Iranian riot police are seen on a street of Tehran in June 2009 (AFP Photo/STR)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iranian police said Tuesday the number of security officers killed in overnight protests by a Sufi sect had risen to five, with around 300 people arrested. The demonstrations by the Gonabadi Sufi ...
Iranian officials said Tuesday at least five members of the country’s security forces were killed and more than 300 people arrested during overnight clashes between Sufi protesters and police in the capital, Tehran. Monday’s protests in front of a police station in northern Tehran were held by ...
TEHRAN — Three Iranian police officers and two paramilitary troops were killed overnight during clashes with members of a Sufi Islam order in Tehran, Iranian news outlets reported on Tuesday, the most casualties the security forces have suffered in one evening since the height of antigovernment ...
Five members of security forces are reported killed; sect members known as dervishes had staged sit-in outside police post/ Police in Tehran arrested hundreds of protesters after five security personnel were killed in confrontations with members of a mystical Islamic sect, the latest sign of ...
Five members of Iranian security forces were killed in Tehran on Monday night in clashes with protesters from a religious order, 300 of whom were arrested, the police said. Members of the Gonabadi Dervishes, who follow the mystical Sufi strain of Islam, considered a threat by the theocratic ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Clashes took place outside a Tehran police station between Iranian police and members of the Dervish minority Three Iranian police officers have been killed in clashes with members of a Sufi Muslim religious community, police say. A protest ...
Iranian authorities say three police officers have been killed in clashes with followers of a Sufi Muslim religious community in Tehran. Official media quoted police spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi as saying on February 19 that the police officers were "martyred in the street in a vicious ...
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order seen as a threat to the Shi‘ite theocratic establishment. Video footage posted on social media on Monday evening showed clashes between security forces ...
People are affected by tear gas fired by anti-riot Iranian police to disperse demonstrators in a protest over Iran's weak economy, in Tehran, Iran. (AP)/ Three police officers were killed on Monday in clashes with protesters in northern Tehran, police spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi said on ...
has refused to disclose the prosecution’s first three witnesses in advance to Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass revealed the move on Thursday, in response to a request from Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche. Steinglass pointed out how much Trump posts about possible witnesses and even ...
US officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries./ There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian ...
This morning warning sirens sounded across northern Israel as they do most days. The army said later that it was a false alarm. But for the people of Israel it was a reminder - if one were needed - of just how fast and how easily Iran could retaliate if it wanted to./ For north of the border in ...
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan was "safe and sound". Residents from the area sent BBC Persian this footage, which shows flashes in the sky. A large ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a ...
Play video Israeli missile strikes Iran from BBC News Channel/ It's nearly two hours since we first heard reports of explosions in Iran. Here's what we know so far:/ Two US officials have confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that an Israeli missile has struck Iran/ We have live rolling ...
Reuters' template to be used in breaking news scenarios/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a ...
has not attended any of his children's high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024./ With one possible exception, Trump has been present at each of his children's high school and college graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and the recollections of other attendees ...
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by ...
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, , and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document ...