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Iran’s parliamentary elections kicks off, Leader casts vote in early minutes (Photos)
Feb 21, 2020 03:18As the nationwide votes for the parliament and the midterm elections of the Assembly of Experts officially began in Iran on Friday morning, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the early hours of the voting.
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India builds wall to block view of slum during Trump visit
Feb 18, 2020 15:30A half-kilometer brick wall has been hastily erected in India's Gujarat State ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump, with critics saying it was built to block the view of a slum area inhabited by more than 2,000 people.
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Jet man flies high above Dubai
Feb 18, 2020 04:23French jetman Vince Reffet successfully takes off from the ground, flying high above Dubai. (Source: Reuters)
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Syrians celebrate recent army gains in Aleppo
Feb 17, 2020 04:08Residents of the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo have gathered in the streets to celebrate recent advances by the Syrian Arab Army in the city's surrounding suburbs.
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Religious minorities take part in Iran legislative elections
Feb 17, 2020 02:35Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Armenians and Assyrians are getting ready to cast their ballots in Iran’s eleventh parliamentary elections. Under the Constitution, there are five reserved seats in the legislature for Iran’s religious minorities.
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Europe honors Gen. Soleimani: Posters adorn cities across Italy
Feb 15, 2020 11:34A European group has launched a remembrance campaign across Italy for Iranian Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated by US forces in Iraq in January.
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Iraqis, Pakistanis pay tribute to General Soleimani
Feb 14, 2020 13:16Tens of thousands of people in Iraq and Pakistan have held ceremonies to mark the 40th day after the martyrdom of Iran's Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi comrade, Hashd al-Shaabi's Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Candidates on campaign trail for Iran's legislative elections
Feb 14, 2020 03:00More than 6,000 candidates have begun competing for 290 seats in Iran’s eleventh parliament.
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4 decades on: Islamic Revolution in pictures
Feb 11, 2020 06:55Millions of Iranians took to the streets nationwide on Tuesday to mark the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, which ended the rule of the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty.
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Huge turnout in Iranian cities due
Feb 11, 2020 05:03First pictures indicate that millions of people pouring out into the streets of Tehran and cities around the country to mark the 41st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution’s victory.