Category: 1. Iran

  • World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence

    World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place, rights experts condemn Iran rapper’s death sentence

    Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into the battle for control of the country between rival militaries, the “barbaric acts” being committed “echo the horrors witnessed in Darfur two decades ago”. They urged Security Council members who met…

  • 2 terrorists killed in drone strike in SE Iran

    2 terrorists killed in drone strike in SE Iran

    The anti-terrorist operation was conducted on Thursday night in the suburbs of Zahedan city in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Mehr News Agency reported. During the operation, the terrorists’ vehicle was hit and two of them were killed. No further details have been released so far. MNA/6088793 Continue Reading News Source: en.mehrnews.com

  • U.S. Fixation on Nuclear Deal Let Iran Loose on the Middle East

    U.S. Fixation on Nuclear Deal Let Iran Loose on the Middle East

    The United States has dropped the ball on Iran. Had Washington come up with a comprehensive strategy to address Tehran’s destabilizing role in the Middle East, the spreading conflict between Iran and its proxies on the one side and Israel and its allies on the other might have been prevented. Today’s escalating conflict in the…

  • Crackdown on students uncovered real face of US: Pres. Raisi

    Crackdown on students uncovered real face of US: Pres. Raisi

    The US police intruded on the country’s universities, including Atlanta University in Georgia States, to suppress the American students and professors who held gatherings to protest the Israeli regime’s genocide in Gaza. Presenting a speech on Thursday for the people of southern Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi said that until yesterday, the Westerners advocated respect for knowledge…

  • U.S. Targets Iranian Drone Industry In New Sanctions Announcement

    U.S. Targets Iranian Drone Industry In New Sanctions Announcement

    U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a long-delayed military aid package hours after it was passed by the Senate, saying U.S. military aid will begin flowing again to Ukraine in the next few hours. Live Briefing: Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine RFE/RL’s Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia’s full-scale invasion, Kyiv’s…

  • Who Is Toomaj And Why Iran Government Wants Him Dead

    Who Is Toomaj And Why Iran Government Wants Him Dead

    A metalworker in Isfahan, central Iran, Toomaj Salehi has become a face of Iran’s uprising, a rapper whose lyrics oppose repression, injustice, and poverty. A metalworker in Isfahan, central Iran, Toomaj Salehi has become a face of Iran’s uprising, a rapper whose lyrics oppose repression, injustice, and poverty. On death row, his fearless dissent has…

  • Iranian team wins Wushu championship in China

    Iranian team wins Wushu championship in China

    Iran Press/ Asia: The Wushu World Cup 2024 qualification games started yesterday morning Wednesday with more than 300 participants from 38 countries, hosted by the city of Jiangyin in China, and ended today, Thursday, May 25. These competitions ended while all the Iranian athletes sent to these competitions won medals. Iran’s wushu athletes, who won 6 gold, 1…

  • World newspapers: Trapped and facing starvation

    World newspapers: Trapped and facing starvation

    In Gaza, where Israel has cut off most of the territory’s prewar water and food supplies and war has made farming nearly impossible, the United Nations says famine is likely to set in by the end of May. Aid groups and many governments blame heavy-handed Israeli restrictions on aid to Gaza…. Continue Reading News Source:…

  • US issues further sanctions on Iran, targets drones

    Washington —  The United States on Thursday issued further sanctions on Iran, targeting Iranian drones, including their use by Russia in the war in Ukraine, as Washington seeks to ratchet up pressure on Tehran. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the action, taken in coordination with the United Kingdom and Canada, targets over…

  • US is complicit in Israeli crimes against Palestinians: Houthis

    US is complicit in Israeli crimes against Palestinians: Houthis

    Iran Press/ West Asia: Abdul Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, Secretary General of Ansarullah in Yemen, Thursday, May 25, in his speech, stated that the percentage of martyrs and wounded in Gaza is approximately 6% of the whole population of the Gaza Strip, which is a high percentage and might be one of the highest percentages in terms…