Iranians ‘not afraid of awful regime' – Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi
We spoke to the Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. We asked her if she thinks the chances of the Iranian people rising up against the Islamic Republic have increased.
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Channel 4
3 hours ago
- Channel 4
Iran: Hundreds of thousands take to streets for state funeral
Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out in the Iranian capital Tehran for the state funeral of military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during the 12-day war with Israel. The Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian joined the procession – although there was no sign of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.
Telegraph
7 hours ago
- Telegraph
Trump: I saved Khamenei from ‘ugly' death
Donald Trump saved Iran's Supreme Leader from 'a very ugly' death, the US president said last night with the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still in hiding amid a fragile ceasefire. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the outbreak of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, but in a televised address aired on Thursday, he declared Iran had 'dealt a hard slap to America's face'. His comments triggered a backlash from Mr Trump who on Friday said he knew 'exactly where he [Khamenei] was sheltered, and would not let Israel, or the US Armed Forces... terminate his life'. On his Truth Social channel, Mr Trump said: 'I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death, and he does not have to say: 'Thank you, President Trump!'' Khamenei's absence was notable on Saturday as thousands turned out on the streets of Tehran for the funerals of Iran's top commanders and nuclear scientists killed in recent Israeli air strikes. Senior political and military figures attending the funeral on Saturday included Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of Iran, and Esmail Qaani, head of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). At least 16 scientists and 10 senior commanders were among those mourned, according to state media. Israel also targeted Iran's military infrastructure, and the US – on Mr Trump's orders – bombed Tehran's nuclear programme. On Thursday, Israel Katz, Israel's defence minister, told Channel 13: 'If he had been in our sights, we would have taken him out.' He also admitted that Israel 'searched a lot' for the elusive leader. Also present at the funeral was Ali Shamkhani, Khamenei's senior advisor, who was seen for the first time since the war. He too was targeted and wounded during the conflict, and was seen using a walking stick in footage from state television. Among those buried were Mohammad Bagheri, a major general in the IRGC who was second-in-command of the armed forces after Iran's supreme leader; Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a nuclear scientist; and Hossein Salami, an IRGC commander. They were all killed on the first day of Israel's surprise attacks on June 13. State media said four women and four children were also among the coffins draped in Iranian flags, photos, rose petals and flowers. The Iranian health ministry said 610 people were killed in Iran during the 12-day war, 13 of them children and 49 women, before a ceasefire came into effect on Tuesday. More than 4,700 were injured. However, the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) claimed the number was far higher, citing at least 1,054 deaths and 4,476 injuries among civilians and military personnel. In Israel, there were 28 deaths and 3,343 people were treated in hospitals. Mass arrests took place across Iran in the wake of the war, with over 800 held on charges of supporting Israel and at least six executed. On Saturday morning, HRANA reported that at least 35 Jewish citizens in Tehran and Shiraz were summoned and interrogated by security forces. The Jewish community in Iran is centuries old and at its peak numbered hundreds of thousands but now stands at just 10,000. In 2011, Iran made it illegal for Iranians to travel to Israel. 'According to a source close to the families, the officers mainly questioned these individuals about their family contacts with relatives in Israel and emphasised that they should refrain from any phone or internet communication abroad for the time being,' the rights group said on Saturday. 'This wave of summonses unfolding amid heightened military tensions between Iran and Israel marks one of the largest such incidents since the early years following the 1979 Revolution. The move starkly contradicts the Islamic Republic's official narrative of providing 'equal rights for Iranian-Jewish citizens'.' In spite of the authorities trying to portray Iranian Jews as secure and fully integrated citizens, HRANA said that there has been 'unprecedented pressure' on the minority in recent weeks. On Saturday, senior Iranian politicians reiterated calls to cut ties with the UN's nuclear agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iran's parliament voted unanimously last Thursday to cut ties with the agency. If it bans the IAEA, the full impact of the bombing by the US and Israel of Iran's nuclear sites in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, will be more difficult to assess. 'Iran had a very vast, ambitious programme, and part of it may still be there. And if not, there is also the self-evident truth that the knowledge is there,' Mr Grossi told CBS in an interview.
Daily Mirror
7 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he admits 'this could end my career'
Donald Trump has withdrawn from all trade talks with Canada, told Iran he won't be lifting sanctions and keeps making thirsty comments about women. One of them, he joked, might mean the end of his political career. Meanwhile, the White House continues to resemble a propaganda outlet - and he had some very warm words for and from Vladimir Putin. Here's everything you need to know about the last 24 hours in Trump World. Everything is fine. Trump says he's suspending all trade talks with Canada, after his northern neighbour indicated they'll press ahead with a digital services tax - to take effect from Monday. He posted on Truth Social that the tax was "a direct and blatant attack on our country". "Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately," he wrote. "We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period." Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that his country would "continue to conduct these complex negotiations in the best interests of Canadians. It's a negotiation." Trump later said he expects that Canada will remove the tax. "Economically we have such power over Canada. We'd rather not use it," he said in the Oval Office. "It's not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it." Trump held an Oval Office event with foreign ministers from the Congo and Rwanda, who Marco Rubio managed to get to agree a draft peace deal last week. He invited up Hariana Veras, a Congolese reporter covering the White House for the entire African continent, to speak about the conflict. She told Trump Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi had told her that if peace did come to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then he'd consider nominating him for...a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump was, of course, delighted. So delighted was he that he proceeded to openly flirt with Ms Veras - and admitted it might mean the end of his political career. "I shouldn't say this because it's politically incorrect: She's beautiful. And you are beautiful," he leered. "I'm not allowed to say that, you know. That could be the end of my political career." I mean, we know from experience that it won't be. But he went on. "You are beautiful, and you're beautiful inside," he gushed. "I wish we had more reporters like you." At the end of the event, when he was giving out commemorative "challenge coins" to the foreign ministers, he said: "I think your reporter from Africa should get one. What do you think? Darling, that's for you. You did a fantastic job." Darling It's the second time in 24 hours he's made thirsty remarks on television. Earlier the same day, Trump described a waitress who he claimed had given him the idea to scrap tax on tips thus: "I will never say good looking waitress, because looks don't matter anymore in our modern society. "She happened to be beautiful but I won't say that...." Trump refused to answer a question about trade with Canada from a reporter following the Oval Office event. But for the second time in a day, he happily took a question from Lindell TV, the online station run by pillow salesman and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell. The "reporter" asked: "Now that your administration, congratulations, has secured peace in Africa after a bloody war that has gone on for decades and no other President could do it, do you think the mainstream media will finally give you credit where credit is due?" Good to see the White House Press Corps putting the spotlight of scrutiny on the media, where it belongs, eh? "No," Trump said. "The media will never give me credit, but the people give me credit." The second question he took was from another "reporter" who told him he would go down in history as a "peacemaker", and asked him to comment on his being on track to have the "lowest murder rate in history". Despite Trump's Presidential campaign painting a picture of a "lawless" country, under "invasion" and skyrocketing murder and drug crimes, the current decline in violent crime is a continuation of a downward trend that began in 2023. It's too early in his presidency to say whether his policies have contributed to crime rates declining. But Trump ate up the friendly question and took full credit, saying it was all down to him removing the "illegals". Meanwhile, the Associated Press, the globally respected news agency, remain barred from Oval Office events, because they won't rename the Gulf of Mexico "the Gulf of America". Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said yesterday that he "deeply respects Donald Trump". And Trump very much appreciated it, saying in the Oval: "Vladimir Putin made some very nice statements today. Look, he respects our country again." Trump posted on Truth Social in response to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's claim that Iran "won the war" with Iran, and he was not at all impressed. He said Iran's three "evil nuclear sites" had been "OBLITERATED", claimed he knew "EXACTLY" where the Ayatollah was in hiding and claimed to have "SAVED HIM FROM A VERY UGLY AND IGNOMINIOUS DEATH". "He does not have to say 'THANKYOU PRESIDENT TRUMP!", he added, but still he suggested the Ayatollah's response was uncalled for - indicating he wasn't minded to lift sanctions against the country. "During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery - The sanctions are BITING! "But no, instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief, and more. Iran has to get back into the World Order flow, or things will only get worse for them. "They are always so angry, hostile, and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them - A burned out, blown up Country, with no future, a decimated Military, a horrible Economy, and DEATH all around them. They have no hope, and it will only get worse! I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with HONEY than you do with VINEGAR. PEACE!!!" Earlier, during a press conference, Trump was asked a question about border crossings, which was interrupted by an unidentified person in the room shouting out "Trump 2028!" Trump responded: "Who is that guy? I like him! He's working the cameras." It was very weird. Weird
