World’s Richest 2,000 People Have More than Poorest 4.6 bln
The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019.
UNHCR lauds Iran’s services for refugees
The UNHCR envoy in Iran, Ivo Freijsen, said on Saturday that Tehran's extensive services to asylum seekers and refugees are admirable.
Tehran snow shuts schools, flights delayed
Heavy snow covered the streets of Tehran on Sunday, causing major flight delays and forcing the closure of schools, authorities in the Iranian capital said.
Women’s March Rallies across the US
Thousands gathered across the US Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March rallies focused on issues such as climate change, pay equity, reproductive rights, and immigration.
Relief operations in Sistan must speed up; Rouhani urges
Rouhani said the government will stand by the flood-hit people, adding that he had ordered the acceleration of the relief operations in Sistan province.
Emmanuel Macron Rushed to Avoid Confronting Protesters
French President Emmanuel Macron was rushed out of a theater in Paris after protesters tried to confront him.
Iran, FAO Joint Program off to Aid Afghan Refugees
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran Bureau of Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, and World Food Programme established a greenhouse as a joint program in Semnan province, located around 220 km east of capital Tehran, to help Afghan refugees. Financially and technically supported by FAO, the […]
Trudeau: Plane crash could be avoided without tensions
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the 176 victims of the Ukrainian plane crash recently shot down unintentionally by the Iranian military would be alive if there had been NO tensions in the region. “I think if there were no tensions if there was no escalation recently in the region, those […]
Iran, China to Boost Anti-Narcotics Cooperation
TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior anti-narcotics official from Iran has traveled to China to explore ways of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the war on illicit drugs. Secretary-General of Iran Anti-Narcotics Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni arrived in China on Monday at the invitation of the Chinese Minister of Public Security. Speaking […]
Flash floods damages villages in South Iran
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Unprecedented flash floods in Iran’s south and southeast provinces have hit 350 villages in recent days, damaging thousands of residential buildings, according to IRNA. Heavy rainfalls in the country’s south, which started on Thursday, have caused flash floods in Sistan and Baluchestan Province and caused damage to more than 20,000 residential […]