Tag Archives: Iran

At least 51 workers died and more than a dozen others were injured following an explosion at a coal mine in Tabas, eastern Iran. According to reports, “70 miners were present on the site before the explosion.” Heart-rending scenes were reported, with colleagues in tears awaiting the return of the …

Four people were killed and 120 others injured in an earthquake in northeastern Iran on Tuesday, officials said. Iran’s state TV reported the magnitude 5.0 quake jolted the town of Kashmar, some 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tehran. Rescue teams have been deployed to the region, and …

Pope Francis renewed his call for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine as he pray for peace in Palestine and Israel on Sunday. “I renew my appeal not to give in to the logic of claiming war,” Francis told a gathered audience in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican …

Five young Iranian ladies have been arrested for dancing to Nigerian Afrobeat singer and rapper, Rema’s song ‘Calm Down’ . The video of the five girls went viral for dancing to Rema’s hit song without headscarves. The footage showed the women were dancing and slightly showing their stomachs. It spread …

Since the end of November, the official Iranian media have counted several hundred cases of mysterious diseases, from which hundreds of schoolgirls suffer, in particular in the holy city of Qom. On Wednesday, dozens of girls’ establishments in the same city, Ardabil, in the north-west of the country, were victims …