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Iran bans teaching of English in schools after ‘cultural invasion’ warning

Kerman - Muslimchronicle

Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official has said, after Islamic leaders warned that early learning of the language opened the way to a western “cultural invasion”. “Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations,” Mehdi Navid-Adham, head of the state-run high education council,Read more

One dead after 4.2 magnitude quake near Iran capital Tehran

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

One person died of a heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly hurt when an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, the state news agency IRNA reported. Most of the injured were hurt while trying to run out of buildings and were released from hospitalRead more

Multiple earthquakes hit southeastern Iran

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Iran's southeastern province of Kerman was hit by multiple strong quakes on Tuesday and Wednesday, injuring at least 18 people and damaging some 20 houses, state media reported. The first quake of magnitude 5.9 struck on Tuesday morning 35 miles (56 km) north of Kerman, a city with a population of more than 820,000. The tremor, initially reported as aRead more

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits southeastern Iran: seismological centre

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Iran's southeastern province of Kerman on Tuesday, the Iranian seismological centre reported, though media said there were no immediate reports of damage. "The rescue teams present in the region have not reported any casualties or damage yet," the head of rescue operations for the Red Crescent told state broadcaster IRINN.Read more

Strong earthquake destroys homes in southeast Iran, scores hurt

ANKARA - Muslimchronicle

A strong southeast Iran of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Iran on Friday, injuring at least 42 people and destroying several homes in an area where most people live in villages of mud-walled homes. State media said no deaths had been reported. Rescue workers, special teams with sniffer dogs and units of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia forces were sentRead more

Shallow 6.0 quake strikes eastern Iran: USGS

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

A magnitude 6.0 quake struck Iran early Friday, close to the eastern city of Kerman, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor hit at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), some 58 kilometres northeast of Kerman, followed by a magnitude 5.0 aftershock some ten minutes later, the survey said.Read more

Iran accuses British-Iranian woman of bid

Tehran - Arab Today

Iran on Wednesday accused a British-Iranian woman arrested in April of seeking to overthrow the Tehran government, an allegation dismissed by her husband as "complete nonsense". Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was accused of being "involved in the soft overthrow of the Islamic republic through... her membership in foreign companies and institutions," Iran's elite Revolutionary GuardsRead more

Iran's IRGC to stage major drills in coming days

Tehran - Arab Today

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will stage major military drills in the eastern, southeastern and southern parts of the country in the coming days, Press TV reported on Sunday. The three-day drills, code-named the Great Prophet, will be held in the provinces of Sistan-and-Baluchestan, Kerman, South Khorasan and Hormozgan from April 12 to 14, Commander of the IRGC GroundRead more