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Iran’s Foreign Minister, in his address at the emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), described the catastrophic situation in Gaza, stressing that “Gaza cannot wait—now is the time for action.” ...

Perpetrator of underage girls’ marriage arrested; parents are imprisoned: Prosecutor

Namin county prosecutor said that 120 underage girls had got married illegally; therefore, the accused husbands were identified, two marriage offices in the city of Abi Bigloo were sealed and the marriage signer was sent to prison.

HR official: Several MOUs to be signed with Iraq

In a tweet published on Monday, Ali Bagheri Kani, the Secretary of High Council for Human Rights announced that during the visit the Judiciary Chief and the HCHR Secretary are making to Baghdad, several MOUs are planned to be signed.

Judiciary chief, HCHR secretary to visit Iraq

Iran's judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Iraq upon an official invitation by the head of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zeidan.

ICC ruling welcomed by Palestinian rights groups

Palestinian rights groups have welcomed the International Criminal Court’s ruling that it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and called on the court’s prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to take swift action...

UN: Zionist regime must halt West Bank demolitions and respect international law

Three high-level UN officials on Friday issued a statement calling for Israel to end demolitions in the occupied West Bank, after meeting with members of a Bedouin community ousted from their homes earlier this week in the northern Jordan Valley, whi...

Iranian women a driving force in society over the past four decades: HR official

Bagheri Kani said: “during the past four decades, Iranian women have been able to present a new perspective of effective and faithful role-playing to the international community and by presenting a new narrative of their practical emergence, th...

ICC’s jurisdiction over Zionist regime war crimes confirmed

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal’s prosecutor to open a war crimes investigation.

Successful cataract surgery on animals in Iran

Dr. Behnam Ghaffarzadeh, an ophthalmologist in Tabriz, successfully performed a cataract surgery on a horse for the first time in the country.

No homeless people in Tehran have died due to the cold: Official

For thousands homeless people, a cold night is a battle between life and death. Ten years ago, on such days, Jaber Qaredaghi, then head of the Forensic Medicine Research Center, expressed concern about frostbite deaths during the cold seasons of the ...

UN: Violence against children in bomb attacks in Syria condemned

Several people, including four children, are reported dead, with many more injured, following a weekend of deadly bomb attacks in towns in northern rural Aleppo, Syria, that were roundly condemned by senior UN officials.