Violence

Iran envoy to Geneva:

Inciting to violence, hate speech unacceptable in any society

TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative in Geneva said that inciting to violence, hate speech, public disorder and terrorism are not accepted in any society.

56 shot, 8 killed in Chicago shootings over weekend

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – Violent weekend in Chicago left 8 killed while at least 56 people have been shot since Friday, according to American sources.

US police kills armed man who tried to breach FBI building

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – An armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday was shot dead by police following a car chase, a gun battle, and a standoff in a cornfield northeast of town, officials said.

3 dead, several injured at Copenhagen shooting

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – At least three people are dead and several have been injured after a shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to local authorities.

Protests erupt in US over fatal Police shooting of Black man

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Angry activists on Friday rallied in the city of Akron in the northern United States following yet another police shooting death of a Black man earlier this week.

2 dead after shooting in German supermarket

TEHRAN, Jun. 07 (MNA) – Two people were found dead after a shooting in a supermarket in central Germany on Tuesday, police said on Twitter.

1 dead, 7 injured in Oklahoma festival shooting

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – One person was killed and seven were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, authorities said.

3 killed, many injured in California, Texas shootings

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Shootings in a church in California, and a market in Texas left at least three dead and several injured on Sunday, US authorities said.

Police teargas Paris protestors after Macron re-elected

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Riot police in France charged and sprayed teargas on demonstrators in central Paris protesting after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected on Sunday,

Shooting in South Carolina shopping mall leaves 12 injured

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – Twelve people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in a shooting that erupted on Saturday inside a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, and three people were taken into custody, police said.

Shooting in US' Cedar Rapids leaves 2 dead, 10 injured

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – A shooting inside a crowded Cedar Rapids nightclub in the United States left a man and a woman dead and 10 people wounded early Sunday, authorities said.

45 killed in Sudan tribal clashes

TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) – Heavy clashes between rival groups in Sudan's Darfur have left some 45 people killed, officials said on Thursday, as tribal leaders reported that fighting persisted in the latest ethnic violence.

Fourteen killed in machete attack in DR Congo's Ituri

TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) – Fourteen people, including seven children, have been killed with machetes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Red Cross has said, as a community leader blamed a notorious armed group for the bloody attack.

Shooting in Arkansas leaves 1 death, 20 injured

TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – At least one person was killed and 20 others wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas on Saturday evening, the US police said.

UN makes Mar. 15 "Intl. Day to Combat Islamophobia"

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – The United Nations on Tuesday has issued a resolution designating March 15 as “International Day to Combat Islamophobia”.

FM spox:

Mass executions in Saudi Arabia 'against human principles'

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman called the recent mass executions in Saudi Arabia as a gross violation of basic principles of human rights and international law and contrary to the human principles.

Student opens fire at German university, killing one

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) – An 18-year-old biology student opened fire in a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in Germany on Monday, fatally wounding another student and injuring three others before shooting himself dead.

Nashville shooting in US leaves 3 dead, 4 injured

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – According to US police, a shooting in a Tennessee apartment has left three people dead and four others wounded.

Idaho shooting in US kills two, injures four people

TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (MNA) – According to US police, two people were killed and a further four injured, including a police officer, in a shooting at a shopping centre in Idaho.

1 killed, 7 injured in US campus shooting

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in southern US state Louisiana on Sunday, local authorities said.

Mass shooting in southwestern UK leaves 6 dead

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – UK police are investigating a Thursday mass shooting that has resulted in six deaths including the suspected gunman in the southwest city of Plymouth.

One police killed, another injured in Chicago shooting

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – According to the US police, two Chicago police officers were fatally shot Saturday night while conducting a traffic stop.

UN Security Council considering meeting on Afghanistan Fri.

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – The UN Security Council is considering the possibility of holding a meeting this Friday to address the escalating violence in Afghanistan.

Iranian MP:

Violence not fit with Afghanistan reality, regional situation

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Stating that there is no military solution to Afghan crisis, member of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that no group can take over the country through violence and military aggression.

Four shootings in Seattle leave 3 dead, 5 injured

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – According to US police, three people were killed and five more were injured in a series of unrelated shootings in Seattle early Sunday.

A gunman opens fire in a restaurant in Washington DC

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – A gunman has opened fire outside a restaurant in an upscale area of Washington DC, about a mile from the White House on Fri.