A glance at Iran’s state-run media shows the depth of people’s economic grievances, the regime’s mismanagement, and a looming uprising.“Citizens are bear the pain and suffering and wait for the boiling point and the change to come,” wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on Tuesday, in an article titled “This situation can no longer continue.”…
Earlier this year, there was much hope among politically active youth in Iraq that the fall would reignite the revolutionary fervour of last year’s October protests and bring large crowds back to the streets of Iraqi cities.But October came and went and large-scale demonstrations did not take place. Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, once the epicentre of…
Nov. 25, 2020 9:34 PM ESTBy NICK PERRYAssociated PressAP-ML-Iran-Australia, 8th Ld-WritethruWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said he’s “thrilled and relieved” after Iran released in a prisoner swap a 33-year-old academic who was imprisoned for more than two years on spying charges, but added it would take time for Kylie Moore-Gilbert to process…
Nov 25, 2020The Netherlands is preparing to bolster its mission in Iraq by sending up to 150 additional troops to Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a vote by the Dutch Council of Ministers on Friday. The troops will be responsible for security at the Erbil airport alongside US forces. The airport is an important base for the US-led…
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani speaks during the Gateway Gulf at Manama, Bahrain May 9, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s industry minister on Wednesday met with the chairman of Israel’s trade promotion agency and the chief executive of Israel’s…
AdvertisementContinue reading the main story Iranian state media said the scholar, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, was released in return for three Iranians. Social media identified the Iranians as men detained in Thailand on bomb plot charges. A still image from a video of Kylie Moore-Gilbert in 2017. The British-Australian scholar was serving a ten-year sentence in Iran’s notorious…
Responding to a Saudi Arabian judge’s decision to transfer human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul’s case to Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) following a trial session today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Lynn Maalouf, said:”With Saudi Arabia’s human rights record back in the spotlight as it hosts the…
TEHRAN – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said on Wednesday that the enemy no longer thinks of military confrontation with Iran, underlining that the enemy has focused on undermining the Islamic establishment’s morale instead.“Military war has been excluded from the enemy’s options,” Salami told reporters on Wednesday, adding…
Emirates’ Dubai Connect package is back and better than ever.Emirates wants you to disembark for a little bit longer in Dubai. So, it’s helping you do just that by re-launching its Dubai Connect offer, which gives guests a complimentary hotel stay so they can experience the city for a few extra hours.Those transiting through its…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “I thank Major-General Carignan for her outstanding leadership during a very challenging period. I wish Lieutenant General Pugholm Olsen every success as new commander and I look forward to working with him, as we continue to expand our mission, as requested by the Iraqi government.” NATO Mission Iraq was launched…
