TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham voiced Tehran's concern over the current conditions in Thailand, and hoped that calm will be restored in the Southeast Asian country soon. "We hope that an elected government will be formed and start work in Thailand soon," Afkham said on Sunday. She underlined the need for ...

THE spectre of secession suddenly haunts Ukraine and Thailand, two countries where demonstrators have uncompromisingly battled corrupt or unresponsive rulers. Militant protests have set off chain reactions that may result in the fracturing of national territories and the creation of new states in what are now eastern Ukraine and northeast Thailand....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday warned the countrys nationals to avoid taking unnecessary trips to Thailand. The warning came in the wake of growing anti-government protests in Thailand, where demonstrators have for months pushed for the resignation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whom they accuse of being ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) Protesters seeking to oust Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plan to rally at her temporary office on Wednesday, creating another potential flashpoint a day after five people were killed in gun battles in Bangkok. A security official said police would not attempt to retake more protest sites and would focus on protecting ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request by the country's main opposition party to annul a controversial election disrupted by anti-government protests. The court said in a statement that it had declined to consider the petition by a Democrat Party lawyer to nullify the February 2 vote because there were ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Around 500 anti-government protesters on Tuesday gathered outside the Army Club compound in the Thai capital, where Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra held a weekly cabinet meeting, as the two sides traded threats in a lengthy political crisis. The government has issued an ultimatum to protest leaders that they face arrest ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand's constitutional court ruled that a February 2 election opposed by anti-government protesters can legally be delayed. The court said on Friday that the power for postponement rests with the prime minister in consultation with the Election Commission chief. It said delays were justified under the law "to prevent ...

Increasing unrest in Thailand is hitting southeast Asias second-largest economy. Nearly $4 billion has left the country since November, as investors rush to sell off Thai assets and currency. Thailand have been politically turbulent for the last ten years, but the economy has until now been more or less resilient to the spurts of violence. Unrest ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thai authorities are "very seriously" considering a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the capital where protesters have been trying for more than two months to bring down the government, the security chief said on Monday. Though the size of the demonstrations has declined, protesters have managed to shut down ...

(Reuters) - Anti-government protesters marched defiantly through Thailand's capital on Saturday, with one group entering a police compound, undeterred by a grenade explosion the day before that wounded 35 demonstrators and killed one. Friday's blast sent tension rippling through Bangkok after several days of relative calm that had suggested the movement ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Protesters in Thailand trying to force out the government marched on revenue offices on Thursday, but their numbers appeared to be dwindling and ministers said the movement could be running out of steam. A state anti-corruption panel is due to give a ruling later in the day on a rice-buying scheme introduced to support farmers,...

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) Gunshots heard in the heart of Thailand's capital overnight in an apparent crack down on anti-government protesters that wounded at least two people and ratcheted up tensions in Thailand's deepening political crisis. The city's emergency services office said one man was hit in the ankle and a woman was hit in the arm in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thousands of Thai opposition protesters marched on government buildings in the capital on Tuesday as part of their "shutdown" of Bangkok aimed at derailing elections and toppling the government. Demonstrators threatened to stop officials from going to work at several key ministries to intensify pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thousands of anti-government protesters set up blockades at several major intersections in Bangkok on Monday as they sought to cripple Thailand's capital, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign. Police and soldiers kept watch as parts of the city of about 12 million people ground to a halt, but ...

Pro-government groups have taken to the streets across Thailand amid a planned shutdown of the capital, Bangkok, by anti-government protesters. Supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took to the streets in three provinces on Sunday, though they stayed clear of Bangkok, authorities said. Proponents of the government said they plan ...

(Reuters) - Seven people were wounded, one seriously, after gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters in Bangkok early on Saturday, heightening fears of more violence when protesters try to "shutdown" the capital next week in their long-running bid to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. "Two shootouts occurred in the early hours of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thailand is heading for a political showdown, with anti-government protesters aiming to sabotage an election by shutting down Bangkok next week, deepening a crisis that has divided the country and looks set to squeeze economic growth this year. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces swelling opposition in Bangkok ahead of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the Thai capital on Sunday, a prelude to a broader action next week when they say they will shut down Bangkok in their bid to scuttle a February election and topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The protesters, who accuse Yingluck of being the puppet of her self-exiled ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's party is due Saturday to kick off campaigning for controversial elections boycotted by the opposition and rejected by anti-government protesters preparing to "shut down" Bangkok. The Puea Thai party will launch its bid for re-election next month with rallies in its northern heartlands ...

ILNA: A Thai protester was killed and four wounded, an emergency official said on Saturday, after an unidentified gunman opened fire on demonstrators whose efforts to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra flared into violence over the past two days. The shooting came 48 hours after clashes between police about 500 protesters, who are determined ...