Sun, 2023-01-29 00:14 TEHRAN: A loud blast was heard at a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, but a security official said there were no casualties, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said on its website early on Sunday. “The … read more
Sat, 2023-01-28 23:53 PARIS: Iranian authorities have executed 55 people in 2023, Norway-based Iran Human Rights said on Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the country. Meanwhile, rights group … read more
Sat, 2023-01-28 01:14 TEHRAN: One of Iran’s top clerics, Nasser Makarem, has spoken out against the use of violence to force women into wearing the veil. Iran has witnessed a wave of nationwide protests since the Sept. 16 death of … read more
Sat, 2023-01-28 00:18 TUNIS: Tunisians are to vote again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied’s remake of politics in the country. The second-round vote comes as Tunisia grapples … read more
Sat, 2023-01-28 00:07 NEW YORK: There are “reasonable grounds” to believe the Syrian Arab Air Force was responsible for a chemical weapons attack on Douma almost five years ago, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Friday. … read more