Journalist

Suspect linked to killing of ‘Khashoggi’ arrested in France

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – A suspect linked to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been arrested in France on Tuesday, a French police source was quoted as saying.

Bulgarian news agency chief Maxim Minchev dies at 67

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Maxim Minchev has died on Sunday after a short illness.

Russia slams US police's use of riot control weapons against reporters

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Russia strongly condemned the use of riot control weapons against reporters by the US police.

Mousavi asks American journalist not to be arrogant

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Reacting to American journalist Barbara Slavin's reaction to Iranian FM Zarif's Saturday tweet where he criticized racism in the US, the foreign ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi in a tweet urged Slavin not to be so arrogant regarding the racism conditions in the US.

Iranian sports journalist battling cancer defines family as true love

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Cancer seems to be the end of the road for many but not for the Iranian sports journalist Mehdi Shadmani, who says the disease has helped him discover the true love for his family, especially his wife.

US still violates civil rights of black men, women: Zarif

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister has condemned the continuation of detention of an Iranian female journalist in US jails, saying that the US government still violates human rights of black people.

By: Sondoss Al Asaad

Why Marzieh Hashemi?

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MAN) – Marzieh Hashemi, aka Melanie Franklin, is a veteran American-African journalist who has converted to Islam, in the wake of the 1979's Islamic revolution and has worked as a journalist in the Islamic Republic of Iran, since 2008.