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Education

School for migrant children in Qom (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
More than 100 migrant children, mostly Afghans, who come from different corners of Qom, are studying in this school.
Foreign Policy

Muslim world, not Riyadh, should run Hajj: Iran’s Parliament

Golrokh Askarieh -
The MPS also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia to investigate the causes of the Mina tragedy.
Local

Party politics: A party for women or partisans of women’s political activity?

Golrokh Askarieh -
Three female political players set out reasons why Iranian women are underrepresented in executive bodies and how the current trend can be reversed.
Crisis

Iran death toll from Mina stampede reaches 136

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has announced that the number of Iranian pilgrims who died in the Mina stampede has increased to 136.
Education

Iran builds its biggest ever school in Sharjah

Emad Askarieh -
The educational complex Iran is constructing in Sharjah will turn into an international school and its IB-based curriculum will be taught in English.
Crisis

Coverage of Hajj tragedy by Iranian newspapers on September 26

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iranian newspapers on Saturday brought into focus the tragic incident in Mina on Thursday, which was the worst Hajj tragedy in 25 years.
Iran in Pictures

Moving in the same direction (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Many Tehran commuters share a car on a daily basis heading in the same direction.
Crisis

Iran summons Saudi charge d’ affaires over Mina incident

Emad Askarieh -
Iran’s interior minister in a letter to his Saudi counterpart has called for full investigation into the tragic stampede incident in Mina.
Crisis

Toll from Hajj stampede outside Mecca reaches 2,000: Sources

Golrokh Askarieh -
The death toll from a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, has soared...
Crisis

Saudi government responsible for Mina tragedy: Ayatollah Rafsanjani

Golrokh Askarieh -
Ayatollah Rafsanjani has said that Saudi officials in charge of [maintaining] order in Hajj rituals are responsible for the incident near Mecca and should be answerable to the Islamic world.
Crisis

Iran’s President Rouhani orders task force to address Mina disaster

Golrokh Askarieh -
Among its objectives, the task force would have to send over aid teams, if needed, and dispatch aircraft to Saudi Arabia in order to assist the pilgrims and the wounded.
Crisis

Iran declares 3-day national mourning over Mecca deaths

Golrokh Askarieh -
The Saudi government should meet its obligations in compliance with the rule of righteousness and fairness, the leader said.
Crisis

Number of Iranian victims of Saudi stampede rises to 47

Golrokh Askarieh -
The head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said that the Saudi officials had blocked two ways leading to the stoning point, thus causing the stampede.
Education

Back to school in photos

Fatemeh Askarieh -
More than 13 million students went to schools across Iran on September 23.
Hard News

US policies, Israel crimes key problems for Muslims: Leader

Emad Askarieh -
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a message to Hajj pilgrims stressing the importance of the annual ritual.
Environment

Asiatic cheetah on the prowl

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Kooshki was handed over as a gift by a hunter to the Environment Protection Organization when he was a cub.
Environment

A city councilor takes a dip, of a different sort

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Environment activists have been protesting for years but their efforts to stem the flow of dirty water into sea have not produced any results yet.
Iran in Pictures

Man with amputated arms soldiers on (PHOTOS)

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Physical disability seems to be too small an obstacle to prevent Hossein Shokuhi from leading a normal life.
Environment

Life of an environmentalist in photos

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Kamran says he has gone through many books to learn more about ways of helping the environment and wildlife.
Education

Education through middle school to become compulsory: Minister

Golrokh Askarieh -
Some 408,000 foreign students received education in Iranian schools last year; an additional 48,000 had been signed up, Fani said.
Lifestyle

A teacher’s foray into an apiary

Emad Askarieh -
Parsafar, who has now opened a store where she sells honey, puts her success down to her tireless efforts.
Hard News

Iran’s space scientist killed in Mecca crane collapse

Emad Askarieh -
The Saudi government should have made the necessary preparations to safeguard the lives of the pilgrims in Mecca, Ali Larijani said.
Environment

Asiatic cheetah-themed airliner takes to Iranian skies

Emad Askarieh -
A Meraj Airlines Airbus A320 on whose nose the image of an Asiatic cheetah has been painted has taken to the sky for the first time.
Science and Technology

Iranian scientists and universities among the world’s top one percent

Emad Askarieh -
A science ministry official has said that as many as 170 Iranian scientists are among the world’s highly-cited researchers.
Hard News

Iranian President Rouhani wishes Jews happy Rosh Hashana

Emad Askarieh -
May our shared Abrahamic roots deepen respect and bring peace and mutual understanding,” the Iranian president said in a tweet.
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