Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Wednesday for voters to participate in Friday鈥檚 presidential ballot, saying that historically low first-round turnout was not an act 鈥榓gainst the system鈥�...
The first round of Iran鈥檚 presidential election revealed shrinking support for both reformists and conservatives even though some voters are pushing for change by...
The sole reformist in Iran鈥檚 presidential election, Masoud Pezeshkian, will face the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili in a runoff, authorities said on Saturday, following a...
Iran on Saturday warned that 鈥榓ll resistance fronts鈥�, a grouping of Iran and its regional allies, would confront Israel if it attacks Lebanon...
Iranians cast their ballots on Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist鈥檚 bid to break through against a divided conservative field.
Polls in Iran opened on Friday for a presidential election following the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month....
Iranians vote on Friday to elect a new president from six candidates, including a lone reformist who hopes he can challenge the dominance of conservatives in the Islamic republic...
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for 鈥榟igh participation鈥� in Friday鈥檚 presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash...
Iranians broadly deplore Western sanctions that have battered the economy, but the country鈥檚 six presidential candidates offer differing solutions 鈥� assuming the...
Freelance documentary photographer Mashruk Ahmed said that he wanted to make the younger generation aware of the stories of Biranganas by organising...
Iran鈥檚 supreme court has overturned a death sentence against popular rapper Toomaj Salehi who was jailed for backing nationwide protests sparked by...
With just a week remaining before a presidential election, Iranians are divided over whether voting will address pressing economic issues and...
Residents of Miranzilla Harijan Colony in Dhaka鈥檚 Bangshal area organised a rally at central Shaheed Minar in the city on Thursday to protest against their eviction without...
An Iranian court has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a year in prison for 鈥榩ropaganda against the state鈥�, the jailed activist鈥檚 lawyer said on...
At least nine patients died on Tuesday when a fire tore through a hospital in Iran's northern city of Rasht, state media said....
At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, authorities from their countries said on Sunday, as temperatures soar in the kingdom....
The Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Friday at a protest rally called on the Dhaka South City Corporation authority to refrain from evicting the dwellers of the Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in the capital鈥檚 Bangshal area until their relocation...
Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Thursday, one week after the agency鈥檚 board of governors passed a...
When Iranians worry about life鈥檚 big questions, many seek answers in the works and wisdoms of Persia鈥檚 most revered poet, Hafez -- sometimes with the...
THE eviction of cleaners from their colony in Old Town of Dhaka where they have lived since the British era with no rehabilitation plans is deplorable. Dhaka鈥檚 south city authorities have conducted the eviction drive at the Miranzilla Harijan Sweepers Colony at Bangshal since June 10 and have already demolished...
A 70-year-old Montu Das on Wednesday was seen crying while sitting on the floor of his stuffy room devastated as the Dhaka South City Corporation began evicting a section of people from the Miranzilla Harijan Sweepers Colony in Bangshal in Old Dhaka on Monday...
AFTER Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh (1951-53), was overthrown in a US-British coup, he stated: 鈥業 am aware that my fate must serve as an example in the future throughout the Middle East in breaking the chains of slavery and servitude to colonial interests.鈥�..
THIS spring, Iran鈥檚 unprecedented direct military tit-for-tat escalation against its regional arch-foe Israel amid the ongoing Gaza war was accompanied by a deteriorating domestic landscape marked by higher repression and a deepening economic crisis...
Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash.....
Iranian authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a 鈥榮atanist network鈥� at an event with 鈥榓lcoholic drinks鈥�, local media reported on...
Young fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana has rattled the world鈥檚 top batsmen with his toe-crushing yorkers in the Indian Premier League and looks set to boost...
Iran on Thursday began the formal registration of presidential candidates ahead of a snap vote next month to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash....
Actress Jyoti Sinha said that artistes must immerse themselves in a role to leave a lasting impression on the audience...
After Iran mourned president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash, the nation鈥檚 focus turns to the election for his successor, with the conservative camp seeking a loyalist to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof walked the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival on Friday after fleeing a prison sentence in his home country just days before...