by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2020 The leader of a brutal, repressive regime which is the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism apparently has the green-light from Twitter to advocate for the destruction of Israel. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has posted several tweets in which he calls for the destruction of the “Zionist […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 20, 2020 Iran’s clerics and terrorist sympathizers are living on borrowed time as a new generation of Iranians yearns for freedom, a group of Iranian dissidents and prominent U.S. and European officials said at a virtual international rally on Friday. “This generation is a constant nightmare for the mullahs. Indeed, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2020 In the latest in a string of mysterious disasters to strike Iran in recent weeks, seven ships at the southern Iranian port of Bushehr reportedly caught fire on July 15. The blaze was contained and no casualties were reported, the head of the local crisis management organization told Irna […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2020 The United Nations is “giving a pass to terrorists” after it concluded that the U.S. drone strike which killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was “unlawful.” Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 9 that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2020 A Patriot missile battery intercepted a rocket targeting the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday, reports say. The rocket fell inside the Green Zone, the center of the international presence in the Iraqi capital, Al Arabiya reported. The U.S. government has blamed pro-Iranian militias for a series of rocket […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 1, 2020 The combination of crippling U.S. sanctions and the devastating coronavirus outbreak have caused Iran’s economy to crash, reports say. U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy industry have taken the heaviest toll. Iran currently sells less than 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and possibly less than 100,000. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2020 The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, his government, and his wife. The U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced new penalties on Syria, which personally target Assad and his wife Asma Assad as Syira faces a deepening economic crisis and rare protests in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 9, 2020 The United Arab Emirates plans to launch a mission to Mars in July. The UAE’s unmanned probe, named Hope, has been billed as the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab state. The Hope Mars Mission will start its journey on July 14 and is expected to reach Mars […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2020 The leader of the Iranian regime, which killed hundreds of anti-establishment protesters in November 2019, said that rioting in the United States is “the true face of their regime.” Speaking on Wednesday at the 31st anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2020 In defiance of coronavirus lockdown orders, large groups of Muslims gathered in homes and mosques in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia over the weekend to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan holiday season. After a large number of Palestinians took to the streets to demand […]
