New Iran law set to radically decrease executions
Al-Monitor - Iran’s new law for combating drugs will be implemented beginning Nov. 14. The law — passed by the Reformist majority parliament…
Month: November 2017
Iran-Iraq earthquake: Hundreds killed as border region hit
BBC - A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 396 people…
Hariri Says Lebanon Risks Facing Gulf Arab Sanctions Because Of Hizballah Actions
RFL/RE - Saad Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister last week, says his country faces the risk of sanctions…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Diplomatic protection ‘one option’
BBC - Offering a British-Iranian mother imprisoned in Iran UK diplomatic protection is "one of the options" in the case,…
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Iran-Iraq Border
VOA - An earthquake that struck Sunday along the Iraq-Iran border has killed more than 300 people and injured 2,500…
Iran’s Telecommunications Minister Says He’s Looking Into Lifting the State Ban on Twitter
CHRI - The head of Iran’s Information and Communications Technology Ministry has promised to try to lift the state ban…
Millions Of Shi’ite Pilgrims Throng Iraq’s Karbala For Arbaeen Commemoration
RFL/RE - An estimated 14 million Shi'ite pilgrims thronged Iraq's holy city of Karbala on November 10 to mark the…
Iraqi interior minister says 41 Iranians arrested after crossing borders
Al-Arabia - The Iraqi Minister of Interior, Qasim al-Araji, said that local authorities have arrested 41 interiors who illegally crossed…
Aerial photos show ‘Iranian military base’ under construction in Syria
Al-Arabia -New satellite images emerged on Friday showcasing what appears to be an Iranian military hub under construction in Syria.…
US Military Official: Missile Targeting Riyadh Was Iranian-made
VOA - The missile fired at an airport in Saudi Arabia last Saturday by Houthi rebels came from Iran and…