Sunday, 07 February 2021_Thousands of people have staged street protests for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, in an outburst of anger towards the military junta’s coup and detention of civilian leaders.
Wednesday, 03 February 2021_Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized countries have expressed deep concern about the recent military coup in Myanmar and the detention of the country’s top political leaders.
Monday, 01 February 2021_Ten moderate Republican US senators have proposed a $600 billion relief package to counter President Joe Biden's plan to deal with economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint as well as other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained while the country's military says it is taking control of the country for one year.
Monday, 09 November 2020_Myanmar’s ruling party, led by de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, says it has secured enough seats in the parliament to form the next government.
Thursday, 08 October 2020_The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
Thursday, 13 August 2020_Myanmar has barred a Rohingya Muslim from running in the upcoming election, in an apparent indication of the persecution against the minority.
Tehran 4 February _A leading global telecoms operator says Myanmar has imposed an internet shutdown in the country’s western states of Rakhine and Chin, amid renewed violence and a few months after it partially lifted that same restriction.
Tehran 25January_Myanmar troops have shelled a Rohingya village, killing two women, one pregnant, and injuring seven people, only two days after the UN’s highest court ordered the country to protect the minority.
TEHRAN, August 21 - Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, who have fled ethnic cleansing in neighboring Myanmar, say they fear torture and violence back home and would rather die than be repatriated.
TEHRAN, August 21 - More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic minority insurgents in northern Myanmar last week, government officials said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, August 13 -Iran’s Foreign Ministry extended sympathy to India, China and Myanmar over recent deaths and damages caused by torrential monsoon rains.
Aerials shots show the damages caused by the raging floods across Myanmar, which have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent weeks.
Source: AFP
TEHRAN, August 5 - The United Nations' investigators have urged foreign businesses and governments to sever ties with dozens of companies owned or controlled by Myanmar's military, which has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing, murder and rape of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
TEHRAN, Jul 30 - Security forces in Myanmar have killed an international aid worker in the country’s western Rakhine State, a troubled region where state-sponsored violence has targeted minority Muslims and the military has been cracking down on rebellious Buddhists.
TEHRAN, Jun 27 -A top UN investigator says Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled genocide in the Buddhist-majority country and who are currently living squalidly in neighboring Bangladesh.