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2022-04-02 21:13
Ukraine war clearly manifests racism
TEHRAN - In parts of his remarks on the first day of Norouz (the Persian New Year), Leader of the Islamic Revolution pointed to examples of racism in the Ukraine war, saying, “In the issue of Ukraine all noticed Western racism.”
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2022-03-22 12:13
Leader explains slogan of the year, slams Western double standards
TEHRAN-- On the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivered a live, televised speech on Monday.
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2022-03-05 11:20
By Mohammad Mazhari
Many Americans still cling to Trump as their savior: anthropologist
TEHRAN – Despite his hypocrisy, Donald Trump is regarded as a savior by many Americans, an associate professor of anthropology says.
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2021-12-05 18:23
New York police probe amid “alarming acts” of racial misconduct
TEHRAN - Another civil rights inquiry in the United States has highlighted the ongoing pattern of racism against black Americans arising from senior levels of authority. Federal investigators have launched a probe into an entire police department’s treatment towards black Americans; this time the Justice Department is investigating New York’s city Mount Vernon to find out if officers are engaging in a pattern of discriminatory policing against Black Americans using “excessive force.”
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2021-11-20 18:42
Biden appeals for calm as riots follow U.S. court verdict
TEHRAN - Violent civil unrest has gripped the United States again after a court acquitted a 19-year-old white man of all charges after he shot dead two people and injured another during demonstrations against racial injustice in America. The trial has raised more questions about the fate of the suspect if he had been a black American instead of white.
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2021-09-29 17:03
By Mohammad Mazhari
Inequality of wealth is greater in the U.S. than in any other developed country: philosopher
TEHRAN - Alphonso Lingis, a professor emeritus of philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, says the inequality of wealth in America is increasing and greater than its developed counterparts.
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2021-09-25 09:36
By Mohammad Mazhari
Asian-Americans are sick of existing anti-Asian hate crimes: activist
TEHRAN – Pointing to the rise of hatred against Asian-Americans in the U.S., an American anti-racist activist says Asians are sick of racism.
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2021-08-24 16:43
By M. A. Saki
Asian Americans always considered foreigners in America: anti-racist activist
TEHRAN – An American anti-racist activist says that Asian Americans are always considered strangers in their own country.
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2021-06-25 19:34
Around 1,000 Indigenous child victims found in Canada in less than a month
TEHRAN – In less than a month, Canada has unearthed yet another mass grave of Indigenous people who fell victim to the country’s racist policies in the not-so-distant past.
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2021-05-22 15:34
By Reza Moshfegh
Britain far from a so-called post-racial society: activist
TEHRAN – Noting that most of the British media are uncritical when it comes to the royal family, a London-based writer says Britain is far from a so-called post-racial society.
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2021-04-12 16:18
By Reza Moshfegh
Biden admin incapable of handling domestic and intl. issues: rights activist
TEHRAN – An American human rights activist says the Joe Biden administration is not capable of leading the U.S., describing his policies as clumsily too ideological which enrages the majority of the people.
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2021-04-11 15:35
By Mohammad Mazhari
Minorities struggle racism in Europe as right-wing movements rise: scholar
TEHRAN - A London-based history professor says that today many people across the world face every day discrimination fuelled by the rise of right-wing movements.
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2021-03-01 21:33
By Mohammad Mazhari
Vast majority of terror victims are Muslims: scholar
TEHRAN – Noting that most of the people who are victims of terrorism are Muslims, a British professor of communication says that Islamophobic rhetoric makes reconciliation and peace harder to attain.
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2020-10-30 20:40
U.S. protests: Nearly 1,000 instances of police brutality recorded in U.S. anti-racism protests
The United States is currently experiencing one of the longest continued periods of civil unrest in generations, after demonstrations sparked by George Floyd’s death expanded to protests against black Americans killed by police and systemic racism in the country.
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2020-10-27 21:18
U.S. protests: Riots & looting in Philadelphia after black man shot dead by police
People broke into shops and torched patrol cars in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania following spontaneous protests sparked by the death of a local man in a police shooting. The cops said the man was armed with a knife.
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2020-10-02 17:07
Significant strides made for women’s empowerment in Iran: VP Ebtekar
TEHRAN – Masoumeh Ebtekar, the vice president for women’s and family affairs, has said that significant strides have been taken for the empowerment of women and family in the country.
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2020-07-24 18:14
By Afshin Majlesi
Trump’s Muslim ban: For the sake of safer America or anti-Muslim bigots
House Democrats on Wednesday voted to pass a legislation that would revoke the U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s controversial order banning entry to immigrants from mostly Muslim-majority countries.
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2020-07-15 10:37
By Mohammad Homaeefar
Racism, inequality, and conflict: an interview with Prof. Robert Sapolsky
Earlier this month, I conducted an interview with Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a professor of biological sciences at Stanford University, to discuss different issues such as racism, economic inequality, and partisan polarization. He was very generous with his time and provided us with in-depth analyses of such fundamental issues.
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2020-06-24 18:57
By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
Principles of slavery still at core of US’ socio-economic order: Prof. Ball
TEHRAN– An American professor believes that slavery has never been abolished in the United States as its principles are still active in society.
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2020-06-20 18:11
By Faranak Bakhtiari
‘Martyr Mostafa Chamran would have stood up for justice, against racism’
TEHRAN – Martyr Mostafa Chamran would have stood up for justice and against acts of racism which have recently occurred in different parts of the world, as he could never forget what the occupying regime had done to the Palestinian people, said Mehdi Chamran, the brother of Martyr Mostafa Chamran and the former chairman of Tehran City Council, in an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Friday.
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2020-06-09 11:02
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan & Payman Yazdani
Canadian politician hopes that world can finally see backside of Trump, applaud his exit
TEHRAN– Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician expressed hoped that world can finally see the backside of Trump and applaud his exit.
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2020-06-08 18:33
“I Can’t Breathe” subject of Iranian intl. cartoon exhibition
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of Iran’s Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has launched an international cartoon exhibition on “I Can’t Breathe” to show protests against racism in the U.S.
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2020-06-07 21:03
By: Tommy Sheridan
America 2020 – Where anti-racists are terrorists & racists are president
Lying face down on the ground with his hands handcuffed behind him George posed no threat to anyone but was restrained by three Minneapolis police officers kneeling on him and one of those brutes placed his knee deliberately and sadistically onto George’s neck.
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2020-06-05 17:49
Iranian students rally in solidarity with African Americans
TEHRAN — Iranian students and rights activists gathered outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Wednesday to express solidarity with African Americans over the shocking killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white police.
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2020-06-01 12:46
By Amir Miri
Chaos in Minneapolis: Why Trump is guilty
Racism in the United States has a long story. From the first days of exploring the America continent up to Independence Day, racism has been existing in the American culture.
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2020-05-31 13:15
Zarif urges world to wage war against racism
TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the entire world to wage a war against racism, making a reference to the recent killing of a black American by the U.S. police.
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2020-04-15 16:36
Law professor warns of normalization of racism acts against Asian Americans in United States
Flames of racism toward Asian Americans, fueled by terms like "Chinese virus", have made any wise person in the United States to start getting worried, an American law professor said, noting that such acts must be stopped immediately otherwise they will be normalized ending in uncontrollable widespread racial violence.
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2019-03-18 21:12
New Iranian Judiciary chief calls for serious steps to counter racism, terrorism
TEHRAN – Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi has called for serious measures to counter racism, terrorism and extremism, saying condemning acts of terror after they occur is “not enough”.
