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Iranian women 'refuse to stay home' on International Women's Day

Video posted on social media showed demonstrators taking to the streets of Tehran on International Women's Day.

Iran

Posters against 'manspreading' in Iran shared by government official

The image was one of four shared by the Iranian president's special assistant for citizens' rights affairs depicting scenes where women were experiencing harassment in the street.

Syria

Iran, Syria to continue attacking 'terrorists' in Damascus suburbs

The comments came after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Saturday demanding a 30-day truce in Syria to allow aid access and medical evacuation.

Iran

Meet the Iranian woman who dresses as a man to attend football matches

The turning point for Zahra Khoshnavaz was after last year's deadly earthquake in Tehran. "I asked myself: 'Why die in a quake and not realise your dreams? Why not go to the stadium?' So I decided to go."

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World News

100,000 signatures gathered for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Campaigners supporting the jailed British-Iranian woman will gather outside the Iranian Embassy in London as the Islamic Republic's deputy foreign minister visits the UK capital

Iran

They said he was dead, but a traffic jam had actually saved his life

One scheduled passenger had a lucky escape.

Iran

Iran plane crash: Bad weather hampers rescuers

All 66 people on board the Aseman airliner are feared dead, who were travelling from Tehran to the city of Yasuj.

Germany

Israel warns it could act against Iran's 'empire'

"Israel will not allow the regime to put a noose of terror around our neck," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel

Fears of confrontation between Israel and Iran over Syria

Tensions between Israel and Iran over Syria are at their highest since the civil war began, after Saturday's Israeli strikes and the downing of one of its planes.

Iran

Iran says nearly half of Tehran wants to drop mandatory headscarf laws

49% of those surveyed in Iran's capital in 2014 believed the government should not be allowed to dictate what women wear in public.

Iran

Meet the snipers deployed to solve Tehran's rat problem

The team of snipers combs the sewers every night and find around 10-15 rats in a single district.

Iran

Movement against Iran's headscarf law gains momentum

A renewed wave of protest to get rid of the strict laws that force Iranian women to wear hijabs in public has gained momentum on social media.

USA

US signals deeper commitment in Syria

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the United States cannot repeat past mistakes and won't pull out of Syria prematurely.

Iran

Iran's transgender community: Legally recognised yet socially ostracis

Transgender people in Iran are both legally and religiously accepted in the country but their existence in Iranian society is not easy.

Europe News

Iran nuclear pact 'essential' - EU's message to America

Plea to respect pact follows foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

Iran

Iran protests end but regime now faces ‘race against time,’ experts sa

What made this mass display of dissent — which resulted in at least 21 deaths and more than 3,700 arrests — so significant was that it appeared to be leaderless and spread without the impetus of any particular opposition group.

Iran

Iran, banning English teaching in primary schools

Iran officially bans the teaching of English in primary schools to prevent "cultural invasion".

China

32 sailors go missing after tanker and freight ship collide off China

The 32 missing sailors have not been located since Saturday night.

World News

Fears for '90 university students' held in Iran crackdown

Some of the young people detained by the regime are said to be unaccounted for

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