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Myanmar military court to probe violence against Rohingya
Press TV – A military court in Myanmar will investigate the army’s conduct during a crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims that…
Genocide continues in Myanmar, says U.N. investigator
The Wall Street Journal | Farnaz Fassihi: U.N. investigators said on Wednesday that Myanmar has continued its campaign of “genocide” against Rohingya…
Iran’s positive vote to Myanmar resolution registered at UN
IRNA – Iran’s positive vote to the resolution on violation of human rights in Myanmar was registered at United Nations (UN) on…
Dozens of Rohingya drowned en route to Bangladesh, 12,000 more flee
Press TV- At least 12 Rohignya Muslims, including six children, have been killed in yet another boat tragedy in waters off Bangladesh,…
Iran sends 40 tonnes of aid to Rohingya Muslims
Press TV- The Press TV correspondent visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding there amid a lack of…
Myanmar’s regime is US puppet: Iran’s Velayati
Press TV- A senior Iranian official says the current regime in Myanmar is a US puppet, urging Muslim countries not to remain silent…
UN chief urges Myanmar authorities to stop violence against Rohingya
Press TV- The United Nations chief has called on Myanmar’s authorities to halt the ongoing campaign against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine…
Iran ready to send medical equipment to Muslims in Myanmar
IRNA – Iranian health minister announced that the country is ready to dispatch medical equipment for the crisis-hit Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.…
Iran ready to provide emergency shelters for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Official
Tasnim – The secretary general of Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said the country is ready to help Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence…
Iran parliament to hold extraordinary session on Myanmar genocide
IRNA – Iran Majlis (Parliament) is to hold an extraordinary session on genocide of Myanmar Muslim minority on Wednesday, a member of…
IRGC dismisses idea of military intervention in Myanmar
IFP- A senior IRGC general has rejected the idea of Iran’s military interference to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar similar to what…
Iran blames Myanmar gov’t, army for killings
IRNA – Iranian Government spokesperson sympathized with the people of Myanmar and said that the Myanmar government and army are responsible for…
Myanmar Gov’t blocks Iran’s humanitarian aid convoy
IRNA – Myanmar’s Government has blocked 40-ton Iran’s humanitarian aid shipment for the affected people of Myamar, an official said. According to…
Rohingya beheaded, burned alive in Myanmar: Witnesses
Press TV – Government forces in Myanmar have beheaded and burned alive Rohingya Muslim civilians, including children, witnesses say, as calls grow…
400 people die as Myanmar cracks down on Rohingya
Press TV- Almost 400 people have died in Myanmar since the country’s army stepped up a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last…
16 Rohingya Muslim refugees drown in Myanmar-Bangladesh border river
Press TV- At least 16 Rohingya Muslims, including children, have drowned while fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced…
Iran’s FM urges Int’l community to prevent ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya muslims
Tasnim– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to help prevent Myanmar’s ongoing “ethnic cleansing” agenda against its…
Myanmar – The world’s most silent genocide
American Herald Tribune | CJ Werleman: It is the world’s most silent genocide. So silent, in fact, that even in the unlikely…
Iran voices extreme worries over Rohingyas’ plight in Myanmar
Press TV – Iran has voiced its deepest worries over Myanmar’s continued military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims. On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry…
Tens of thousands of Muslims flee violence in western Myanmar
Press TV- Tens of thousands of Muslims have begun fleeing toward Myanmar’s western border with Bangladesh as Buddhist mobs and security forces step…
Myanmar deploys 500 soldiers to Rakhine, military sources say
Press TV – Myanmar has deployed 500 soldiers to the Muslim-majority northern part of Rakhine state amid fears of another wave of…
Over 80,000 Rohingya kids ‘wasting’ from hunger in Myanmar: UN
Press TV- The United Nations has warned that tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children under the age of five are in…
Myanmar charges 3 Muslims for holding Ramadan prayers
Press TV- Three Muslims have been indicted by Myanmar’s authorities for holding Ramadan prayers in the street where the local school they…
U.N. names team to investigate crimes against Myanmar Rohingya
Reuters– The United Nations named a trio of independent experts on Tuesday to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by…
Myanmar rejects UN probe into crimes against Rohingya
Press TV- Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a decision by the United Nations’ rights council to investigate allegations…
UN expert warns Myanmar may be trying to ‘expel’ all Rohingya Muslims
Press TV- The UN special rapporteur on Myanmar has expressed concern that the Southeast Asian country may be seeking to “expel” all members of the…
OIC extraordinary meeting on Rohingya Muslims kicks off in Malaysia
IRNA – Extraordinary Session of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on the Situation of the Rohingya…
Iran not to tolerate victimizing of Muslims: Senior diplomat
IRNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi says Tehran will not tolerate killing of Muslims wherever…
OIC to UN: Stop potential genocide in Myanmar
Press TV- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the United Nations (UN) to intervene in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where…
Bangladesh urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
Press TV- Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to end months of persecution and violence that have forced thousands of Rohingya Muslims in the…
Iran’s Zarif writes to UN chief to urge action on plight of Rohingya in Myanmar
Press TV- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has written to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to demand international action…
Rights groups slam Myanmar abuse cover-up
Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other rights groups have accused Myanmar of trying to cover up abuses perpetrated by the…
‘The Rohingya Alan Kurdi’: Will The world take notice now?
Tasnim– A heartbreaking picture purporting to show a dead Rohingya child from Myanmar has evoked memories of Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi who…
Unheard Rohingya persecuted in Myanmar
Alwaght– The blazes of hate-fuelled discrimination have long surrounded the Rohingya people whose lives are constantly at threat and whose rights are…
Pressure mounts on Myanmar as state crimes against Muslims documented
Press TV- An international rights group has warned Myanmar that its widespread military crackdown on the Rohingya community may amount to crimes…
Myanmar urged to allow aid deliveries to Rakhine
Press TV- Several Western countries have called on Myanmar’s government to allow humanitarian aid deliveries to Rohingya Muslims in the western state…
Myanmar Muslims face ethnic cleansing, genocide amid world silence
Alwaght– Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are facing ethnic cleansing and genocide of unprecedented proportions in the Buddhist country while the world watches…
Iran ready to aid Myanmar’s ties with Muslims
Nasim—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed Iran’s readiness to aid Myanmar’s government work on its ties with Muslim population of the country. In…