Credit: Vahid/X Donald Trump has been warned that the US military needs more time to prepare for strikes against Iran as another night of protests rocked the country. The US president is said to be considering military action and has been presented with a number of targets, including elements of the security services responsible for … Read more
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 9 (UPI) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday accused the United States and Israel of “direct involvement” in his country’s ongoing anti-government street protests and trying to turn them into violence, while dismissing their military intervention as “a faint possibility.” Speaking during a press conference after meeting Lebanese House Speaker … Read more
Tehran, Iran – Bolder protests are being seen in Iran amid a surge deployment of armed security officers as the government’s efforts to contain the crumbling economy collapse. Images circulating online showed huge protests late Tuesday in the town of Abdanan in central Ilam province, where several major demonstrations have taken place over the past … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Widening protests in Iran, sparked by the Islamic Republic’s struggling economy, are putting new pressure on its theocracy. Tehran is still reeling from a 12-day war launched by Israel in June, in which the United States bombed nuclear sites in Iran. Economic pressure, intensified in September by the return … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Widening demonstrations sparked by Iran’s struggling economy spread across the Islamic Republic’s rural provinces on Thursday, with at least six people killed in the first reported deaths among security forces and protesters, authorities said. The deaths could mark the start of a tougher response from the Iranian theocracy to … Read more
Credit: X / @abdolah_abdi Mass protests broke out in Iran, calling for the “death of the dictator” due to the regime’s economic crisis. Tear gas was used to disperse the protesters as shops closed their shutters in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and main markets. Students called on their colleagues to join the demonstrations, as chants rang … Read more
Naveed Akram. one of the alleged shooters One of the gunmen who opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach has been named as Naveed Akram. A driver’s license found at the scene shows Bonnyrigg’s address in Sydney’s south-west, where police raided on Sunday night. The 24-year-old suspect, who was shot by police, was … Read more
The Sydney terror attack may have been carried out by a foreign terrorist cell backed by Iran, Israeli authorities believe. Officials cited Iran as the main suspect and said possible links to groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba were also being investigated, according to Israeli media reports. Australian officials have not publicly confirmed … Read more
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the arid Islamic Republic, which is suffering its driest autumn in more than half a century. The drought affecting Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Googoosh, Iran’s most famous singer, life has always been a balancing act of one kind or another. She began as a child, performing with her acrobat father, who balanced her on a chair on another chair resting only on his chin. Then later, as an icon of stage … Read more