Tag: Iran
Pope calls for restraint as Iran targets neighbours
VATICAN (Agencies): After missiles struck Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, on January…
Pope calls for cease-fire in Holy Land; Vatican-Iranian diplomats talk
VATICAN (CNS): Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, spoke with Iranian foreign minister, Hossein…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian rights advocate
TEHRAN (AsiaNews): The Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 was conferred on 51-year-old Iranian activist, Narges…
Christians face a climate of fear in six Asian countries
Ben Joseph Christians North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Iran and India live under extreme persecution…
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Iranian cleric pleads with pope to help end United States sanctions
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Citing the increasing loss of lives to Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and a lack…
In memory of people killed in Tehran crash
EDMONTON (CNS): If grief is a journey, this is the first painful step: searing heartache….
Deep anxieties after US drone strike assassination
“I think tensions have reached a level never seen before, and this is worrying and further complicates the situation in the region, which truly appears to be intensely heated.”
