The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security, logo. (Supplied) September 16, 2021 Iran’s security organs identified and have dealt with a “terrorist team” from a “hostile state”, a short announcement by Intelligence Ministry said on Wednesday. The statement promised more details in the future, but it claimed that enemy agents were planning [...]
Gen. Hossein Salami (L) and Amir Ali Hajizadeh commander of the Aerospace Force of the IRGC, unveiling a new combat drone called ‘Gaza’, in Tehran, on May 21, 2021. (AFP) By Sebastien Roblin September 16, 2021 On August 29, Yemeni troops spotted small aircraft approaching the al-Anad airbase on the southwestern coast of [...]
Photos of some of the thousands of people killed in Iran in 1988 on display in Washington last year. (AFP) September 16, 2021 The trial of Hamid Nouri, a former senior official at Gohardasht Prison, for his part in Iran’s 1988 prison massacre continues in Sweden. During the 15th hearing at Stockholm District Court on Tuesday, [...]
Guards drag an emaciated prisoner, at Evin prison in Tehran, Iran. (AP) September 16, 2021 Amnesty International published a list of 72 individuals Wednesday whose deaths in custody since January 2010 it said Iran had not adequately explained despite reports that they resulted from torture and ill treatment, including firearms and tear gas. “In 46 [...]
A nurse prepares to inject a volunteer taking part in an Iranian coronavirus vaccine trial in Tehran, Dec 29, 2020. (Reuters) September 16, 2021 Iran has approved five homegrown Covid-19 vaccines for production, while some of them have not completed their trial and testing periods or no information is available about their efficacy and [...]
President Ebrahim Raisi, C, waves to journalists as he is surrounded by group of lawmakers after taking his oath as president at the parliament in Tehran, Aug. 5, 2021. (AP) September 15, 2021 Iran, emboldened by the messy US withdrawal from Afghanistan, is betting that its new hardline cabinet -- including Deputy Foreign [...]
The flag of the IAEA flies in front of IAEA's headquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna, June 12, 2017. (REUTERS) September 15, 2021 The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday slammed as “unacceptable” incidents involving its inspectors in Iran following a news report that Iranian guards had harassed female agency staff. [...]
A frame grab taken from video shows a guard beating a prisoner at Evin prison in Tehran, Iran. (AP) September 15, 2021 Human rights groups and the family of Kurdish political activist Yasser Mangouri said he has died after being summoned by members of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry. Mangouri’s arrest occurred on July 17, but [...]
The exterior of the US Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington, DC, US on July 14, 2009. (REUTERS) September 15, 2021 Federal authorities in the United States have charged three Florida residents with alleged unlawful export of scientific equipment to Iran and receiving around $3.5 million from overseas via multiple wire transfers. [...]
Iran's Health Ministry is now trying to supplement people's first doses with the dubious, domestically-made CovIran-Barekat. (Supplied) September 15, 2021 Barakat Foundation was paid $1 billion by the government before it produced or delivered any of Iran’s first home-grown vaccine, CovIran Barakat, former reformist member of parliament Ali Tajernia told Shargh newspaper in [...]
