Tag: Iran

  • More Missile Defense systems will be sent to the Middle East

    More Missile Defense systems will be sent to the Middle East

    Iran and its allies have increased their rhetoric against the US and Israel in the past couple of weeks, threatening to open a new front in the war. The US has sent more military supplies to Israel as it prepares for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which Hamas launched in October, killing…

  • Biden gave a speech about the Israel- Hamas and Russia-Ukraine Wars

    Biden gave a speech about the Israel- Hamas and Russia-Ukraine Wars

    US Vice President Joe Biden said, “Iran is supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region…Iran is supporting Russia in Ukraine, and it’s supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region.” Biden added, “You’re all Americans, I want you to know that Israel is a great nation not to be blind by hatred…

  • This is the information on what Hamas is

    This is the information on what Hamas is

    The US has been accused by intelligence officials in the West and the Middle East of helping Palestinian militant group Hamas in annihilating Israel. Iran has been accused of helping Palestinian militant in the Gaza Strip, who carried out an assault on Israel on Saturday. Iran has been accused by intelligence officials of helping Palestinian…

  • Israel is the worst day at war

    Israel is the worst day at war

    Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said that his country “is at war” after Palestinian militants from Gaza launched attacks on southern Israel. At least 234 Palestinians were killed in either gun battles or airstrikes in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry said. Hamas, the Iran-backed militant group that controls Gaza, has claimed responsibility for the…

  • The reality of life in Iran right now is that you can’t afford it

    The reality of life in Iran right now is that you can’t afford it

    A 21-year-old Iran man, Mahsa Amini, has claimed that the country’s inflation is triggered by corruption at state-owned banks and how much money the government prints to spend. “The Iranian regime likes to use the US as a scapegoat, but all of the pain in our streets comes directly from mismanagement,” he added. Mahsa died…

  • The protests in Iran were sparked by the revelation that sexual assaults were committed on male and female activists

    The protests in Iran were sparked by the revelation that sexual assaults were committed on male and female activists

    A woman protester who was raped by three men after being arrested during the anti-government protests in Iran has told CNN she was taken to a secret location inside a Revolutionary Guards facility. She said she was taken to the site before being taken to prison. She said her friends were also raped and killed…

  • A advocate says that most protesters in Iran will not go free

    A advocate says that most protesters in Iran will not go free

    Iran on Thursday executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing protests, the first death penalty carried out by Tehran. At least 475 people have been killed in the protests, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran. Iran has executed two people since protests erupted in September, following the death…

  • The Iranian regime may be at a point of no return following the recent protests

    The Iranian regime may be at a point of no return following the recent protests

    Thousands of people took part in anti-government protests across Iran after a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman died in the custody of the country’s morality police on Sunday. Mahsa Amini died after she was detained for failing to wear a head scarf. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Mahsa’s death an act of “terrorism” and…

  • Hundreds of political prisoners are sent to the US by Nicaragua

    Hundreds of political prisoners are sent to the US by Nicaragua

    The US has said the announcement of the release of Americans from Iran and Venezuela at the same time was coincidental. This comes after Iran released an Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi and the US released seven Americans from Venezuela. In Nicaragua, the government released more than 200 political prisoners, many of which arrived in the…

  • NPR sees desperation in Iran, where the government tells us nothing is wrong

    NPR sees desperation in Iran, where the government tells us nothing is wrong

    Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in an interview with NPR called the protesters who have been protesting over the death of a woman “rioters”, saying that “nothing important had happened” during the protests. Amir-Abdollahian said the protests were “definitely a challenge to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights”. Over 100 people have…

  • The Iranian Drones are in the sky

    The Iranian Drones are in the sky

    Iran has admitted to giving drones to Russia in the months before Ukraine war, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday. Kirby said the US was considering taking additional steps to restrict Iran’s access to sensitive technologies and that the US was sanctioning three Russian companies involved in the purchase and use…

  • The New Faces of Iran’s Protests were Teenagers.

    The New Faces of Iran’s Protests were Teenagers.

    An Iranian court has issued the first death sentence related to recent protests, convicting the unidentified person of “enmity against God” and “spreading corruption on Earth”, state media reports said. The protests have been led by people in Iran against the death of a woman who died in police custody last week. At least 475…

  • Iran is losing its own economy because of internet disruptions.

    Iran is losing its own economy because of internet disruptions.

    Amid anti-government protests, an 18-year-old Iranian, Nima, said there are no messaging apps that work in Iran right now without using VPNs. “The government is blocking VPNs right now, one by one. These sanctions also pushed tech companies to over-comply or withdraw entirely from Iran, leaving Iranians with no alternative but to use government-controlled domestic…

  • A second Iranian man is put to death over a protest crime.

    A second Iranian man is put to death over a protest crime.

    Iran’s authorities have said that several people have been executed in connection with anti-government protests in the country. The executions came after a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died in police custody last month after being arrested for not wearing her hijab properly. Several other people have also been sentenced to death for participating in…

  • The second Iranian prisoner is executed for a protest crime.

    The second Iranian prisoner is executed for a protest crime.

    Iran on Monday said it executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during protests that began in the country after the death of a woman in police custody. Iran’s state media claimed that the man stabbed a man to death and ran away. The state media further claimed that the man’s accomplices had…

  • State media reported the first known protest-related execution in Iran.

    State media reported the first known protest-related execution in Iran.

    The death toll reported by Amnesty does not include any children killed during protests in October, including a 7-year-old boy who died in his mother’s arms on Sunday after security forces fired into a crowd of protesters, according to a report by Oslo-based Kurdish rights group Hengaw. Iran state television broadcasted live feeds of commemorations…

  • The Drones in Ukraine are Iranian.

    The Drones in Ukraine are Iranian.

    The US has said that it is “still real interest” in providing the Gray Eagle air defence system to Ukraine and that it has concerns that the drones could be shot down by Russia. US officials said in August that Russia was training its forces how to use the Shahed-136 drones from Iran. Russia had…

  • How protests in Iran relate to the national identity of the country.

    How protests in Iran relate to the national identity of the country.

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the protests over the death of a woman in police custody were a result of the “misinformation” against the government. “There is no reason to believe that the recent developments in Iran are linked to the death of a woman in police custody,” he added.

  • Russia has a missile campaign that forces a frantic race to shore up Ukrainian defenses.

    The Ukrainian government on Monday said that it’s in negotiations with the US to receive NASAMS, the same ground-based air defense systems that are used to protect the White House in Washington, DC. Earlier, the US said it was speeding up the delivery of NASAMS and that it’ll be in Ukraine in few weeks. Iran…