A study by a non-partisan group has demonstrated that 56,000 people have been killed in Yemen since early 2016 and more than 2,000 people are being killed due to Saudi-backed war and manmade famine, which puts the number five times more than previously thought.

Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) commended Iran for its Health Reform Plan, deeming it a suitable model for rendering primary healthcare elsewhere.

The so-called US-led coalition has killed as many as 3,222 civilians, among them 768 children and 562 women, since its operations began in Syria in 2014, a war monitor reported Tuesday.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday condemned the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was critical of Saudi Kingdom, describing it as a big test for the so-called advocates of human rights , particularly the US and Europe.

Iranian women directed almost 14 percent of the films submitted to the secretariat of the 12th Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité, which is slated for December 9-16.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has called on the Pakistani government to take necessary action on releasing Iranian border guards recently kidnapped re at a Sistan-Baluchestan border area with Pakistan in southeast of Iran.

Iran’s delegate at the UN Third Committee criticized the UN expert on freedom of opinion and expression for having trusted BBC news about the Islamic Republic.

The United Nations humanitarian chief said the war on Yemen has left as many as 8.4 million people in the Arab world’s already poorest nation in need of urgent food aid.

Director General of the National Social Security Organization Ahmad Reza Khazaee says according to statistics, extracted since 1994, about 44,000 foreigners have been insured by the Social Security Organization.

The UN Human Rights Committee on Tuesday criticized France's so-called burqa ban, saying the law "violated" the rights of two women who were fined for wearing full-face veils in public.