A group of women held a protest rally in the capital of Nimroz province of Afghanistan

Sep 4, 2021, 11:58 GMT+1

A group of women in Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan's Nimroz province, rallied on Saturday to demand recognition of their fundamental rights. In recent days, Afghan women have rallied in Kabul and Herat, and on the second day of the women's rally in Kabul, the Taliban attacked.

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MPs presented a plan to divide Iran into 10 regions

Sep 4, 2021, 11:55 GMT+1

A group of lawmakers has drafted a plan that, if approved, would divide Iran into 10 regions, with each region having a minister responsible for regulating government relations with local officials and nominating governors. Mohsen Rezaei had proposed a similar plan during the 1988 presidential election

Nimroz women protest rally; Recognize our fundamental rights

Sep 4, 2021, 11:20 GMT+1

Following the suppression of the women's protest rally in Kabul, a number of women in Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province, held a peaceful rally on Saturday. For the past three days, women have been holding protest rallies in Herat and Kabul provinces.

Ebrahim Raisi: The side effects of the internal vaccine are less than the external vaccine

Sep 4, 2021, 11:16 GMT+1

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi claims that despite "malicious propaganda", the domestic vaccine "has the least side effects" compared to its imported counterparts. This statement was made while no scientific information about the results of the Barakat vaccine test has been published so far

Mehrdad Bakhtiari, Pouya Bakhtiari's uncle, announced that his car brakes were intentionally cut

Sep 4, 2021, 11:11 GMT+1

Mehrdad Bakhtiari, the uncle of Pouya Bakhtiari, who was killed in November 1998, said in a video that reached Iran International that while driving, he noticed that his car's brakes were not working and the repairman told him that the brakes had been intentionally cut. He said the Islamic Republic was to blame for any possible incidents to his family members

Guttierez: Children, women and men in Afghanistan need help more than ever

Sep 4, 2021, 11:03 GMT+1

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he will hold a conference on September 22 to call on the Afghan people to support the increase in humanitarian aid. Guttierez says Afghan children, men and women need the support of the international community more than ever.

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