Category: Iran

Police: Men Attack Pro-Democracy Vigil Near Iranian Embassy

BERLIN—German police are investigating an attack on a pro-democracy vigil outside the Iranian embassy in Berlin in which three people were injured early Sunday morning. Police said an officer guarding the embassy saw three men with face coverings tear down banners and flags from a recreational vehicle parked near the building. Despite calls by the…


‘Bibi’ Netanyahu Is Poised for a Political Comeback. Here’s What It Means for Biden’s Agenda

With the largest source of disagreement between the United States and Israel—the Iran nuclear deal—virtually collapsed, President Joe Biden would have little to fear on the policy front from a more right-leaning government if former Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu returns to leadership, according to experts. The right-wing champion of Israeli security and former prime minister has…


Trudeau Joins Families of Flight 752 in Canada-Wide Protests Against Iranian Regime

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood with the families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Saturday as they lent their voices to the worldwide calls for revolution in Iran through a series of coordinated protests across Canada. But even as Trudeau touted Canada’s new sanctions against the Iranian regime, some activists called…


Protest-Hit Iran Faced With Renewed Threat of Terrorism

More than a dozen Shiite pilgrims were killed this week when a gunman opened fire on a religious shrine in Iran’s south-central city of Shiraz. The attack, for which the ISIS terrorist group purportedly claimed responsibility, came amid ongoing anti-government protests that have roiled Iran since mid-September. On Oct. 26, a gunman entered the Shah…


Gunmen Attack Major Shiite Mosque in Iran, Killing 15

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Gunmen attacked a major Shiite mosque in Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. The attack came as protesters elsewhere in Iran marked a symbolic 40 days since a woman’s death in custody ignited the biggest anti-government movement in over a decade. State TV blamed the attack on…


Protests in Iran Mark 40 Days Since Mahsa Amini’s Death in Detention

Protests across Iran on Oct. 26 marked 40 days since Mahsa Amini died in detention over her “inappropriate attire.” Twenty-two-year-old Amini died on Sept. 16 in Tehran while in the custody of Iran’s morality police, sparking more than a month of nationwide protests. At least 234 people, including 29 children, have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran,…


Death Toll of Iran Protests Surpasses 230: Human Rights Group

At least 234 people, including 29 children, have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran, a human rights organization reported on Oct. 25. Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), said that they have also received multiple reports of Iranian authorities attempting to cover up the killing of protesters. “Returning bodies is made contingent on families promising to…


Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Says E-Mail Was Hacked

DUBAI—Iran’s atomic energy organization said that an e-mail server belonging to one of its subsidiaries had been hacked from a foreign country and information published online, state media reported on Sunday. An Iranian hacking group, Black Reward, said in a statement published on Twitter that it had released hacked information relating to Iranian nuclear activities,…


Salman Rushdie Lost Use of One Eye and Hand Following New York Attack, Agent Says

Salman Rushdie, a British-American author and longtime critic of Islam, has lost sight in one eye and movement in one hand as a result of a violent attack against him in western New York two months ago. In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, Andrew Wylie, a book agent for Rushdie, gave an update on…


Iran Protests Trigger Solidarity Rallies in US, Europe

WASHINGTON—Chanting crowds marched in the streets of Berlin, Washington, and Los Angeles on Saturday in a show of international support for demonstrators facing a violent government crackdown in Iran, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of that country’s morality police. On the U.S. National Mall, thousands of women and men…