EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini described lifting sanctions as a basic part of Iran nuclear deal, saying the EU is still striving for preserving economic interests of Iran from the JCPOA.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said "we have been informed about UK government's recent move to grant "diplomatic protection" to Nazanin Zaghari, and also received a note from the official channels in this regard."

About 200 people protested outside a court of appeal in the Italian city of Ancona after it was revealed that two men were cleared of rape charges partly because the alleged victim looked “too masculine” to be a target of attraction.

The chairman of Bahrain’s Islamic Action Society, a major opposition group, condemned the US move to blacklist Secretary General of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi and said the movement will remain a thorn in the side of the US.

Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, which elects and oversees the performance of the Leader of Islamic Revolution.

Reports from Yemen’s Hajjah Governorate indicate that scores of civilians have been killed following airstrikes that hit residential areas over the past two days. Medical sources suggest that at least 22 have died, with more than 30 injured during the aerial bombardment.

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says more than 1,100 Syrian children were killed in 2018, making it the deadliest year since 2011, when foreign-sponsored militancy began in the Arab country.

China says Western forces are trying to use Christianity to influence its society and even "subvert" the government, warning Christians there to follow the Chinese model of the religion.

It is unfortunate to hear that European Union ambassadors have decided to leave sanctions imposed on a number of Iranian individuals for alleged human rights abuses in place for another year.

A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in April, saying that it may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".