Tuesday 16 July 2024

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Iran allows women to watch volleyball – but not football, swimming or wrestling

Araz News: A limited number will be allowed into the stadiums of Tehran as part of a move to lift a ban on women at male sporting events. But some sports remain strictly off limits. Iran is to allow a limited...

Iran ‘trains Taliban fighters’ in four camps

Araz News: Iran has stepped up its support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, providing at least four training camps for the movement’s fighters inside its territory, according to officials quoted in the Wall Street Journal. While Iran’s Shia rulers sit at...

Former Iranian vice-president indicted of embezzlement

Araz News: The vice president for executive affairs of Iran ’s ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), has been indicted of embezzlement, said Baghaei’s attorney Ali Asghar Hosseini. Baghaei’s indictment was related to paying bonuses illegally to some ministers as well as government...

Iraq bans egg import from Iran following bird flu case reports

Araz News: Iraq has banned egg imports from the Islamic Republic following reports on outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in some farms in the country. Farzad Talakesh, the secretary of Iran’s Egg Layer Poultry Breeders Union said...

WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan

Araz News : DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the embassy. “The embassy’s sources...

Youth unemployment rate in Iran hits 21.5%

Araz News via trend: Iranian Deputy Minister of Cooperative, Labor, and Social Welfare Hassan Taei said Iran’s economy should grow by the rate of seven percent so that enough job opportunities for the educated youth are created, adding that the unemployment...

Volleyball ban for female fans reignites debate in Iran

Araz News via TGN: A ban on women attending two volleyball matches against the US is reviving a fierce debate in Iran, with some accusing the government of backing down to conservatives. The Volleyball World League men’s games in Tehran, one...

Iranian women banned from watching Iran-US volleyball match

Araz News via trend:  Iranian women have been banned from watching the Iran-US volleyball matches in the World League on June 19-20 in Tehran. No woman will be admitted to attend the Azadi Stadium to watch the volleyball matches, sources...

Heavy winds and dust sweep Iran

Araz News via trend: Most areas in Iran are grappling with heavy winds and dust, meteorologist Fariba Goudarzi said,Trend reported. Tehran has been witnessing dust in the early hours of the night for a few days in row, she noted, Fars...

Iran to expand relations with Iraqi Kurdish region

Araz News via trend : Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister in Consular and Overseas Nationals Affairs Hassan Qashqavi arrived in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, to discuss ways to expand bilateral relations. Qashqavi, heading a 7-member delegation, is scheduled...

Rouhani: nuclear talks can be extended

Araz News via trt: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, said on Saturday that he would not jeopardise state secrets in the country’s nuclear negotiations with six world powers. The president also said that the talks could potentially be extended if new issues...

Iran to ban smartphone usage by officials

Araz News via trt: A senior Iranian general has said Iranian authorities with security clearance to classified information will no longer use smartphones. Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, head of a military unit in charge of combatting sabotage, said on Saturday new...

Iran to launch official marriage website

Araz News via trend: In a move to combat “illegal” marriage websites, Iranian administration will open an official site for the mentioned purpose. The website will be launched officially on June 15, Mahmoud Golrazi, the deputy minister of Youth Affairs and...

Iran former vice-president arrested

Araz news via trend: Iran’s former vice president, Hamid Baghaei was arrested, the Islamic Republic Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said during a press conference in Tehran. Baghaei was summoned to the court a few hours ago and now he...

Air pollution rages in Iran ’s capital city

Tehran, Iran, June 9   Araz News via trend: On the rise for a couple of days, air pollution in the Iranian metropolis Tehran has reached its worst as a new wave of pollutant particles has settled in. Sources said the...