Press TV- Nigerian authorities have warned that female Takfiri bombers are using babies to thwart detection before their attacks. According to a new report, Nigerian officials stated that terrorist groups have been using women to carry out bombing attacks for some time but the use of babies in attacks signals a "dangerous" trend. The report,...

Iran has condemned the latest wave of massacres carried out by the Boko Haram Takfiri militants in Nigeria. Irans Foreign Ministry SpokeswomanMarzieh Afkhamon Saturday offered the Islamic Republics sympathy to the bereaved families of victims of the brutal attacks and also the government of Nigeria. Denouncing the spread of extremism and terrorism ...

[caption id="attachment_133959" align="alignright" width="147"] Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Countries Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reiterated that the Iran is ready for confronting Boko Haram and ISIL terrorist groups....

[caption id="attachment_143986" align="alignright" width="167"] A woman walks past burned houses in the remote town of Baga, northeastern Nigeria, on April 21, 2013.[/caption] Boko Haram Takfiri militants have killed as many as 2,000 people in their attack on Nigerias northeastern state of Borno, Amnesty International says. On Friday, the London-...

Local Nigerian hunters have formed armed patrols in the northeastern part of the country to counter militancy by the Takfiri Boko Haram group. The commander of the traditional hunters in the city of Yola, the capital of Nigerias Adamawa state, said on Wednesday that the group is ready to help the Nigerian government to fight the Takfiri militants ...

Tehran, Nov 20, IRNA -- Vice-President in Women and Family Affairs in a meeting with Nigerian Minister in Women Affairs and Social Development said that by strengthening solidarity among countries, expansion of radicalism and violence can be prevented. According to the report of Government website, Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, in a meeting with the Nigerian ...

Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video obtained by AFP on Friday. The Islamist groups leader, Abubakar Shekau, also denied claims by Nigerias government that it had agreed to a ceasefire and apparently ruled out future talks. An ...

[caption id="attachment_113200" align="alignright" width="216"] afp.com / Boko Haram / HOA screengrab taken from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (centre) on July 13, 2014[/caption] Boko Haram's leader said ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday. Nigerian security forces and federal government officials had denied reports of the mass abduction from three villages in the northeast state of Borno on June 22. Chibok local government chairman ...

[caption id="attachment_102951" align="alignright" width="234"] A photo of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls taken and released by Boko Haram Takfiris (file photo)[/caption] Boko Haram Takfiri militants in Nigeria have reportedly abducted 91 people during recent attacks against three villages in the northeastern regions of the country. More than ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped dozens of Kurdish students in Aleppo province in Northern Syria. The Kurd students were kidnapped by the Saudi-backed Al-Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), near the city of Manbij while they were on their way to a school in a nearby city to take part in their final examinations....

(Reuters) - Nigeria's president said on Thursday he had ordered "a full-scale operation" against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure the parents of 219 schoolgirls being held by the group that their children would be freed. Speaking on Nigeria's Democracy Day, Goodluck Jonathan said he had authorized security forces to use any means ...

[caption id="attachment_97887" align="alignright" width="237"] Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (C)[/caption] Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly engaged in an effort to broker the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Takfiri Boko Haram militants. Obasanjo has met with people close to the radical militants ...

Authorities in Nigerian say at least 54 people have been killed in two separate attacks carried out by Boko Haram Takfiri militants in northeastern Nigeria. According to police, the militants killed 24 soldiers and 21 policemen in an attack on Monday evening on Buni Yadi town in the state of Yobe. Boko Haram militants destroyed a military base ...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the current Iranian administration seeks expansion of diplomatic relations and cooperation with African states. Speaking in a ceremony marking the 51st anniversary of the establishment of Organization of African Unity (OAU) in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday, Zarif commemorated prominent African ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Irans president: Nuclear deal by July Likely Irans president says an agreement on curbing its nuclear program is very likely by July despite a snag in talks last week, but said negotiations might also be extended. Russia may build eight nuclear reactors in Iran: state agency Russia ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Director-General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Department for African Affairs Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi underlined Tehran's readiness to help the Nigerian government free the school girls who have been abducted by Boko Haram, a Wahhabi Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria. Mohammad Nasrabadi made the remarks addressing an International ...

[caption id="attachment_97059" align="alignright" width="222"] A view of the scene of explosions in Nigeria on May 20, 2014[/caption] Iran has condemned the recent terrorist bomb attacks in Nigeria, urging peace and security in the African country. Iran expresses abhorrence over such extremist, terrorist and inhumane acts and calls for the establishment ...

[caption id="attachment_95071" align="alignright" width="246"] A woman attends a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped Chibok school girls, outside the defense headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, May 6, 2014.[/caption] Tehran, May 19, IRNA Nigerian Ambassador to Tehran Tukur Mani on Wednesday thanked President Hassan Rouhani ...

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) Islamic Culture and Relations Organization will hold a meeting on convergence against terrorism and extremism in Al-Zahra University later today (Wednesday). Islamic Culture and Relations Organization and Deputy President in Women and Family Affairs will hold a meeting on convergence against terrorism and extremism to address ...