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After the renewed desecration of a Koran in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities are launching a new investigation for possible incitement. A complaint has been filed and a preliminary investigation led by a public prosecutor has been launched, the Stoc…
Judge in West Virginia says it would ‘impinge on rights’ of incarcerated atheist to participate in religiously affiliated programA federal judge in West Virginia ruled that the state corrections agency cannot force an incarcerated atheist and secular h…
The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, has warned against the continuation of defiling Islamic sanctities.
Former chair of UK child sexual abuse inquiry has been asked to set up independent safeguarding modelThe former chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) has warned she will quit a new role to develop independent safeguarding str…
Baghdad also recalls chargé d’affaires from Sweden as protesters storm Swedish embassy in IraqIraq expelled the Swedish ambassador on Thursday in protest at a planned burning of the Qur’an in Stockholm that had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm …
Iran marks the start of the month of Muharram during which Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of anniversary of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali.
Iranian police have arrested a man and two women for insulting a religious site in district 6 of the capital Tehran.
Report from rightwing thinktank calls for tougher sanctions on Iran as October expiry of UN sanctions looms UK politics live – latest updatesThe October expiry of UN sanctions limiting Iran’s missile programme must become a hard deadline for the UK to …
A member of the office for the preservation of the works of Iran’s Leader has said that the burning of holy books in front of the Israeli embassy in Denmark by someone who is standing beside the picture of Iran’s leader is suspicious and indefensible….
Authorities announce new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, after period of scaled-back policingAlmost 10 months after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, triggering weeks of protest across Iran, police vans are again patrolling the…