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Tehran reacts to Blinken claims on human rights in Iran

TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani reacted to the US Secretary of State's baseless claims on human rights in Iran.
2022-09-24 08:44
VIDEO: US police brutally flipping black girl

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – The footage shows the US police who is flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina.
2022-09-06 23:20
VIDEO: US police kills Black man in his bed

TEHRAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Police in Columbus, Ohio, have released body camera video that shows a police officer fatally shooting an unarmed Black man in his bed.
2022-09-01 15:00
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.
2022-07-02 10:41
White House Black aids exodus shows racial discrimination

TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Secretary-General of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights has said that the exodus of African American staffers from the White House shows the existing systemic racism in American society.
2022-06-02 16:00
HR Cheif:

Black lives never mattered in so-called Land of Dreams

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – In reaction to the killing of another black man by US police, Iran's Secretary of Judiciary Human Rights Council said that black lives have never mattered and will never matter in the so-called Land of Dreams.
2022-04-17 21:21
Anger over US police action in Black, white teens fight

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – A video showing United States police officers violently tackling a Black teenager during a fight with a young white man has sparked outrage over the police action.
2022-02-17 14:50
This American life: no time to knock

TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (MNA) – Hundreds of protesters rallied in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the police shooting of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was shot to death by officers during a no-knock warrant raid on Wednesday.
2022-02-07 10:20
Hundreds in Minneapolis protest police killing of Black man

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Hundreds of community members and activists gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center Saturday afternoon for a protest following the shooting death of Amir Locke by the Minneapolis police on Wednesday.
2022-02-06 12:40
Anti-Asian hate crimes in US spiked 339% in 2021: report

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – Data released Monday indicates that hate crimes against Asian Americans rose by more than 300 percent last year, local US media have reported.
2022-02-01 18:30
Bomb threats target US historically Black colleges

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – For the second time this month, bomb threats were made against several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the United States.
2022-02-01 13:50
Body of Malcolm X's daughter found in her home: report

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – Malikah Shabazz, one of six daughters of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X, was found dead Monday at her Brooklyn home, US police said.
2021-11-23 20:20
Armed gang in Haiti kidnaps 17 Americans

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – According to media reports, a group of 17 Americans and their families, including children, have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti’s capital.
2021-10-17 11:00
Londoners convene to protest death of a 27-year-old black man

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Protesters in London, in their protest to the killing of a black man and social activist in the city, rallied in front of the hospital where he died.
2021-05-24 23:49
South Africa in shock after US police kills sportsman

TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – The death of South African rugby player Lindani Myeni at the hands of US police in Honolulu has aroused shock and anger in his homeland, prompting protests and calls for justice.
2021-05-02 12:47
VIDEO: US police fatally shoots black man in Minneapolis

TEHRAN, Apr. 13 (MNA) – The US police have shot dead another black citizen in Minneapolis.
2021-04-13 14:27
Black senior manager files lawsuit to sue Amazon

TEHRAN, Mar. 02 (MNA) – Black senior manager, Charlotte Newman, alleges that a senior Amazon employee sexually harassed and groped her, while Amazon says it's investigating the claims.
2021-03-02 14:38
Protesters rally after US officers pepper spray 9yo girl

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Protesters in Rochester, New York, toppled a police barricade during a demonstration after footage emerged showing officers pepper-spraying a handcuffed 9-year-old, stoking outrage.
2021-02-02 14:32
VIDEO: Chicago cops pin black woman under SUV for 8 minutes

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Bodycam videos released by an activist show how a Chicago police officer drove into a woman over a year ago, knocking her to the ground and crushing her leg beneath the SUV for over eight minutes as she bled in the street.
2021-01-09 11:11
US police kill a black man in LA

TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) --- US police once again killed a black man in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
2020-12-30 22:40
Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man

TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – A Kansas sheriff's deputy in a patrol truck mowing down a black man who was running, shirtless, across a field in the summer darkness after fleeing a traffic stop.
2020-12-18 13:47
VIDEO: US police treats a black man brutality

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – Police forces in the United States treated a detained black man brutally and in an inhumane manner.
2020-10-30 20:00
Police shoots black man dead in Philadelphia, sparks unrest

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Police in Philadelphia shot and killed a black man on Monday, triggering protests that saw at least 30 officers injured, officials said.
2020-10-27 16:00
VIDEO: California police shoots black citizen, sparks unrest

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – Dozens of protesters came out Friday night to demonstrate against the police-involved shooting of a Black man in Southern California one night earlier.
2020-10-24 16:14
VIDEO: One person killed amid opposing rallies in US

TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – A resident of Denver, Colorado, was killed on Saturday in a shooting that took place during two opposing rallies in the city, one pro-police and one anti-police, the Denver Police Department said.
2020-10-11 11:18
By: Keith Harmon Snow

American dream, global nightmare

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – For many years, I have mistakenly believed that police shootings and killings of blacks and Native Americans in the United States occurred because police officers had made some kind of mistake.
2020-09-11 19:16
Thousands of protesters hold anti-racism march in Washington

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – People from across the United States traveled to the US capital on Friday to protest against racial inequality.
2020-08-29 11:46
Wisconsin declares state of emergency amid protests

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Statewide outrage in response to a police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin has made authorities announce a state of emergency along with deployment of US National Guard.
2020-08-26 09:50
US federal agents fire tear gas on peaceful protesters

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – US federal troops have used tear gas and flash-bang grenades against Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, on the 59th consecutive day of unrest in the city.
2020-07-26 16:00
VIDEO: George Floyd protests continue in US

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – The US has been grappling with the widespread protests for two months after the brutal killing of George Floyd, a black citizen, by the cops.
2020-07-22 10:43