TEHRAN (Iran News) – US social media company Facebook says it has taken down a news network that used hundreds of fake accounts to publish stories about a variety of topics, including articles promoting President Donald Trump and criticizing the Chinese government. Facebook said Friday it removed more than 900 accounts, groups, and pages on […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. The “historically low” number of journalists mostly were killed covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan, during 2019 the Paris-based watchdog said, which warned that “journalism remains a dangerous profession”. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Markus Leitner, the Swiss Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran invited Iran for signing membership in the Management and Policymaking Council of the ‘Blue Peace’ Plan. Speaking in a meeting with the Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and wastewater Affairs Ghasem Taghizadeh Khamesi, held at the venue of the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Monday issued its first new treatment guidelines for autism in 12 years aimed at helping doctors identify at-risk children and getting them the care they need as early as possible. Since developmental delays are often present in very young children with autism, the report, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Dangerous air pollution has shut down schools, kindergartens, and special-needs schools in Iran’s capital Tehran and surrounding towns.  Authorities in the Iranian capital Tehran decided to close down all kindergartens, schools, and universities on Sunday because of high levels of air pollution. According to the air quality control center, the air-pollution […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – One of the fundamental issues in modern societies is that families and kinship groups can no longer be the only shelter for individuals in society, and the lack of family dialogue is clear. On the one hand, citizens in different groups: age, gender, social and income levels expect to live in […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Secretary-General of Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni announced that a total of 12,000 tons of illicit drugs and narcotics have been discovered and seized in the country in the past 40 years, a major portion of which is destined for Europe. “3,300km of different physical and electronic barriers […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – At least 187 Islamophobic crimes occurred in Germany, according to a report published by the government. The government issued the report following a question filed by a leftist group in the parliament, Anadolu news agency reported. At least 187 Islamophobic crimes were committed in Germany during 9 months of 2019, however, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Five people died, including three after being shot by police, following violent protests in northeast of the county over a contentious Indian citizenship law, with authorities maintaining internet bans and curfews in some regions. Tension remained high at the epicenter of the unrest in Assam state’s biggest city, Guwahati, with a […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The American weekly Time has named the Swedish teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg its “Person of the Year” for 2019. The news magazine declared the 16-year-old Swedish girl — who quickly bloomed into one of the world’s most notable climate change activists and inspired millions of young people to take […]