Map locating demonstrations and reported deaths. (AFP Photo/Gal ROMA)/ Tehran (AFP) - Violent demonstrations have rocked Iran for almost a week, leaving at least 21 people dead, with the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday declaring the "end of the sedition". The protests that ...
government demonstrators hold posters of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran's founder of Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a march in Iran's holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, Jan. 3, 2018, as tens of thousands gathered across Iran in a massive show of ...
Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday it would deploy its forces across the country in a bid to suppress days of deadly protests that have shaken Tehran’s clerical establishment. At least 21 people have been killed in the protests, which in the Iranian city of ...
The United States is promising support for protesters in Iran, condemning Iranian officials for a crackdown that has left 21 people dead and more than 1,000 others under arrest. A White House official Thursday said the U.S. would look for "actionable information" and seek to impose new sanctions ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of government supporters took to the streets across Iran on Wednesday as authorities tried to project a sense of stability after a week of protests sparked deadly clashes and calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic. But even as state television aired ...
An Iranian ambassador lambasted President Trump Wednesday for encouraging disruption in Iran with his “absurd tweets,” and crossing “every limit” in international relations by expressing support for Iran’s anti-government protestors./ Iranian Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo, in a letter to U.N. ...
Iran’s army chief declared on Thursday that police had already quelled anti-government unrest that has killed 21 people but that his troops were ready to intervene if needed, as authorities staged more pro-government rallies./ The protests, which seem spontaneous and without a unifying leader, ...
government protests appeared to wane Thursday in Iran, with government leaders now faced with trying to improve economic conditions that spawned a week of demonstrations that claimed 21 lives. General Abdolrahim Mousavin, the head of the army, thanked security forces for "putting out the fire of ...
Iran’s army chief declared on Thursday that police had already quelled anti-government unrest that has killed 21 people but that his troops were ready to intervene if needed, as Tehran staged more pro-government rallies. The protests, which seem spontaneous and without a unifying leader, erupted ...
ran’s government has rallied tens of thousands of its supporters to counter anti-regime protests which have gripped the country for the last week. The demonstrators turned out in towns and cities rocked by some of the largest riots in nearly a decade, where people have been protesting The crowds ...
A top Russian diplomat is warning the United States not to meddle in Iran's affairs as the country is rattled by protests and says Washington wants to use the unrest to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement./ Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the comments Thursday to state news agency ...
Iran’s army chief said on Thursday police forces had already quelled anti-government unrest that has killed 21 people but that his troops were ready to intervene if needed, official media reported, as new state-sponsored protests were held. The anti-government demonstrations, which seem to be ...
Wednesday in Iran brought demonstrations both against and in support of the government, while the United States promised new support for the Iranian people and Iran’s representative to the United Nations accused the United States of “flagrant acts of intervention.” The unrest has been going on ...
Iranian ambassador says online comments have spurred 'disruptive acts'/ This image from video provided by Iran Press, a pro-government news agency based in Beirut, shows pro-government demonstrators marching in Arak in northwest Iran on Wednesday. (Iran Press via AP)/ Iran says the U.S. "has ...
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down an eruption of anti-government unrest, their commander said on Wednesday, after six days of protests that have left 21 people dead. Thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government rallies in several cities on ...
Pro-government rallies in several Iranian cities drew thousands of marchers on Wednesday, following six days of rare unrest that took the country’s leaders off guard. State television broadcast live pictures of rallies in Kermanshah, Ilam and Gorgan, where marchers waved Iranian flags and ...
has warned the United States not to interfere in what Moscow calls has pledged "great support" for Iranian protesters, who have been staging rallies across Iran over the past week against the country's clerical leadership. "Such respect for the people of Iran as they try to take back their ...
Iran saw another day of large pro-regime rallies on Thursday after authorities declared the end of deadly unrest and turned attention to addressing economic concerns that fuelled protests. A week after the demonstrations broke out, there were no reports of fresh protests in local media ...
Cities across Iran witness public fury over political oppression: a repeat of the upheaval in 2009./ In this photo taken on December 30, 2017, university students run away from stones thrown by police during an anti-government protest inside Tehran University(AP)/ Nearly nine years ago, the ...
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have been deployed to three provinces to put down an eruption of anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left at least 22 people dead./ Violent and spontaneous anti-government protests have been ongoing for ...
GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted there will be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas’s military and governing capabilities are destroyed and all hostages are released. His statement comes after US President Joe Biden announced Israel had proposed a three-stage plan to ...
US President Joe Biden said that 'it's time for this war to end'/ US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel ...
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An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of the outer layers of Using meteorites that were long ago chipped off the red planet around 11 million years ago and flung into space to eventually land on Earth, scientists have been able to study the way volcanism shaped the ...
Some of the fiercest fighting of the war is reported to have taken place in Jabalia/ Israeli forces have pulled out of Jabalia in northern Gaza, after a three-week offensive there which saw tens of thousands of civilians flee the area. The military said "hundreds of terrorists [had been] ...
to become the world's bestselling foldable smartphone brand in the first quarter, marking the first time that the US-sanctioned Chinese giant has topped that segment, according to a consultancy report. Shenzhen-based Huawei saw its foldable smartphone shipments in the first three months of the ...
Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York/ (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star will not prevent the Republican candidate from pursuing his campaign to ...
While travel can be fun and rewarding, it can also be stressful. Sometimes, the stress starts before you even begin your trip: at the airport. With crowds and frequent flight delays, airports have become a particular source of agitation for travelers. Hitting traffic on the way to the airport or ...
Miners extract mud they hope contains gold at a gold mining site at which adults and youth work in the village of Mawero, on the outskirts of Busia town, in eastern Uganda on Oct. 18, 2021. Billons of dollars worth of gold is smuggled out of Africa each year, according to a report published ...