Now playing Next world news Disbanding Iran's morality police is a 'distraction', says campaigner A London-based analyst who focuses on freedom of expression and access to information online in Iran dismisses the claim that the Islamic republic is disbanding its notorious morality police. "Articles within the Islamic penal code remain," says Mahsa Alimardani. 05/12/2022
Now playing Next Iran Iran: Top football player arrested for criticising the Tehran regime Voria Ghafouri was arrested for “insulting the national soccer team and propagandising against the government," Iranian news agencies reported. 25/11/2022
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Now playing Next Iran Anti-government protests in Iran gain traction as oil workers go on st Anti-government protests in Iran that started in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death show no sign of abating. 11/10/2022
Now playing Next Iran Iran's security forces violently disperse student protesters Videos on social media purport to show Iran's security forces shooting at student protestors with shotguns and rubber bullets, while arresting hundreds. 03/10/2022
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Now playing Next no comment Fidgety Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks Russian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday. 20/07/2022
Now playing Next Syria Iranian foreign minister opposes "any military action" in Syria Iran's foreign minister vows on a visit to Damascus "to prevent any military operation from happening," after Turkey threatened to launch a new offensive on Kurds in the country's north. "We oppose any military action under any justification in Syria," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells the press. 03/07/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Stranded in Iran: How one refugee’s experience shaped her career Peyvand Sadeghian will soon star in shows on Netflix and Amazon Prime, but how did her childhood in Iran shape her career? 20/06/2022
Now playing Next no comment Meet the 7-year-old Iranian who dreams of becoming a racing champion When 7-year-old Iranian child Raha Ghorbani gets into her father's car, she goes straight for the driver's seat and performs drifts. The child participates as a guest in Tehran's racing events, and dreams of becoming a racing champion herself one day. 07/06/2022
Now playing Next Iran Iranian Revolutionary Guard colonel killed by motorbike assassins Iranian authorities hinted the death could be linked with other motorbike slayings previously attributed to Israel. 23/05/2022
Now playing Next Destinations Iran: The Persian powder paradise drawing in the world’s best skiers With 87 kilometres of slope and 66 lifts, the ski resorts outside of Tehran offer some of the best pistes in Asia - and no one knows about them. 24/03/2022
Now playing Next no comment Fire at Tehran's Grand Bazaar damages shops Firefighters say they have put out a fire that broke out in Tehran's grand bazaar in the morning on Saturday. 12/02/2022
Now playing Next United Kingdom Iran detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe wins Magnitsky Bravery Award Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 7-year-old daughter Gabriella accepted the award at a ceremony in London on behalf of the British-Iranian dual national, held in Iran since 2016. 19/11/2021
Now playing Next no comment Iranians celebrate Pomegranate Festival in Tehran Iranians celebrate Pomegranate Festival in Iran's capital Tehran, which is scheduled to run until November 22. 14/11/2021
Now playing Next no comment Thousands gather on anniversary of 1979 US Embassy seizure Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets of Tehran to mark the anniversary of the storming of the US Embassy in 1979. They chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," while burning American and Israeli flags. 04/11/2021
Now playing Next Iran Iran deal sparks hopes of wider nuclear talks with the US The agreement in 2015 saw world powers promise to end international sanctions in return for Tehran ending some of its nuclear work. But the US, while under President Donald Trump, decided to pull out of the deal in 2018, 13/09/2021
Now playing Next Russia Russian embassy denies Tehran ambassadors photo was offensive Iranian officials said the photo "extremely inappropriate" given its links to the 1943 Tehran agreement - when Iran was under Allied control. 12/08/2021
