Iran condoles with India, China, Myanmar on deaths caused by floods Iran condoles with India, China, Myanmar on deaths caused by floods Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Tuesday expressed condolence to the nations and governments of India, China and Myanmar on deaths caused by flood disaster. In his message, the ...

Press TV - A military court in Myanmar will investigate the army's conduct during a crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims that forced thousands to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in August 2017. The army said in a statement on Monday that the court, comprising a major general and two colonels, will investigate the events in Rakhine state. "The ...

The Wall Street Journal | Farnaz Fassihi: U.N. investigators said on Wednesday that Myanmar has continued its campaign of genocide against Rohingya Muslims remaining in the country, as the Security Council for the first time ever was briefed by a human-rights envoy on a specific country. The evidence pointed to systematic crimes against ...

IRNA Irans positive vote to the resolution on violation of human rights in Myanmar was registered at United Nations (UN) on Tuesday, FM spokesman said. Bahram Qasemi condemned brutal crimes by military forces against Muslims in Myanmar. Thanks to Irans principled foreign policies, its positive vote was registered today, he added. Commenting ...

Press TV- At least 12 Rohignya Muslims, including six children, have been killed in yet another boat tragedy in waters off Bangladesh, which is reportedly dealing with a fresh influx of refugees fleeing Myanmars violence-torn Rakhine State. Police said the boat carrying the refugees from Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal near a fishing village ...

Press TV- The Press TV correspondent visitingRohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding there amid a lack of relief supplies and medical services. There is a humanitarian disaster here in a real sense, our correspondents said Friday. There is not enough food and water available, and the sanitary conditions are ...

Press TV- A senior Iranian officialsays the current regime in Myanmar is a US puppet, urging Muslim countries not to remain silent in the face of the countrys deadly crackdown on minority Rohingya Muslims. Myanmars regimeis a US puppet,Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international ...

Press TV- The United Nations chief has called on Myanmar's authorities to halt the ongoing campaign against the persecuted RohingyaMuslims in Rakhine state. Secretary GeneralAntonio Guterres on Wednesday described reports of Myanmar's security forces attacking civilians as "completely unacceptable." "I call on the Myanmar authorities to suspend ...

IRNA Iranian health minister announced that the country is ready to dispatch medical equipment for the crisis-hit Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. 'International bodies have duty to prevent genocide (happening in Myanmar),' Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi told reporters on Wednesday. Condemning the killing of the defenseless people in Myanmar, Hashemi ...

Tasnim The secretary general of Irans Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said the country is ready to help Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar by building temporary shelters for them in Bangladesh. Iran is ready to set up relief tents in Bangladesh and shelter the Myanmarese Muslims for three months, Mostafa Mohammadiyoon said on Wednesday. He ...

IRNA Iran Majlis (Parliament) is to hold an extraordinary session on genocide of Myanmar Muslim minority on Wednesday, a member of the parliament said. Officials from the Iranian Foreign Ministry will also be invited to attend the meeting, Vice Chairman of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kamal Dehqani Firouzabadi said. Unfortunately,...

IFP- A senior IRGC general has rejected the idea of Irans military interference to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar similar to what it did for Iraq and Syria, saying the two cases are very different from each other. It is a false analogy that some take the IRGCs presence in Syria and Iraq and its confrontation with the Takfiris as a pretext to raise ...

IRNA Iranian Government spokesperson sympathized with the people of Myanmar and said that the Myanmar government and army are responsible for the 'sorrowful and inhumane event' on Tuesday. Speaking to the press, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said President Hassan Rouhani's trip to Kazakhstan was a chance for the Islamic world to deal with the killings ...

IRNA Myanmar's Government has blocked 40-ton Iran's humanitarian aid shipment for the affected people of Myamar, an official said. According to President Hassan Rouhani's command, a work group has been formed in Red Crescent Society to send aids to Myanmar, Secretary General of Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mostafa Mohammadion ...

Press TV - Government forces in Myanmar have beheaded and burned alive Rohingya Muslim civilians, including children, witnesses say, as calls grow to stop thegenocide against the minority Muslims living in the Buddhist-majority country. Myanmars Rakhine State, where the minority Rohingya are concentrated, has been the scene of violence by the ...

Press TV- Almost 400 people have died in Myanmar since the countrys army stepped up a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last week. According to new official figures, about 400 people have died in Rakhine State since last Friday. Among the dead were women and children who drowned while trying to cross a river to take refuge in neighboring ...

Press TV- At least 16 Rohingya Muslims, including children, have drowned while fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced thousands of members of the persecuted minority to seek refuge across the border in neighboring Bangladesh. Coastguards in Bangladesh discovered the bodies washed up on the western banks of the border ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to help prevent Myanmars ongoing ethnic cleansing agenda against its Muslim community. Global silence on continuing violence against #Rohingya Muslims. Intl action crucial to prevent further ethnic cleansingUN must rally, Zarif said in a message posted on ...

American Herald Tribune | CJ Werleman: It is the worlds most silent genocide. So silent, in fact, that even in the unlikely event you have heard about it, its more than likely you know only its foggiest details. Under the UN Geneva Convention, the definition of genocide describes both a mental and physical element: intent to destroy, in whole or ...

Press TV - Iran has voiced its deepest worries over Myanmars continued military crackdown against Rohingya Muslims. On Monday, Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi called on the government in Myanmar to halt the continued violation of human rights of Muslims and end the present inhuman and violent situation in the country. He further ...