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A delegation from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation of Japan discussed cooperation with Iran in the field of women’s empowerment and civil rights during a meeting in Tehran on Monday.

Some 370,000 foreign students, mostly Afghan nationals, will receive free of charge schooling in Iran for the current school year of 2017-18.

nstead of denying responsibility, Myanmar should put the safety of people in the border area at the forefront. There is a reason why the use of antipersonnel landmines is illegal: they kill and...

The Welfare Deputy of the Welfare Ministry, Ahmad Midri gave news of the launch of a census on Iranian women who are married to Afghan men and said: “The issuing of ID cards and documents for the...

The director of the Literacy Movement Organization of the country said: “from 2011 to 2016, the literacy index of the country has grown by 2.85 percent, while the growth level of this index for the...

A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar's Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine Buddhist and Rohingya Muslim populations but also...

The Zoroastrian Women’s Organization, an NGO founded in 1950 in Iran, is trying to empower women and girls in different aspects, Mehrangiz Shahzadi, the vice president of the organization said.

Visiting Gaza for the first time since taking office as United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres called for Palestinian unity, saying division “only undermines the cause of the...

Calling for creative ways to work towards peace in Syria, the United Nations Special Envoy outlined the political path forward, which includes holding another round of the so-named Astana talks and...

An air strike which hit Faj Attan, a residential area of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, destroying three homes, killing ten people and injuring seven more, shows that after more than two years of...

the UN Committee against Torture issued recommendations on how Ireland can respect its obligations under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

Reiterating that attacks targeting civilians are prohibited under international law, the United Nations human rights office confirmed dozens of casualties in airstrikes on villages near the...

The Iraqi Government must ensure that the thousands of women and girls who survived sexual violence by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist fighters receive care,...

The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq has warned against the consequences of displacement as thousands of civilians are expected to flee from Tal Afar and surrounding communities...

Warning about escalating suffering in Yemen's man-made catastrophe, senior United Nations officials addressed the Security Council, calling on the international community to push for a political...

The European Union's new policy on Mediterranean Sea rescues threatens life and breaches international standards, two United Nations independent human experts cautioned.

The first assembly of female experts in Iran, dubbed “women’s parliament”, opened in the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, on Sunday.

The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands...

Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and organizations defending human rights said on Wednesday the Mirza Olang massacre in Sayyad district of Sar-e-Pul province must be...

One year since Sana’a Airport was shut down, more Yemenis have died from not being able to travel for specialised medical care than those who have been killed by airstrikes.