by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2018 Israel would not hesitate to act against the Bashar Assad regime should Assad allow Iran a military base from which to attack Israel from Syria, an Israeli security official said. “Assad and Hizbullah are the same, and if there will be an attack against us, we will not be […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2018 Iranian police have arrested 29 women who removed their hijabs in the latest wave of protests against the country’s strict modesty laws. The protests are part of what organizers are calling the “White Wednesdays” movement where women take to the streets without wearing the required Islamic veils. The Islamic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2018 Iran was able to contain recent anti-government protests in part by cutting off access to the Telegram messaging app that protesters used to communicate. Now, the Teheran regime is seeking full local control of the web in the Islamic Republic via the creation of a so-called “halal” or “permissible” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2018 At least 50 people have been killed, including five by torture, and 8,000 have been arrested since anti-government protests erupted in Iran late last month, an opposition group said. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, based in Europe, said protests have spread to 130 cities. The council on Jan. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 4, 2018 Twitter has restricted the account of a dissident who has streamed video of protests in Iran, which includes footage of Iranian security forces shooting protesters. Twitter blocked some viewership for London-based dissident Potkin Azarmehr, whose videos have also shown demonstrators shouting anti-regime chants, some of which call for the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2018 As protesters continued to pour into the streets throughout the country, Iranian leadership met to “find a way out of this situation,” according to details leaked from regime meetings. “Religious leaders and the leadership must come to the scene as soon as possible and prevent the situation (from) deteriorating […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2017 The commander of Iran’s Quds Force has pledged to support Hamas in the fight for Jerusalem, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said on Dec. 25. Sinwar claimed the promise was made in a phone conversation he had with Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 24, 2017 Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is soon expected to be Saudi’s new king, said that Iran’s relentless expansion in the region “needs to be confronted.” The crown prince, in an interview with The New York Times published on Nov. 24, also referred to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 15, 2017 The hacking of a network used by UK Prime Minister Theresa May, her cabinet and all members of British parliament was carried out by Iran, reports say. In all, 90 email accounts were hacked, but a total of 9,000 accounts were affected by the attack, the Telegraph reported, citing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has suggested that U.S. military forces in the Middle East could be in danger of an Iranian missile attack if Washington imposes new sanctions against Teheran. Jafari’s comments on October 8 follow several media reports saying that […]
