Iran
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Iranian crackdown intensifies after police posts attacked
Jan 2, 2018Police have arrested more than 450 protesters in the Iranian capital Tehran over the past three days, the deputy provincial governor said on Tuesday, as a crackdown intensified against anti-government demonstrations that began last week. Protesters... -
Top Israeli general sees increased Iran spending on foreign wars
Jan 2, 2018Iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to help allies fighting elsewhere in the Middle East and this outlay appears to be rising, Israel’s armed forces chief said on Tuesday. Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot’s remarks coincided... -
Iran protests: Two more dead as further unrest grips Iran
Jan 1, 2018Two more people have been killed in anti-government protests in Iran that have entered a fifth day despite a call for calm from President Rouhani. A local MP said the pair were shot dead overnight in... -
Iran protests: ‘Iron fist’ threatened if unrest continues
Dec 31, 2017Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned anti-government protesters they will face the nation’s “iron fist” if political unrest continues. Three days of demonstrations erupted over falling living standards. But a Revolutionary Guards commander said the protests had... -
Iran warns it would increase missile range if threatened by Europe
Nov 26, 2017The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Europe that if it threatens Tehran, the Guards will increase the range of missiles to above 2,000 kilometers, the Fars news agency reported on Saturday. France has called... -
Iran ends quake rescue operations as hungry survivors battle the cold
Nov 14, 2017Rescue operations have ended in areas of Iran hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands, state television reported on Tuesday, as many survivors, in need of food and... -
Strong earthquake with 7.3 magnitude kills more than 300 people in Iran
Nov 13, 2017The earthquake was felt in several western provinces of Iran, but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah, which announced three days of mourning. More than 300 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake... -
Bahrain calls pipeline blast ‘terrorism’ linked to Iran
Nov 12, 2017Bahrain said an explosion which caused a fire at its main oil pipeline on Friday was caused by “terrorist” sabotage, linking the unprecedented attack to its arch-foe Iran, which denies any role in the Gulf island... -
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest more dual nationals
Nov 9, 2017Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 30 dual nationals during the past two years, mostly on spying charges, according to lawyers, diplomats and relatives, twice as many as earlier reported by local or international media.... -
No need to increase missile range as can already hit U.S. forces: Iran
Oct 31, 2017News Hour: Iran has no need to increase the range of its ballistic missiles as they could already reach U.S. forces stationed in the region, the head of the Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday. As U.S....