The Iranian Foreign Ministry imposes sanctions on nearly a dozen American individuals for their role in clamping down on pro-Palestinian protests in condemnation of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Iran has questioned Washington's claims of standing for democratic values, citing the country's rank as  the largest arms exporter and supplier of munitions to autocratic regimes.

Videos circulating on social media that show security forces brutally assaulting and beating a group of girls at an orphanage in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir province have sent ripples of anger and outrage across the world