The parents of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager who was shot to death by a white police officer last year, plan to sue the city of Ferguson, Missouri where their son was killed. Lawyers representing Browns parents said Wednesday they plan to file the wrongful death lawsuit at the St. Louis County courthouse on Thursday. The lawyers ...

[caption id="attachment_99179" align="alignright" width="189"] Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran has never capitulated to the West.[/caption] Irans supreme leader has stepped into the debate over police violence and race in America, likening police shootings of black people in Ferguson and elsewhere to the Palestinian struggle in Gaza in a series oftweets ...

[caption id="attachment_139744" align="alignright" width="187"] Police at the Mobil gas station in Berkeley early Wednesday, Dec. 24, shortly after a fatal shooting.[/caption] Another African-American teenager has been shot dead by police in Saint Louis, Missouri amid ongoing protests against police brutality across the country. The victim, 18-yaer-...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani strongly criticized human rights conditions in the United States and condemned the recent killings of African-Americans by the US police. Amoli Larijani pointed to the reports that (at least) one African-American is killed every day in the US, and lashed out at the American legal ...

Demonstrators gather in Washington and New York to rally against the killings of unarmed black men by police officers. Thousands of demonstrators have marched in Washington and New York to protest against the killings of unarmed black men by police officers and to urge politcians to do more to protect African-Americans. Organisers said that Saturday's ...

Protests against police brutality and institutional racism continue around the US following the recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the death of two unarmed black men over the summer. Thousands of university students from 40 medical schools across the US on Wednesday staged so-called die-ins to simulate being dead to ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Snapshots of a visit by President Rouhani to the northeastern province of Golestan and his remarks that he would stay committed to his election promises were splashed ...

[caption id="attachment_133641" align="alignright" width="185"] Police arrest Derrick Robinson in St. Louis, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014.[/caption] US Bishop Derrick Robinson, the leader of several peaceful protests against Michael Browns grand jury decision, has been arrested in St. Louis, Missouri. Police arrested the bishop during clashes between police ...

[caption id="attachment_133337" align="alignright" width="137"] This undated file photo released by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office on November 24, 2014, shows Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.[/caption] The police officer who shot dead ...

A number of activists have called on the American people to boycott the Black Friday shopping day in solidarity with an African-American teenager killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Angry about the failure to indict white police officer Darren Wilson who shot Michael Brown in August, the activists urged the boycott. Twitter users showed solidarity ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Mother of Michael Brown Lesley McSpadden said Ferguson police officer Wilson added insult to injury, after he said her son looked demonic during their confrontation on 9 August, which resulted in Wilson shooting Brown dead. During an interview with NBCs Today program, McSpadden said that Wilsons account of the events that led to her ...

[caption id="attachment_132871" align="alignright" width="150"] Protestors shout slogans near police headquarters in Los Angeles on November 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Robyn Beck)[/caption] Washington (AFP) - Barack Obama's election as the United States' first black leader raised hopes that his presidency would serve as a platform for work to bridge the ...

President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the United States is suffering from racial discrimination amid protests over a jury decision not to indict an officer who killed an unarmed black American. "The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result ...

[caption id="attachment_117239" align="alignright" width="227"] Demonstrators protest against the killing of Michael Brown. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images[/caption] Darren Wilson testified on Tuesday for four hours about his August 9 shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old, reports say The police officer who shot dead Michael Brown in the Missouri ...

People in the United States hold a demonstration to protest the shooting death of a black teenager by a white policeman last month. The demonstrators took to the streets in Washington and Iowa on Saturday to condemn police shootings and killings of unarmed minorities. The protesters repeated the chant "hands up, don't shoot." The 18-year-old ...

The rebellion in Ferguson, Missouri, which erupted following the murder of black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman officer has ripped the notion that America is post-racial after centuries of African-American oppression, an activist says. The August 9 racially-charged shooting death of the unarmed Brown has unleashed a wave of protests and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Hundreds of marchers took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri, local media reported, with protesters calling for justice three weeks after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot the 18-year-old Brown on Aug. 9. The shooting sparked violent protests ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Grieving family members were joined by thousands of mourners at the funeral of Michael Brown, an unarmed black youth whose killing by a white police officer in the town of Ferguson triggered weeks of unrest. US civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton, called for a "fair and impartial investigation" into August 9, when Brown was ...

Tehran, Aug 24, IRNA - Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Sunday criticized manipulation of human rights by the US administration. Referring to Tehran?s diplomatic efforts in support of Gazan people, he noted that Iran would continue its support for the Palestinians. US support for Israeli ...

[caption id="attachment_106448" align="alignright" width="243"] A file photo of Irans Majlis[/caption] Tehran, Aug 24, IRNA - Iran?s Majlis (parliament) in a statement issued on Sunday, condemned targeted racism of the US government against Afro-Americans. The statement urged the US officials to stop crackdown on peoples peaceful protests after the ...