Revolutionary Arson 19th August 1978: 470 Burnt Alive
August 19, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Thirty-nine years ago today, 470 innocent people were burned alive inside the movie theatre in southwest Iran. The movie theatre on the first floor of a shopping arcade. Victims included...
COLUMN-Commentary: Inside Trump’s Middle East mess
June 14, 2017
By Amir Handjani
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s attempt to bring peace and stability to the Middle East has backfired. He has put a major U.S. ally, Qatar, in a geopolitical crisis and...
Turkey’s Erdogan Approves Troop Deployment to Qatar
June 9, 2017
By Daren Butler
ISTANBUL(Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has approved legislation on deploying Turkish troops in Qatar, signalling support for the Gulf state as it faces isolation imposed by fellow Arab states over...
EXCLUSIVE- Draft IAEA Resolution on Ukraine Condemns Russian Invasion
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, March 1 (Reuters) - A draft resolution being prepared for Wednesday's emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a move that might anger Moscow while it works...
Iran-backed Iraqi Force Fight Islamic State Militants Towards Syrian Border
May 31, 2017
IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said on Wednesday (May 31) it continued its advance towards the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The Popular Mobilisation force (Hashd al-Shaabi) said it pushed Islamic State...
Iran Elections and the UNESCO Affair
May 13, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is not pleased with his Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR).
In a speech marking national teachers' week, he admonished the SCCR for having...
Iran Condemns UK Attack, Criticises Western Security Ties to Gulf
May 23, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran condemned a suicide attack at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, but in an apparent swipe at Western security cooperation with Gulf Arab states said "artificial...
Rouhani Faces Pressure to Improve Human Rights in Iran
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
May 30, 2017 BEIRUT (Reuters) – In the week before the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the eventual victor, Hassan Rouhani, criticised the judiciary and the powerful Revolutionary Guards with rhetoric rarely heard...
U.S. visas issued to citizens of Trump travel ban nations continue to decline
May 25, 2017
By Yeganeh Torbati
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued about 50 percent fewer visitor visas in April to citizens of seven countries covered by President Donald Trump's temporary travel bans than it...
Trump Says Concerns About Iran Driving Israel, Arab States Closer
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
May 22, 2017 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that...
