Former Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander, Qassem Soleimani, in an operation in Iraq. (Press TV) January 12, 2021 Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that late Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani had succeeded in establishing 82 fighting brigades in each of Syria and Iraq. The [...]
The F.B.I. wanted poster for Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri. (FBI) By Track Persia November 25, 2020 Two Israeli operatives killed Abu Muhammad al-Masri, a senior Al Qaeda leader in the line of succession in Tehran last August at the behest of the United States. [...]
Supporters of the Iranian opposition in the UK held a major rally in London, July 27, 2019. (Supplied) November 12, 2020 A conference of Iranian expatriates from the US and Europe on Wednesday urged the UN to impose tougher sanctions on the regime in Tehran, and for Western nations to apply more pressure. [...]
Streets are buzzing In Tehran as social distancing rules are watered down. April 21, 2020. (ISNA) June 10, 2020 Iran on Wednesday announced more than 2,000 new coronavirus infections, in line with a recent surge in cases that President Hassan Rouhani attributed to increased testing. “When more tests are done, then naturally more [...]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters) March 4, 2020 An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran's provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday as the death toll reached 92. "This disease is a widespread disease," he said, according to the official presidency website."It has reached almost all our provinces [...]
A man disinfects the shrine of Saint Masoumeh against coronavirus in the city of Qom, February 25, 2020. (AP) February 28, 2020 The Russian government on Friday temporarily barred Iranian citizens from entering Russia and said it would also restrict the entry of South Korean citizens from March 1 as a precaution against [...]
Supporters of Lebanon’s Shia movement Hezbollah hold posters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a parade in Beirut, last September. (AFP) February 27, 2020 The United States has listed three people and 12 entities, including pharmaceutical and medical companies, in Lebanon who are linked with the Hezbollah Martyrs Foundation on its [...]
The head of Iran's reformist coalition in parliamentary elections Mohammad Reza Aref (c) shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station in Tehran, February 26, 2016. (ISNA) January 24, 2020 Leaders of Iran's reformist parties say the results of the upcoming parliamentary elections will come as no surprise as [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announce the new sanctions at the White House, January 10, 2020. (Reuters) January 16, 2020 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday the United States believes international sanctions on Iran will be swiftly reimposed now that France, Britain and Germany have formally [...]
Iranian protesters gather around a fire during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the capital Tehran, on November 16, 2019. (AFP) December 23, 2019 Reports from Tehran say the parents of Pouya Bakhtiari, a young man killed by Iranian security forces during the protests in November have been summoned to [...]
