Afghanistan Election Results remains unsealed till November
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Afghan officials have set a new date for announcing the last month’s Afghanistan election results, after several delays. Hawa Alam Nuristani, head of the Independent Election Commission, says Sunday preliminary Afghanistan election results will be announced on Nov. 14. There is a delay on the initial deadline for sharing the results […]
Syria army deploys troops 3km away from Turkish border
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Units of the Syria Arab Army on Sunday deployed in four new villages in Ras al-Ayn countryside, reducing a distance towards the Turkish border to few kilometers. Syrian news agency SANA’s reporter in Hasaka made a report. Says that army units advanced from the direction of Tal Tamr in the northern […]
US controlling Syria oil fields ‘banditry’; Russia protests
Russia has slammed as “banditry” plans by the United States to deploy more forces in Syria, accusing the administration of President Donald Trump of seeking to seize the Syria oil fields under false pretexts. Iran News quotes the report. Trump and Pentagon chief Mark Esper confirmed Thursday that, while Washington was pulling some troops out […]
Al-baghdadi death confirmed; FOX news officials
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, sources have confirmed to Fox News. Iran News covers the story of Al-baghdadi death. Al-Baghdadi, who took over ISIS after his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed in 2010, detonated a suicide vest, killing himself when U.S. Special Operations forces entered a compound in northern Syria where he […]
ISIS leader believed to be dead; sources
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official and a source with knowledge. The final confirmation is pending while DNA and biometric testing is ongoing, both sources tell CNN. Iran News covers […]
Saudi talks on nuclear program going forward
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Saturday that conversations with Saudi Arabia on a nuclear program are going forward.
Catalonia’s Mayors Call for Self-Determination
The vast majority of Catalonia's almost 1,000 mayors on Saturday urged authorities in Madrid to grant the region the right to determine its own future, as crowds of separatists readied for a protest march in Barcelona later in the day.
A father of Essex truck dead girls: It said to be safe
Nguyen Thi Phong and Pham Van Thin live in a small house in Nghen, a town in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province. It has a corrugated metal roof, propped up on loose bricks, and a Vietnamese flag flies outside. Iran News quotes the report of Essex truck victims wrote by CNN. The family doesn’t have much […]
Japanese minister resigns over gifting melons to constituents
Japan’s new trade minister resigned after being accused of violating election law. Media reports said Isshu Sugawara, Japanese minister of trade, gave his Tokyo constituents expensive melons, oranges, roe and royal jelly, Iran News quotes what BBC wrote. He is also said to have offered “condolence money” of ¥20,000 ($185; £145) to the family of […]
Iraq’s fresh protests have casualties and injuries
Iraqi police fired live shots into the air as well as rubber bullets and dozens of tear gas canisters Friday to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters, sending young demonstrators running for cover and enveloping a main bridge in the capital Baghdad with thick white smoke. Eight protesters were killed and dozens were injured in Iraq’s […]