aircraft was allegedly flying from the city of Bishkek when the pilots lost control of the aircraft during landing, resulting in the plane crashing in a residential area. Local broadcasters have said[Read More…]
Live Streaming Football, Vietnam Vs Iran, AFC Asian Cup 2019: Where and how to watch VIE vs IRA
Gulf heavy-weights Iran play underdogs Vietnam in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in Abu Dhabi. Vietnam and Iran are paired alongside Iraq and Yemen in Group D of the competition. Carlos Queiroz’s men – the highest-ranked of the 24 nations involved in the competition – face Vietnam on Saturday on the[Read More…]
Remembering 40 years ago when Afghanistan, Pakistan, the region changed forever
By Saeed Naqvi “Problems” like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a declining sole superpower in a withdrawal mode. Since I was witness to both, the Saur and Islamic revolutions, I thought the New Year might be a good[Read More…]
Despite enforcing sanctions on Iran, US may lose its Middle-East gambit
In view of their energy demand, the US which has imposed the second wave of sanctions on Iran, has exempted 8 countries, including India, Japan, South Korea and China from any punitive trade actions for six months. Shut off from dollar-dominated exchange, Iran will sell its oil to these countries[Read More…]
India expected to get waiver from US sanctions against oil importers
United Nations: US President Donald Trump is expected to grant India an exemption from the sanctions against buying oil from Iran when the waivers will be announced on November 6. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the administration was giving six-month waivers to eight countries that he[Read More…]
US slaps sanctions on Taliban, Iranian supporters
Washington: The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on eight individuals, including two associated with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Qods Force (IRGC-QF), in an effort to hit Afghanistan’s Taliban militants. The Treasury accused the designated Taliban members of engaging in suicide attacks and other[Read More…]
Trump threatens Iran with more sanctions, Macron criticizes his strategy
United Nations, Sep 27 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose sanctions that are “stronger than ever” on Iran, while his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, demanded a “long-term strategy” to deal with Iran’s nuclear programme that not only focuses on economic restrictions. Trump – chairing the UN Security[Read More…]
The curious case of 1955 US-Iran treaty
Iran has taken the United States to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, over validity of unilateral sanction imposed over it. Iran has sighted the 1955 U.S.-Iranian Treaty of Amity to invoke the jurisdiction of International Court of Justice (ICJ). Under Clause 2 of Article XXI of[Read More…]
As another 90-day period ends, Trump to impose sanctions on Iran again
US President Donald Trump’s administration will re-impose the first batch of Iran sanctions on Monday since Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won’t however, come into force until November, reports The Hill news. Trump announced in May that he[Read More…]
Trump threatens Iran, warns of dire consequences
President Donald Trump has warned his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani that if Tehran threatened the US again, it will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before. The tweet in all-caps was posted on Sunday night and followed an apparent warning by Rouhani, in which he cautioned[Read More…]
UAE allays India’s fear over shortage of oil
Even as the US-imposed sanctions on Iran has put India’s energy security in jeopardy, UAE Ambassador to India Ahmed Albanna has allayed fears of an oil shortage, saying his country as well as Saudi Arabia can fill in if supply from Iran is disrupted. “Production is the important element there,to[Read More…]
India to lose special privileges on cutting the import of Iranian oil: Tehran
New Delhi: On Wednesday, Iran criticised India for not fulfilling its promise of making investments in expanding the strategically located Chabahar port and said New Delhi will stand to lose “special privileges” if it cuts import of Iranian oil. Iran’s Deputy Ambassador and Charge d’Affaires Massoud Rezvanian Rahaghi said “Iran[Read More…]
FIFA World Cup: Iran pip Morocco in Group B
St Petersburg: Iran claimed their only second win in FIFA World Cup history as a late own goal upset Morocco 1-0 in a Group B clash here on Friday. Substitute forward Aziz Bouhaddouz headed a free-kick from the left into his own net near the left post four minutes into[Read More…]
Do not quit Iran deal: UN urges Trump
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Guterres said there was a real risk of war if the 2015 agreement was not preserved. Trump has been a strong[Read More…]
Modi, Iran President discuss bilateral cooperation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday discussed bilateral cooperation across a range of areas and regional issues during a meeting with Iran President Hassan Rouhani here. Modi welcomed Rouhani at the Hyderabad House here ahead of delegation-level talks between the two sides. “Both leaders held substantive and productive[Read More…]
Qatar crisis: Man airlifts 4,000 cows to maintain milk supplies in market
The current diplomatic crisis between Qatar and five other Middle East nations has upset the trade in several ways. The crisis has also pressed a Qatari businessman to airlift 4,000 cows to the Gulf desert to carry on the milk supplies in the market. It is one of the biggest[Read More…]