BAGHDAD (AP) — Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed his defiance Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw Washington’s support for Iraq if he returns to power. Al-Maliki, who was nominated last week by the country’s ruling political bloc to return as prime minister, said in a statement: “We reject the blatant … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East are showing a willingness to launch new attacks, possibly trying to support Iran, as officials acknowledged Monday the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the region. President Donald Trump ordered carriers to move to the Middle East as he threatened military … Read more
If the estimates are true, the only comparable massacre in the history databases would be the killing of 33,000 Jews in the Holocaust-era Babyn Yar massacre outside Kiev in 1941. As many as 30,000 people may have been killed in Iran during a two-day crackdown on Jan. 8 and 9, TIME reported Sunday, citing two … Read more
According to media outlets, including Iran International, thousands of Iraqi militiamen have already entered Iran to help Tehran crack down on the ongoing protests. “There is no interest or justification for the Iraqi government to send reserve forces to Tehran, nor does Iran need additional reinforcements from Baghdad,” Sheikh Ghaith Al-Tamimi, a prominent Iraqi scholar … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly gathering pace, despite authorities shutting the Islamic Republic off the Internet and much of the world. Towns and cities reek of smoke as fire-damaged mosques and government offices line the streets. Banks were set on fire, ATMs … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, a force that has been instrumental in quelling recent nationwide protests in a crackdown that has left thousands dead, is “more ready than ever, with its finger on the trigger,” its commander said Saturday as U.S. warships steamed toward the Middle East. Nournews, a news … Read more
As gruesome details emerge about the Iranian government’s crackdown on protesters – with internal estimates numbering more than 10,000 dead – the country’s young and wealthy elite are inciting anger, continuing to flaunt their lavish lives online, as they have for years, as if the nation isn’t on the brink of collapse outside their bubble. … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians have been grappling for nearly two weeks with the longest and most comprehensive internet shutdown in the Islamic Republic’s history — one that has not only restricted their access to information and the outside world, but also limited many businesses that rely on online advertising. Authorities shut down … Read more
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish separatist group in Iraq says it has launched attacks on Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in recent days in retaliation for Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests. Members of the Kurdistan National Army, the armed wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, have “played a role in the protests … Read more
LONDON (AP) — With one puff of a cigarette, a Canadian woman became a global symbol of defiance against Iran’s bloody crackdown on dissent — and the world saw the flame. A video that has gone viral in recent days shows the woman – who described herself as an Iranian refugee – opening a lighter … Read more