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 ...
Reunions after four Israeli hostages freed in IDF raid/ Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas have been reunited with their families, after being rescued in a raid that Palestinian officials say killed dozens of people. Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were ...
The Amarillo City Council is considering a new ban on using local roads to seek an abortion, despite the procedure already being outlawed across Texas (Moisés ÁVILA)/ Abortion is illegal statewide in Texas, but residents in the city of Amarillo want to go a step further -- banning even the use ...
Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the 7 October attacks have been rescued from central Gaza. Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were freed during a "high-risk, complex mission" from two separate buildings in the ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Some California towns are experiencing fast moving supply and rising demand when it comes to the housing market, according to a popular real estate site. In fact, 19 Golden State towns made Realtor.com’s list for “hottest real estate markets” in 2024, including two areas ...
LACONIA — Laconia Motorcycle Week, now in its 101st year and expected to attract 300,000 visitors to the city and $100 million in business, isn’t the raucous rally of the 1960s and 1970s anymore, and that might be for the best. The movers and shakers who make Motorcycle Week happen gathered at ...
including children - from across the Gaza Strip have been forced to flee their homes as Israel's offensive continues/ The UN has added the Israeli military to a list of offenders failing to protect children last year, Israel's ambassador to the UN says. Gilad Erdan, who said he had been notified ...
The Houthis control Yemen's capital, Sana'a, and the country's north-west/ The UN has called for the immediate release of 11 of its personnel who have been detained by the Houthi movement in Yemen. The employees were taken in various parts of the conflict-torn country, in what appears to be a ...
Park managers at a popular New England beach are warning visitors of quicksand-like sinkholes after several people recently got their legs stuck. The warning is in effect at Maine’s Popham Beach State Park, not far from Brunswick, according to Sean Vaillancourt, who manages the beach for the ...
It appears the shark liked neither its prey's texture nor taste. A team of scientists reported getting a surprise after they witnessed regurgitate a spikey land mammal from down under that resembles a hedgehog. In what may be a first-ever world-sighting, James Cook University (JC) announced ...
NEW YORK (AP) — They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the brink of survival, barely able to pay even the interest on their loans and often just a bad business hit away from dying off for good. An Associated Press analysis found their numbers ...