Tag: Iran
Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman Rushdie
Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”. […]
Pollution continues to hinder life in Iran
The severe air pollution continues after it had led authorities to close schools for three days in and around the capital, where an estimated 14 million people live, it resulted in […]
Mecca: Seasons of Pilgrimage and Anger
Two years after the end of the Ottoman Empire, in the wake of the First World War and the establishment of the secular Turkish Republic, the Arab region clamored for […]
Iran closes capital’s schools due to air pollution
Iran is to close schools for two days in Tehran following air pollution three times the acceptable level that has blanketed the city in fog. Air quality in Iran’s capital […]
Iranian newspaper condemns media censorship
Iran’s “Ettelaat” newspaper has objected to the state’s ban on publishing the name or images of the former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami. As the managing editor of the state-run newspaper, Seyed Mahmoud […]
[Indonesia Report] Illegal immigrants escape Indonesian detention facility
Some 20 illegal immigrants from Middle East countries again escaped from the East Java Immigration Detention Center’s temporary detention facility in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia on Friday (Sept 14). They […]
Iran nuclear talks kick off in Moscow
MOSCOW, June 18 (Xinhua) — The latest round of talks between Iran and the world’s six major powers in addition to the European Union (EU) to resolve the nuclear dispute […]
Major news in Iran on Jun 4
Top news in <Tehran Times>: Obama ordered cyber attack on Iran: NY Times news@theasian.asia
Major news in Iran on May 21
Top news in <Tehran Times>: ‘Sanctions will backfire as oil rises to $160’ news@theasian.asia
Major news in Iran on May 14: Any miscalculation by the West will scuttle Iran-5+1 talks
Top news in <Tehran Times>: Any miscalculation by the West will scuttle Iran-5+1 talks news@theasian.asia