The 15 Indian fishermen who were arrested after they had ventured out from Bahrain on October 20, 2016, by the Iranian authorities, have been finally released. On March 14 this year, the Iran court has issued the release orders, yet due to the Iran holidays, their release was delayed. Current Minister[Read More…]
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Prabhu pitches for rail connectivity with neighboring nations
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday pitched for rail connectivity with neighbouring countries to boost trade and eliminate poverty in the region. Highlighting the need for physical connectivity with neighbours for trade growth, he advocated work on rail link from Kathmandu to Delhi and Kolkata shortly. “Asia is going to[Read More…]
Iranian infant Fatemah arrives in US for heart transplant surgery
Iranian infant, Fatemah Taghizaheh, in need of life-saving heart transplant surgery arrived Tuesday at a Portland hospital with her family after being temporarily banned from coming to the US by President Donald Trump’s executive order. The infant was referred to an Oregon hospital by Iranian doctors for an urgent surgery[Read More…]
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New York Governor offers to help Iranian infant who can’t enter US for heart transplant
An Iranian infant, who was unable to get into USA for heart transplant surgery, can receive care in New York if the Trump administration can permit her into the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Fatemah Taghizadeh’s parents booked appointment with doctors in Oregon for emergency surgery on February[Read More…]
Iran has tested ballistic missile disregarding UN resolution: US
Iran conducted its first ballistic missile test under Donald Trump’s presidency, in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday. The United States has said that it is studying details of an Iranian ballistic missile test. Press secretary Sean Spicer said he[Read More…]
Astana talks: Russia, Turkey, Iran agreed to the plan to support Syrian ceasefire
The peace talks, held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict have ended with Russia, Turkey and Iran agreeing on a mechanism to support a delicate ceasefire. The meeting, brokered by Russia and Turkey, was aimed at strengthening a nationwide ceasefire that has largely held despite pockets[Read More…]
Iran removes sensitive nuclear equipments from Fordow site: UN
The chief of the United Nations atomic agency on Monday said that Iran has complied with a key commitment of its nuclear deal with six world powers by removing sensitive equipment from a underground Uranium enrichment site. Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that Iran[Read More…]
Trump’s CIA nominee lists ISIS, Russia, Iran as major threats
Congressman Mike Pompeo, US president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the CIA, on Thursday has listed out Russia, Iran and Islamic State as major threats to the United States. The Congressman said that Mike said that Russia is “asserting itself aggressively” by invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and “doing[Read More…]
Iran and Boeing sign 10-year $16.6 billion deal for 80 aircrafts
Iran and Boeing signed a deal for the sale of 80 airplanes on Sunday, five weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose Republican supporters in Congress have tried to block any aircraft sales to Iran. IranAir said it signed the deal, the biggest U.S.-Iran deal since the 1979[Read More…]
Shooter Heena Sidhu pulls out of Iran tournament due to ‘compulsory Hijab rule’
Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has pulled out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in Iran due to their compulsory hijab rule for all women athletes. The Olympian had informed the National Rifle Association of India three weeks in advance about her decision of withdrawing from the competition as the tournament[Read More…]
10 nations host half of world’s refugees; Jordan, Turkey lead list
Ten countries – which account for just 2.5% of the global economy – are hosting more than half the world’s refugees, a rights group has said, accusing wealthy countries of leaving poorer nations to bear the brunt of a worsening crisis. In a report published on Tuesday, Amnesty International said[Read More…]
Iran and Saudi Arabia’s war of words after Haj fallout
Saudi Arabia’s top cleric, Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh said in a public statement that Iran’s leaders were not Muslims. The comment drew a lot of rebuke from Tehran as the haj pilgrimage issue escalated. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had earlier questioned the management of Mecca and Medina[Read More…]
India to Russia by train is that much closer now!
Travelling from Mumbai from to Moscow could be a reality very soon. Within the first freight train between both nations starting in August this year, travelling by train to Russia seems with reach. The goods train is part of a project called the “North South Transport Corridor”. This route has[Read More…]
When Iranian men wore hijab for their wives!
In a display of solitary with their wives, men in Iran are wearing hijabs across the country. Answering a campaign, ‘My Stealthy Freedom’ by Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist and journalist living in New York the men are protesting against the ‘moral policing’ imposed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.[Read More…]