Tasnim | Yuram Abdullah Weiler: Uprisings decrying racism and injustices perpetrated and perpetuated by police have erupted in hundreds of US cities and towns, and spread to numerous cities in North America and Europe. Uprisings decrying racism and injustices perpetrated and perpetuated by police have erupted in hundreds of US cities and towns,...

MNA An Iranian diplomat noted that Washingtons coercive measures against other nations can be traced back to the long history of racial superiority in the United States. Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, Iran's Permanent Representative to the UN office in Geneva, made the remarks in an urgent meeting of the Human Rights Council on the issue of systemic ...

MNA Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its twitter account on Wednesday wrote that its high time for the Americans from all walks of life to resist social racism and its main encouragement. MalcolmX dedicated his life to justice for the underprivileged, as he'd long fought to eliminate #WhiteSupremacy in the US, wrote Iran Foreign Ministry ...

Alwaght- The three-year-old Black Lives Matter movement started as an American phenomenon due to the high number of Blacks or African Americans shot and killed indiscriminately by United States Police. Now the movement is becoming popular in several countries across the world, especially Western countries, both in solidarity with those who have ...

A group of Latino activistshascalled on the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee,Donald Trump, to apologize for his recent "racist"remarks about a US judge with Mexican heritage. Representatives from leading Latino rights groups and Hispanic legal organizationscondemned on Wednesday the remarks made by Trumpabout US District JudgeGonzalo ...

Tehran, June 5, IRNA Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Muhammad Ali, the legendary American boxer, was a pioneer in racial equality who stood up for blacks' rights. Hossein Jaberi Ansari expressed condolences over death of Muhammad Ali on June 4. 'He was not only a famous champion in the area of boxing, but also a 'Pahlevan' (hero) which ...

There's one thing everybody can do to make the country safer. WASHINGTON -- Former President George W. Bush was a lot of things, but one thing he wasn't was soft. He responded to the attack on 9/11 by invading not one but two countries, authorized the use of torture and indefinite detention and launched a mass surveillance program. When the occupation ...

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) - 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 ...

[caption id="attachment_112400" align="alignright" width="294"] Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDr. Michael Baden points to an autopsy diagram showing where the gun shots hit Michael Brown next to family attorneys Benjamin Crump, left, and Daryl Parks during a press conference at the Greater St. Marks Family Church on Aug. 18, 2014 in Ferguson,...

Irans Foreign Ministry has condemned the US's targeted discrimination against African Americans after an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by the US police and protests over the killing were met with a heavy crackdown. The targeted discrimination against the black in America by the US police and the judicial system and the suppression of protestersare ...

[caption id="attachment_112106" align="alignright" width="221"] Michael Brown, Sr., and Lesley McSpadden appear publicly to bring attention to the death of their son, Michael Brown, 18.[/caption] Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed last week by a white police officer in the US state of Missouri, was shot at least six times, including ...

After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s historic and heroic 1967 Beyond Vietnam speech, where he opposed the U.S. war in Southeast Asia, he received a barrage of criticism from editorial boards, donors and even other civil rights leaders. Ralph Bunche (who in 1950 became the first person of color to receive the Nobel Peace Prize) told the New York Times,...