AMMAN: Jordan and the UAE have signed a deal to share their expertise and best practices to help empower people with disabilities as well as tackling other important social development issues.
The two countries on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in the field of social development and will seek to benefit from their respective laws, the Jordan News Agency reported.
Jordan’s Social Development Minister Ayman Mufleh and the UAE’s Community Development Minister Hessa bint Essa Buhumaid signed the agreement on the sidelines of the 77th session of the executive office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs.
The deal covers seven areas within the framework of strengthening joint Arab social work and cooperative efforts to boost ties and better serve the two countries’ peoples.
It also deals with issues related to women, productive families and the elderly, the report said.
Jordan, UAE sign deal on social development
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Jordan, UAE sign deal on social development
- Nations will share expertise on how best to empower people with disabilities
- Agreement also seeks to tackle women’s issues, aid the elderly
Iran unrest persists, top judge warns protesters
- Demonstrations sparked by soaring inflation
- Western provinces worst affected
DUBAI: Iran’s top judge warned protesters on Wednesday there would be “no leniency for those who help the enemy against the Islamic Republic,” while accusing Israel and the US of pursuing hybrid methods to disrupt the country.
The current protests, the biggest wave of dissent in three years, began last month in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar by shopkeepers condemning the currency’s free fall.
Unrest has since spread nationwide amid deepening distress over economic hardships, including rocketing inflation driven by mismanagement and Western sanctions, and curbs on political and social freedoms.
“Following announcements by Israel and the US president, there is no excuse for those coming to the streets for riots and unrest, chief justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of Iran’s judiciary, was quoted as saying by state media.
“From now on, there will be no leniency for whoever helps the enemy against the Islamic Republic and the calm of the people,” Ejei said.
Iranian authorities have not given a death toll for protesters, but have said at least two members of the security services have died and more than a dozen have been injured.
Iran’s western provinces have witnessed the most violent protests.
“During the funeral of two people in Malekshahi on Tuesday, a number of attendees began chanting harsh, anti-system slogans,” said Iran’s Fars, news agency.
After the funeral, Fars said, “about 100 mourners went into the city and trashed three banks ... Some started shooting at the police trying to disperse them.”
The semi-official Mehr news agency said protesters stormed a food store and emptied bags of rice, which has been affected by galloping inflation that has made ordinary staples increasingly unaffordable for many Iranians.
