In Iran, virginity before marriage is important for many girls and their families. Sometimes men demand a virginity certificate - a practice that the World Health Organization (WHO) deems to be ...

Rather, they can simply notify their faculty advisor that they intend to pursue the certificate. Candidates seeking admission to the Marriage, Couples, and Family counseling certificate who are ...

Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal ...

U.S. officials expect that in the coming weeks, Iran is likely to contact individual ... to have gained access to some Americans’ voting records, as they did in 2020. “You don’t have to ...

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Amnesty International calls on Iran to free woman said to have been "violently arrested after she removed her clothes in protest" of harassment by authorities. White House spokesperson John Kirby ...

Over four decades, in an effort to preserve itself, project regional influence, and deter adversaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran has invested in three projects: funding and arming a network of ...

Iran has a number of sensitive sites, including oil infrastructure, military installations and nuclear facilities. By Lazaro Gamio and Eve Sampson Follow live updates as Israel launches ...

Iran has launched more than a dozen missiles at two bases in Iraq housing US forces. It had vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a ...

Long, twisting roads draw lines over the valleys and slopes here in western Iran. They are ancient paths, trodden by feet and hooves for thousands of years in the ever repeating movement of migration.