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 ...

TEHRAN, July 14 (MNA) Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, on a trip to Nigeria pledged to help free a group of schoolgirls abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram. Malala Yousefzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, on Sunday met parents of the more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped ...

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)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed sympathy for the bereaved families of the schoolgirls and women kidnapped by Boko Haram, a Wahhabi Al-Qaeda-affiliated group, in Nigeria, and called for cooperation among the regional nations to combat terrorism and extremism. "This act against the innocent women and girls which ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Tehran, May 20, IRNA - Iran?s vice president for Women and Family Affairs sent a letter to the UN women executive director on Tuesday condemning the human rights violation case committed by the Boko Haram terrorist group. Shahindokht Molaverdi sent separate letters to the UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister of Women Affairs ...

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignright" width="266"] Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced Tehran's readiness to help the Nigerian government and nation free the more than two-hundred school girls who have been kidnapped by Boko Haram,...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Parliament Speaker's Adviser for International Affairs, Hossein Sheikholeslam, deplored the recent abduction of more than two hundred Nigerian school girls by Boko Haram, a Wahhabi Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria, and said such a behavior is not Islamic. "The behavior of this group is very horrible and has not been witnessed ...

[caption id="attachment_96392" align="alignright" width="206"] French President Francois Hollande (R) and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan attend a joint news conference following the African Security Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2014.REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes[/caption] African leaders meeting in Paris have pledged to wage war ...

Abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remain holed up in the vast Sambisa Forest, a known Boko Haram hideout in north-eastern Nigeria, a local NGO unveiled. "Upon interrogation, the millitantsrevealed that 234 girls abducted from Chibok were still in Sambisa forest and that they had been divided into three groups," Peregrino Brimah, head of the non-profit ...