Theocracies

Two private satellites will be put into orbit overnight by a Russian Soyuz missile, the Iranian embassy in Russia said, as part of strengthening the alliance between Moscow and Tehran.

The monasteries of Mountain Athos don’t want to pay tax on the rents they collect from properties they own outside the Athos Peninsula.

By appealing to the Council of State they are seeking a return to the tax regime that was in place before 2010, when their income from rentals outside the region was not taxed.

A group of 11 Romanian pilgrims visiting Greece's Orthodox all-male monastic community of Mount Athos are in hospital with food poisoning after eating wild mushrooms during a hike, Greek officials said Wednesday.

ATHENS - As the Iran-Israel conflict intensifies, Tehran is roiling the West with a wave of attempted hits and kidnappings against targets in Europe and the United States.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) today recommended that airlines avoid Iranian airspace due to the “heightened risk” in the region following the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel and the Israeli government’s warning that it would respond.

Iran has built a wall more than 10 kilometers long on the border with Afghanistan, a key passage for Afghan migrants into the country, an army officer said today, according to local media.

Iran's military has built a wall along more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) of its eastern border with Afghanistan, the main entry point for immigrants, local media reported on Monday.

First, it was women – or, rather, it was always women. Draconian measures against them, restrictions on their appearance, education, social life, terror… Now, the… absurd, in many cases, laws imposed by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan are beginning to touch men, forcing them to ask themselves: should they have spoken up earlier is the question.

The Tourism Ministry has responded to media reports about its spending of almost 18,000 euros on two Persian Nain carpets, saying the items will "contribute to the promotion of the positive image of our country at an international level."

His intention to contribute “to the continuation and augmentation of the Holy Land’s effect globally, with its influence and its embrace”, is expressed in the statement of the new governor of Mount Athos, Alkiviadis Stephanis during his official reception and installation in Karyes.

Alkiviadis Stefanis reads as follows: