Racism

VIDEO: Chicago police, protesters clash near Columbus statue

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – A protest near the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park turned violent as the crowd attempted to bring it down and started hurling objects at police officers who were guarding the statue.
2020-07-18 13:26
VIDEO: Huge protests against racism in New York

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Despite widespread crackdown on protesters, a large crowd took to the streets in New York to protest against racism and inequality.
2020-07-06 14:00
VIDEO: Aerial footage shows George Floyd protests in NY

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – The aerial footage shows thousands of people on the streets of New York protesting racism and police violence in response to the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police officers.
2020-07-06 11:28
VIDEO: Car hits protesters on Seattle highway

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) - A 27-year-old driver drove a white Jaguar onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, inflicting serious injuries to two of the protestors.
2020-07-05 04:00
Concepts in Leader’s letter to Western youth becoming ‘clear and clearer'

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – A human rights activist believes that what the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei mentioned in his letter to the West’s youth is becoming ‘clearer’ by the day.
2020-06-29 16:00
Police car drives through Black Lives Matter protesters in Detroit

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) – A police car was caught on camera driving into protesters following a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Detroit, with at least four people reportedly injured.
2020-06-29 10:49
VIDEO: Protesters in Colorado shut down highway

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – The protesters in US' Colorado shut down Highway 225 Saturday in a peaceful demonstration calling for justice in the death of Elijah McClain who died last August during a confrontation with Aurora police officers.
2020-06-28 21:00
Anti-racisms protests driven by “sense of quest for truth”

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Phil Wilayto, editor of The Virginia Defender, tells the Tehran Times that as Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had said more than five years ago the anti-racism and anti-justice protests gripping the US are driven by a “sense of quest for truth” by the youth.
2020-06-28 06:32
VIDEO: Anti-racism protests in the Netherlands

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in the US that has fueled the Black Lives Matter movement around the globe, the Netherlands in recent weeks has seen protests across the country against police violence and racism.
2020-06-22 03:00
By: Yuram Abdullah Weiler

Anti-racism protests in view of Ayatollah Khamenei’s letter to Western youth

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Uprisings decrying racism and injustices perpetrated and perpetuated by police have erupted in hundreds of US cities and towns, and spread to numerous cities in North America and Europe.
2020-06-21 21:27
Principles of slavery still at core of US’ socio-economic order: Prof. Ball

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – An American professor believes that slavery has never been abolished in the United States as its principles are still active in society.
2020-06-21 12:00
US has denied right of breath to its own people: FM spox

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that the United States is denying the right of breath to its own people.
2020-06-21 04:35
Tehran backs UN Human Rights Council session against racism in US

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson, said that Tehran supports holding a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council to address the racism in the United States.
2020-06-18 09:29
VIDEO: Press TV correspondent in London assaulted by masked lout

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Press TV’s correspondent Robert Inlakesh was assaulted by two masked hooligans participating in a rally rival to the Black Lives Matter demo in London. They snatched his microphone while dozens of yellow-vested riot police were at the scene.
2020-06-16 19:00
Intelligence min. names racism in US "systematic, institutional"

TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) –Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, in a meeting on Monday, named racism in the US a "systematic and institutional" factor noting that the country has also a big hand in terrorism and violating the rights of other countries as well.
2020-06-15 20:10
UN to hold urgent debate on systemic racism in US

TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – The UN human rights body will hold an urgent debate on allegations of “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States on Wednesday.
2020-06-15 18:00
VIDEO: Back Lives Matter protests in Australia

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – The aerial footage shows thousands of people taking part in Black Lives Matter and pro-refugee protests in Australia’s Perth with the social distancing protocols in place.
2020-06-13 22:44
VIDEO: Huge protests against racism in Seattle

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Despite rain, a large crowd took to the streets in Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle to protest against the racism and police brutality over the death of George Floyd.
2020-06-13 14:15
Baeidinejad to American counterpart:

Be ashamed of crying wolf over detention of an Iranian

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – In a tweet on Wednesday, Iran's Ambassador to UK Hamid Baeidinjad lashed out at United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Woody Johnson for his latest remarks urging the release of the detained Iranian citizen Morad Tahbaz by the Islamic Republic.
2020-06-10 16:00
VIDEO: King Leopold II statue removed in Belgium after anti-racism protests

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – The statue of King Leopold II which has long been criticized by activists because of the former king's brutal rule in Belgium's former African colonies was removed in Antwerp on Tuesday just days after being daubed with paint by anti-racism protesters.
2020-06-10 14:19
By: Tommy Sheridan

Tearing down symbols of slavery, racism should be applauded

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – I am firmly on the side of the Bristol educators, agitators and organizers who together combined on Saturday to achieve in sixty minutes of action what years of flowery and mealy-mouthed words could not.
2020-06-10 13:36
Vaezi to Republicans:

'Take anti-racist measures in US instead of preparing anti-Iranian package'

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi, in a tweet on Tuesday, reacted to Congressional Republicans' tough sanctions plan against Iran, calling for Republicans to take measures against racism in the US.
2020-06-09 17:45
VIDEO: Canadian former MP talks of racial violence, police brutality over Floyd's death

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician and former MP in an exclusive interview with Mehr News Agency talked of racial violence and brutality of police over the death of George Floyd.
2020-06-08 21:57
In an interview with MNA;

Canadian politician hopes that world can finally see backside of Trump, applaud his exit

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician expressed hoped that world can finally see the backside of Trump and applaud his exit.
2020-06-08 18:03
VIDEO: People in Montreal rally to protest police brutality, racism

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Thousands of people gathered in front of police headquarters in downtown Montreal, Canada on Sunday to protest racial violence and police brutality in light of brutal killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by US police.
2020-06-08 13:24
Huge protests against racism sweep US

TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – The protests following George Floyd's death are spreading in the world and more than 650 cities and towns across the US. People of all colors, creeds, ages, and walks of life took to the streets to show their anger over the racism and police brutality.
2020-06-07 15:04
VIDEO: From Minneapolis to Palestine, American human rights is deceit

TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – A video has been released on the official website of Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in reaction to the recent developments in the US and the brutal killing of a black citizen by a white cop. The video quotes the Leader as saying that in today's world, which is full of tyranny, the flag of human rights is at the hands of the major violators of nations' rights, including the US government.
2020-06-07 10:03
By: Tommy Sheridan

America 2020 – Where anti-racists are terrorists & racists are president

TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) – George Floyd called out for his mother as he gasped for air in the final minutes of his life.
2020-06-06 19:51
My skin color is not a crime, but your racism should be

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – The US is now going through widespread racial unrest following the killing of a 46-year-old black man George Floyd, whose repeated 'I can't breathe' minutes before he died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25 is being chanted worldwide in protest against the US systemic racism and police brutality.
2020-06-04 20:00
Police killing of George Floyd resonated around world

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Following the tragic death of an American black man on May 25, 2020, due to the violence of a white Minneapolis police officer, thousands of people have hit the streets across the world to protest against this racist behavior of the American police.
2020-06-04 12:09