New protest erupts on streets of Iranian city
A new protest erupted on Friday in the southeastern Iranian city where nearly 100 demonstrators were killed in a brutal crackdown three weeks ago. Hundreds of Iranians took to the…
Argentina asks Qatar to detain top Iranian official accused of Jewish center attack
Argentina’s justice department has asked Qatar to arrest a top Iranian official for his alleged participation in a 1994 attack on a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed…
Iranian regime’s relentless attacks on protesters must end, says UN human rights chief
Volker Turk, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, on Tuesday said he is deeply concerned about the unrelenting violent crackdown by security forces on protesters in Iran, including reports…
Iranian journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini pays heavy price
Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specializing in women’s rights, got away with hard-hitting stories for years — until the day she took a photo of Mahsa Amini’s parents hugging each…
Iran summons Danish ambassador over Copenhagen embassy attack
COPENHAGEN: Iran summoned the Danish ambassador on Friday to protest an incident at its embassy in Copenhagen in which its ambassador was threatened, Iran’s foreign ministry said in state media.…
Iran cleric calls for crackdown on protesters
An influential Iranian cleric called for tough action on Friday against protesters enraged by the death of a young woman in police custody who have called for the downfall of…
Iran says it has arrested 9 foreigners over protests
Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested nine foreigners over recent anti-hijab protests sweeping the country. In a statement carried by the state-run news agency IRNA, the ministry said Friday…
Senior IRGC commander shot dead in clashes with anti-regime gunmen
A senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was shot dead on Friday during clashes with anti-regime gunman, according to state media. Ali Mousavi, who was a leading…
Hezbollah slams amendment in UN peacekeepers’ mandate
The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite armed group Hezbollah on Saturday condemned a recent amendment in the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force deployed along the border with Israel. The UN…
Influx of Iranians bolsters Iraq’s Arbaeen pilgrimage
Twenty million pilgrims, swelled by a record influx of Iranians, have converged on the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, an annual Shiite festival that climaxes on Saturday.…