Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds./ A 22-year-old man who was arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Iran has died in police custody, according to a report on state-run media on Monday./ Sina Ghanbari was being held in ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Relatives gather outside Evin prison in central Tehran to seek news of their loved ones A 22-year-old man arrested during anti-government protests in Iran has died in Evin prison in the capital, Tehran, two Iranian MPs say. They said they ...
In a swipe at his hardline rivals, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday young Iranian protesters were unhappy about far more than just the economy and they would no longer defer to the views and lifestyle of an aging revolutionary elite. The pragmatic cleric, who defeated anti-Western ...
Protests that shook Iran were not just aimed at the economy, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, remarks suggesting the real targets were powerful conservatives opposed to his plans to expand individual freedoms at home and promote detente abroad./ Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers ...
Protests that shook Iran were not just aimed at the economy, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, remarks suggesting the real targets were powerful conservatives opposed to his plans to expand individual freedoms at home and promote detente abroad. The pragmatic cleric, who defeated ...
A file picture shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivering a speech to the parliament on October 29, 2017 (AFP Photo/HO)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iranian lawmakers held a closed-door session on Sunday to discuss the deadly protests that hit the country last week, while more pro-regime rallies were ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had put an end to unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009. There has been more than a week of unrest ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and key security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2009. “Iran’s revolutionary people along with tens ...
said security forces have ended the unrest linked to anti-government protests which erupted last month. In a statement on its website, the powerful paramilitary force blamed the unrest on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, as parliament and security officials met to discuss the boldest ...
TEHRAN – Mohammad Qasim Osmani, a lawmaker from Bukan, said during the parliament’s special closed-door meeting on Sunday, top security officials assured lawmakers that security and order have been restored after days of protests in some cities and towns. Osmani said the intelligence and ...
The Iranian parliament held a closed-door meeting on Sunday to discuss the deadly protests that hit the country last week, while more pro-regime rallies were held in several cities. Lawmakers interrogated Interior Minister Abdul Rahmani Rahmani Fazli, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi and ...
For generations Sherwen Sergeli and his family have made a living from his village's land, but that's now under threat/ Nestled in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan sits the picturesque village of Sergele. For generations villagers have made a living growing pomegranates, almonds and peaches and ...
The Palestinian Red Crescent posted a video showing Assad al-Nassasra being greeted by colleagues after 37 days in detention/ The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red ...
Firefighters were still working to extinguish blazes at the port on Monday, two days after the blast/ Iran's interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country's largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70. Eskandar Momeni said ...
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said he intended to leave his role on 15 June/ The head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has resigned. Ronen Bar made the announcement that he would leave his position on 15 June at a memorial event for Shin Bet members who have died in service. It came ...
Dozens of countries are expected to give evidence across five days of hearings/ The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has begun hearings for an opinion on whether Israel must co-operate with the UN's Palestinian refugee agency - Unrwa - after it severed ties with it last ...
run media released images of the aftermath of a US strike on a port earlier this month/ The US military says it has hit more than 800 targets since launching sustained air and naval strikes against the Houthi movement in Yemen on 15 March. In a statement on Sunday summarising recent operations, ...
A giant plume of smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs following Israel's strike on Sunday/ Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. The attack ...
Israel's military offensive in Gaza resumed after a ceasefire collapsed in March/ Qatar's prime minister says there has been "a bit of progress" in efforts to broker a new ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, but that there was still no "answer for the ultimate question: how to end this ...
Thick black smoke was still towering above the port on Sunday/ In Iran, mourning is turning to anger after a huge blast at its largest commercial port killed at least 40 people and injured more than 1,000. The explosion happened on Saturday morning at Shahid Rajaee port. Many people rushed to ...
Moment driver sees huge explosion rip through Iran port/ At least four people have been killed and 500 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran's key ports, state media is reporting. The suspected chemical blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country's largest commercial port, near the ...