Category: 1. Iran

Russia and China condemned the United States at a UN Security Council meeting, accusing Washington of committing “crimes” and “bullying” in Venezuela. The criticism followed a U.S.-led military operation that included deadly strikes and…

Iranian security forces shot and reportedly killed protesters as demonstrations continue across the country. The Norway-based human rights group Hengaw reported that at least four people were killed and 30 were wounded in the western Iranian…

On the second day of protests, he condemned the Iranian government for firing on demonstrators. On day six, he went further, warning that if the killing of protesters continued, US forces “will come to their rescue.”

This amounts to the…

BEIRUT—Lebanon is once again being asked to believe in calm—carefully worded, condition-laden calm—at a moment when pressure, not peace, defines the regional landscape. 

Despite the escalation of intimidation by the Israeli enemy and the…

While demonstrators chant against the entire system, the government of President Masoud Pezeshkian has focused its response on reshuffling economic managers and pressing ahead with long-delayed currency reforms, betting that technical fixes can…