Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress conduct joint exercises in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (US Navy) September 4, 2019 As the US tries a new way to protect shipping across the Gulf amid tensions with Iran, it finds itself sailing into uncertain waters. For [...]
Kurdish guerrillas on the Iraqi side of the border with Iran. (AP) July 10, 2019 Three members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have been shot dead in the western city of Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, the IRGC said in a statement on July 9. The three died “when terrorists opened fire [...]
Group picture taken at the UN building in Vienna after Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal. (Reuters) June 28, 2019 Iran said Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal was the “last chance” to save the accord after the U.S. withdrawal last year and [...]
Iran's IRGC Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami. (Press TV) June 19, 2019 The Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that Iran’s ballistic missiles were capable of hitting “carriers in the sea” with great precision after the Pentagon announced that it will deploy more troops in the Middle East to halt Iranian threats. “These missiles can [...]
Mohammad Taqi Rahbar, Isfahan’s Acting Friday Prayers Leader, was shocked by some of the slogans protesters chanted. (IranWire) By Shahed Alavi June 14, 2019 It has been 10 years since people took to the streets in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 presidential election, fuelling protests that became known as the Green Movement. Throughout the last decade, [...]
Iranians light fireworks during a celebration, known as "Chaharshanbe Souri," or Wednesday Feast, marking the eve of the last Wednesday of the solar Persian year, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (AP) March 20, 2019 Iran's many woes briefly went up in smoke as Iranians observed a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival [...]
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. (AFP) March 2, 2019 UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reiterated his call on the Iranian regime to reconsider its policies with regard to building friendly ties with its neighbors [...]
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. (Reuters) By Adam Shaw October 20, 2018 U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, returning to the Security Council for the first time since she announced her intention to step down earlier this month, [...]
French police stand guard outside the Iranian Embassy in the French capital, Paris, on Sept. 14. (AFP) September 17, 2018 The Iranian Embassy was damaged by a crowd that a local police official said Saturday was made up of “individuals,” while Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused them of being extremists and charged that the [...]
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in the parliament with Ali Larijani. (Tasnim) September 1, 2018 Days after being grilled by MPs, embattled Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s tribulation is widely reflected on social media. Rouhani, being summoned to the parliament for the first time in his five years of presidency, had previously promised to seize [...]
