Tuesday, 21 January , 2025
  • 137 bodies found in Rafah after Gaza ceasefire 21 Jan 2025

    137 bodies found in Rafah after Gaza ceasefire

    Gaza’s Palestinian Civil Defence agency reports that 137 bodies of the civilians killed in Israeli attacks have been pulled out of the rubble since the start of the ceasefire in Rafah, media outlets have reported.

Trump’s Maximum Pressure policy has failed; Expert says 21 Oct 2019

Trump’s Maximum Pressure policy has failed; Expert says

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A Foreign Affairs Analyst at Wilson center Ori Rabinowitz believes that U.S president will maintain at least some of the sanctions, while looking for an opening. Speaking to ILNA news agency, she added Trump seems eager to arrange a photo-op with Rouhani, and maybe even a summit, but I think the […]

US revokes Iranian students’ visa grants 21 Oct 2019

US revokes Iranian students’ visa grants

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Some 20 Iranian students were barred from boarding flights to the United States in September, despite having the required travel documents. Mehran founded a software development company at the age of 22 and, within two years, had 20 employees. It was a success, but one day he realized he wanted more: […]

Saudi-Led Fighter Jets Bomb Yemen 50 Times in 48 Hours 21 Oct 2019

Saudi-Led Fighter Jets Bomb Yemen 50 Times in 48 Hours

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces said fighter jets of the Saudi-led coalition pounded various areas of the Arabian Peninsula country 50 times in two days, according to local reports. In remarks on Sunday night, Brigadier General Yahya Saree said over the previous 48 hours, the Saudi-led fighter jets bombarded […]

Trump must get it together to avoid another disaster 21 Oct 2019

Trump must get it together to avoid another disaster

Donald Trump is under severe pressure after a disastrous run which saw his impeachment defense shredded by current and ex-officials and, most stunningly, by his own acting White House chief of staff. Iran News covers the story by CNN. He must also placate fellow Republicans on whom he will depend to save his presidency in any Senate […]

Japan, France propose financial support for Iran 21 Oct 2019

Japan, France propose financial support for Iran

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Japan and France have put forward a joint plan to give a credit line totaling around $18.5 billion. As a prerequisite for this, Iran needs to fully comply with a nuclear deal it signed with world powers in 2015, Japan’s leading newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported on Sunday. Earlier this year, France […]

Modi’s visit to Ankara canceled 20 Oct 2019

Modi’s visit to Ankara canceled

The Indian government has decided to call off a proposed visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Turkey's capital, Ankara, in the wake of President Recip Tayyip Erdogan’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last month where he criticized India's move to abrogate Article 370 of the constitution that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Kurd Forces Withdraw from Turkey-Syria Border 20 Oct 2019

Kurd Forces Withdraw from Turkey-Syria Border

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior Syrian Kurdish official said his forces would pull back from Turkey-Syria Border area in accordance with a US-brokered deal after Turkey allows the evacuation of its remaining fighters and civilians from a besieged town in northeast Syria. Redur Khalil said the plan for evacuation from the town of Ras […]

China’s economic growth in the weakest point since 1992 20 Oct 2019

China’s economic growth in the weakest point since 1992

TEHRAN (Iran News) – China’s economic growth dropped last quarter to its lowest level in nearly three decades, as the world’s second largest economy continues to feel the pain from the trade war with the United States. According to CNN, China’s gross domestic product grew by six percent in the three months to September 30, […]

South Korean students climb into US envoy’s residence 20 Oct 2019

South Korean students climb into US envoy’s residence

TEHRAN (Iran News) – South Korean police detained 19 students on Friday after several climbed over the wall into the grounds of the US ambassador’s residence in Seoul in protest against the US troop presence in the country. The group of South Korean students, which identifies itself as a coalition of progressive university students, posted […]

Border closure cons and pros for Nigeria’s economy 20 Oct 2019

Border closure cons and pros for Nigeria’s economy

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Two months ago, Nigeria slapped restrictions on cross-border trade with its neighbors, but there are mixed signals as to whether the controversial move is benefiting the country. On August 19, President Muhammadu Buhari dramatically closed Nigeria’s land frontiers to goods traded with Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, saying its economy needed […]