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L'Orient-Le Jour
4 days ago
- L'Orient-Le Jour
At least 8 killed in a ‘terrorist' attack on the Zahedan justice building
At least eight people, including five civilians and three attackers, were killed Saturday in a 'terrorist' attack on a justice building in southeastern Iran, the judiciary reported. 'Unidentified armed men attacked the judicial center in Zahedan,' the Iranian judiciary said, reporting five dead and 13 injured in the 'terrorist attack.' The official news agency Irna reported the deaths of three attackers. Zahedan is the provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchestan, a border region near Pakistan and Afghanistan that regularly experiences instability.
Middle East Eye
22-06-2025
- General
- Middle East Eye
Iran says 'no danger' to residents in Qom, state media reports
Iranian authorities have said there was "no danger" to residents in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, following a US attack on the nearby mountain-buried nuclear enrichment site known as Fordow. "There is no danger to the people of Qom and the surrounding area", said the province's crisis management department, according to the official Irna news agency.
Middle East Eye
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Iranian officials confirm strikes on nuclear sites
An Iranian official, cited by Tasnim news agency, has confirmed that part of the Fordow nuclear site was attacked by "enemy airstrikes". Attacks were also witnessed near Isfahan and Nanantz nuclear facilities, another Iranian official said, according to Fars news agency. However, according to an Iranian official cited by Irna news agency, the nuclear sites that were struck by the US did not contain materials that cause radiation.
Straits Times
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Thousands protest in Tehran and the region against Israel, US
Protesters in Beirut gathering for a rally in solidarity with Iran on June 20. PHOTO: REUTERS Thousands protest in Tehran and the region against Israel, US TEHRAN – Thousands of people rallied in Tehran, Baghdad and Beirut on June 20 after weekly prayers to protest against Israel's strikes on Iran, chanting slogans against Israel and its main backer, the United States. Images on Iran's state television showed protesters in Tehran holding up photographs of commanders killed since the start of the war, while others waved the flags of Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. 'This is the Friday of the Iranian nation's solidarity and resistance across the country,' the news anchor said. 'I will sacrifice my life for my leader,' read a protester's banner, referring to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to state television, protests took place in other cities around the country, including in Tabriz in north-western Iran and Shiraz in the south. Israel launched a blistering attack on Iran on June 13, prompting Tehran to retaliate with barrages of missiles aimed at Israel. Imam Mohammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari, who led Tehran's prayers, told worshippers that Israel had attacked Iran out of 'despair', the official Irna news agency reported. He accused Israel of launching a 'psychological war' to 'pit the people of the country against the government'. 'Their plans were precise, but their calculations were laughable,' he said. With warnings of all-out regional war intensifying, fears are growing over an intervention by Iran-backed Iraqi factions, who have threatened Washington's interests in the region if it were to join Israel in its war against Iran. 'No right' In Iraq, thousands of supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr rallied on June 20 after prayers in Baghdad and other cities. Mr Sadr, who has previously criticised Tehran-backed Iraqi armed factions, retains a devoted following of millions among Iraq's majority community of Shi'ite Muslims. 'No to Israel! No to America!' chanted demonstrators gathered in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, the cleric's stronghold in the capital. 'It is an unjust war… Israel has no right' to hit Iran, said protester Abu Hussein. 'Israel is not in it for the (Iranian) nuclear (programme). What Israel and the Americans want is to dominate the Middle East,' added the 54-year-old taxi driver. In the city of Kufa, protesters set fire to Israeli and American flags. Iraq is both a significant ally of Iran and a strategic partner of the United States. In Lebanon, hundreds of Hezbollah supporters took to the streets in the group's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs. Men, women and children waved the flags of Iran, Hezbollah and Lebanon, with some holding pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei. 'It is my duty to stand with (Iran) against the Zionist Israeli enemy,' said Mr Adnan Zaytoun, 60. Hezbollah, which suffered heavy blows in its latest confrontation with Israel in 2024, has not expressed any intention to intervene militarily on Iran's side. To supporters like Mr Zaytoun, 'if anyone attacks us, we will defend ourselves, but we do not support war'. Mr Fadel Saad, an 18-year-old student, said: 'We are here to show the American and Israeli enemies that we are resilient and will not be defeated… even if they destroy our homes over our heads.' In Yemen's capital Sanaa and other areas, tens of thousands of people gathered for protests organised by the Iran-backed Huthis, according to their official media outlets. AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Sharjah 24
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Sharjah 24
Iran appoints new Revolutionary Guards intelligence chief
Major General Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), appointed Brigadier General Majid Khadami as the new head of its intelligence division, Irna said. He replaces Mohammed Kazemi, who was killed on Sunday alongside two other Revolutionary Guards officers -- Hassan Mohaghegh and Mohsen Bagheri -- in an Israeli strike. Pakpour had himself been recently appointed after Israel killed his predecessor Hossein Salami in a strike on June 13. "During the years that our martyred commanders Kazemi and Mohaqeq led the IRGC Intelligence, we witnessed significant growth in all aspects of intelligence within the IRGC," said Pakpour. Israel launched air strikes on nuclear and military sites in Iran last week, claiming that its arch enemy was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon, which Iran denies. Israel killed several top Iranian officials, prompting a counter-attack by Iran, which on Thursday hit an Israeli hospital. Upon his appointment by Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei last Friday, Pakpour threatened to open "the gates of hell" in retaliation for Israel's attacks. Top Israeli figures have openly talked about killing Khamenei.
