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 ...
In December 2023, the Israeli military released a video that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has "eliminated" Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the ...
At least 35 people were killed after Israel targeted the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City on Sunday/ The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that "Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas" as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas also said that the EU ...
Noura and Mohamed at their home in Gaza City before the war began, where they hoped to raise a family/ "My nerves are shattered," says Noura, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman, explaining that she has been "left with nothing". After years of IVF treatment, she became pregnant in July 2023. "I was ...
Thousands of Gazans stampede towards a food distribution centre/ Thousands of Palestinians have overrun an aid distribution site in Gaza set up by a controversial US and Israeli-backed group, a day after it began working there. Videos showed crowds walking over torn-down fences and earth berms ...
Aftermath of an Israeli strike at Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City on 26 May/ Hundreds of lawyers have called on the UK government to use "all available means" to stop the fighting in Gaza, including reviewing trade ties with Israel and imposing sanctions and travel bans on Israeli ministers ...
The death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh shocked Jordan (file image)/ This article contains distressing descriptions of death Swedish authorities have charged a convicted terrorist over the 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned to death in Syria. Osama Krayem, 32 - a Swedish citizen - was on ...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says lorries delivered food to its "Secure Distribution Sites" on Monday/ A controversial new aid distribution group backed by the US and Israel has begun working in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said lorry loads of food had been delivered to ...
Video footage shared online shows six-year-old Ward Jalal Al-Shaikh Khalil escaping a blaze at a Gaza City school following overnight Israeli air strikes. Among the 35 Palestinians reported to have been killed at the the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School were Ward's mother and two siblings. Our Middle ...
Some aid trucks have entered Gaza in recent days, after Israel eased an 11-week blockade/ The head of an organisation set up to distribute aid in Gaza as part of a controversial Israel-backed plan has resigned, saying it could not work in a way that adhered to "humanitarian principles". Jake ...
Rubble pictured in a separate area of central Gaza on Sunday/ At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, according to medics and civil defence officials. The strike ...