A woman raises her fist amid tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest on December 30, 2017/ A woman raises her fist amid tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest on December 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/STR)/ Tehran (AFP) - Ten people were killed overnight in the worst violence ...
The largest demonstrations in Iran since 2009 are now in their fifth day - AFP/ At least ten people were killed during protests in Iran on Sunday night, according to state media, as the death toll from Six people were killed in the western town of Tuyserkan after shots were fired, state ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Video from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man Ten people have been killed overnight in anti-government protests sweeping Iran, according to state ...
Iranians chant slogans in support of the regime as they march in Tehran on December 30, 2017, after two days of desmonstrations against the country's religious rulers (AFP Photo/HAMED MALEKPOUR)/ Tehran (AFP) - Reports of clashes and marches spread across Iran on Saturday as protests spilled ...
Rouhani/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Video from the town of Dorud shows a crowd carrying what appears to be a wounded man Iranians are free to protest against the government but must not jeopardise security, ...
Rouhani defends Iranian people’s right to non-violent protest/ Demonstrators gather to protest in Tehran on Dec. 30. Photographer: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/ The death toll in a wave of protests that have agitated Iran over the past five days climbed, as security forces clashed ...
state television/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Ten people were killed during street protests in Iran on Sunday, state television said on Monday./ The nationwide protests have drawn in tens of thousands of people and represent the boldest challenge to Iran’s leadership since pro-reform unrest in 2009. Calls ...
A woman raises her fist amid tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest on December 30, 2017/ A woman raises her fist amid tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest on December 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/STR)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran cut access to social media on Sunday in a bid to ...
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)/ TEHRAN, Iran — The latest on protests in Iran (all times local): President ...
President Trump seized upon the anti-government protests in Iran, tweeting Sunday that Iranians are tired of their money being “squandered on terrorism” and that the U.S. is “watching very closely” for human rights violations./ Trump’s tweet was the fourth this weekend on the protests that began ...
The growing unrest over the economic woes plaguing Iran turned deadly as two protesters were killed at a rally amid warnings Sunday from the country’s government that anyone who disrupts order and breaks the law “must be responsible for their behavior and pay the price" as Presdient Trump said ...
Iranian students scuffle with police at the University of Tehran on Saturday during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems./ Two protesters were killed Saturday night as anti-government protests in Iran continued into a fourth day. Demonstrations began on Thursday and thousands ...
Anti-government protesters demonstrated in Iran on Sunday in defiance of a warning by authorities of a crackdown, extending for a fourth day one of the most audacious challenges to the clerical leadership since pro-reform unrest in 2009. Giving his first public reaction to the protests, ...
on Saturday after he escalated his support for the anti-government protesters who have been holding demonstrations in the country for three days. his praise of the “peaceful protests” in Iran, calling protesters “Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s ...
Iran warned of a tough crackdown on Sunday against demonstrators posing one of the boldest challenges to its clerical leaders since nationwide unrest shook the Islamist theocracy in 2009. Political protests are rare in Iran, where security services are pervasive. And yet tens of thousands of ...
Anti-government protesters demonstrated in Iran on Sunday in defiance of a warning by the authorities of a tough crackdown, extending for a fourth day one of the most audacious challenges to the clerical leadership since pro-reform unrest in 2009. Giving his first public reaction to the ...
The Trump administration is speaking out in support of Iranian citizens after this week by anger over economic issues — prices of basic goods like eggs and poultry have surged. Thousands have since taken to the streets of several cities in Iran, and demonstrators have criticized Iran's ...
Iranian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. Iranian hard-liners rallied Saturday to support the country's supreme leader and clerically overseen government as spontaneous protests sparked by anger over the country's ailing economy roiled major cities in ...
liners rallied Saturday to support the country's supreme leader and clerically overseen government as sparked by anger over the country's ailing economy roiled major cities in the Islamic Republic. The demonstrations, commemorating a mass 2009 pro-government rally challenging those who rejected ...
People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media. (Reuters)/ On fourth day of Iran protests, in the northeastern city of Mashhad, protesters chanted: “Khamenei, have some shame, and leave the country alone!” ؛ مردم شعار می دهند"سیدعلی حیا کن مملکت رو ...
Police in Tehran fired water cannon on Sunday to try to disperse demonstrators gathering in Ferdowsi Square in the centre of the capital, according to video footage posted on social media. Video posted online also showed a clash between protesters and police in the city of Khoramdareh in Zanjan ...
As protests over Iran's faltering economy rapidly spread across the country, a channel on a mobile messaging app run by an exiled journalist helped fan the passions of some of those who took to the street./ The Telegram app closed a channel run by Roohallah Zam after Iranian authorities ...
At least two protesters were shot by Iranian security forces in the western town of Dorud on Saturday, according to a video posted on social media, on the third day of anti-government demonstrations around the country. The video appeared to show demonstrators carrying two people in Dorud, where ...
Protesters in Iran who have staged three days of demonstrations over economic hardship and alleged corruption should pay a high price if they break the law, the government said on Sunday. The wave of anti-government demonstrations in several cities are the biggest challenge to Iran’s leaders ...
At least two demonstrators were reportedly killed during clashes between anti-government protesters and police in Iran on Saturday, during anti-government street protests originally prompted by anger over rising prices and a stagnant economy. A video posted on social media Saturday purported to ...
Iranian police and plainclothes security officers mobilized Saturday to quell a third straight day of nationwide antigovernment demonstrations that for the first time reached the capital, where the chants among protesters included “Death to the dictator!” The bold reference to Supreme Leader ...
Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police and attacking some state buildings, and a social media report said two demonstrators had been shot dead in a provincial town. The wave of anti-government demonstrations, ...
government protesters demonstrated in Iran on Sunday in defiance of a warning by authorities of a tough crackdown, extending for a fourth day one of the most audacious challenges to the clerical leadership since pro-reform unrest in 2009. Giving his first public reaction to the protests, ...
Videos posted on social media on Saturday showed two young Iranian men lying motionless on the ground and covered with blood and a voiceover said they had been shot dead by police. It said security forces fired on protesters in the western town of Dorud and killed at least two. Other protesters ...
Iranians chant slogans as they march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on 30 December 2017/ US President Donald Trump took to Twitter again to comment on the ongoing protests in Iran, this time to warn that "oppressive regimes cannot endure ...
People protest near the university of Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social medi/ Iranian authorities warned against further “illegal gatherings”, as protesters rallied for a third day of demonstrations driven by anger over economic problems. A protest also erupted ...
Smoke rises following explosions in Gaza City on Sunday/ All eyes are on Egypt as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the war in Gaza are set to begin on Monday, with the US and Israel pushing for the swift release of hostages. The talks come after Hamas agreed to some parts of a ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to announce the release of hostages being held in Gaza "in the coming days". In a televised statement, he also said "Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarised – either the easy way or the hard way, but it will be achieved". ...
People in Gaza have reacted with shock after US President Donald Trump appeared to welcome Hamas's response to his peace plan for the territory. Hundreds of Palestinians flooded my social media accounts and messaging apps with questions like: "Has the war ended?" and "Is this a dream or ...
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House this week and unveiled the US ceasefire proposal/ Hamas agreeing to release the remaining hostages, albeit subject to negotiations and certain conditions being met, will give real hope to the family members in Israel who have been desperate for this ...
point peace plan is the latest attempt to end the conflict in Gaza/ Hamas has agreed to release all the remaining Israeli hostages but says it wants further negotiations on a number of key points outlined in the US peace plan. In a statement, the group said it agreed "to release all Israeli ...
Four Italian citizens have been deported from Israel after they were detained by Israeli authorities when boats sailing in a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza were intercepted, Israel's foreign ministry has said. More than 470 people were detained, according to Israeli police. The ministry ...
Moment Israeli navy intercepts activist boats carrying aid to Gaza/ Hundreds of activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, have been detained by Israeli forces after a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza was intercepted. Israel's Foreign Ministry said those involved in the ...
Activists on a flotilla which is trying to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza say they are back on course after a reported confrontation with an Israeli warship in the early hours of Wednesday. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) says that one of its lead vessels, Alma, was ...
A school sheltering for displaced people in southern Gaza City was struck by Israeli forces overnight/ Israel's defence minister has said its forces are "tightening the siege" around Gaza City by extending its control of a military corridor across the territory towards the coast. Isael Katz also ...
Donald Trump's framework agreement for ending the Gaza war and reconstructing the devastated territory has momentum behind it. Much of it comes from the president himself. Momentum comes too from leading Arab and Islamic countries who have supported the plan, including Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, ...