Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before. Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border has remained tense. On Sat...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN held a ceremonial tribute for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died earlier this month in a helicopter crash. “President Raisi led Iran at a challenging time for the country, the region and globally,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates at the UN General Assembly, where a minute o...
Stockholm, Sweden – AFP Sweden has alleged that Iran was recruiting members of Swedish criminal gangs, some of them children, as proxies to commit “acts of violence” against Israel and other states and groups in Sweden that Tehran considered a threat. These claims were made by Sweden’s intelligence agency on Thursday. T...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran’s aging helicopter fleet was pushed into the spotlight after a crash last week claimed the lives of erstwhile President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and seven others. An Anadolu correspondent compiled the information about the condition and maintenance of the helicopters in Iran’s military ...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran’s army has so far found no evidence of criminal activity in the helicopter crash that killed the country’s president Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, state media reported. The 63-year-old died on Sunday after his helicopter went down in the country’s mountainous northwest while returning from a da...
ISTANBUL (AA) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is a “loss to people aspiring for justice,” state media reported. In a condolence message to Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s first vice president, Kim said: “The demise of the president is a great loss to the fraternal Iranian people […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed his condolences to the people of Iran over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, stressing that Ankara will stand by Iran “in these difficult and sad times.” In a post on X, Erdogan prayed for Allah’s mercy upon Raisi who died in a helicopter […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior government officials in a helicopter crash. “Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was an outstanding politician whose entire life was devoted to serving the Motherland. He rightfully enjoyed high respect from his co...
ISTANBUL (AA) -Leaders from the Arab and Muslim world have extended their condolences to Tehran following the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian and other top officials in a helicopter crash. “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani expressed his deepest condolences to the Iranian government and ...
Isfahan, Iran – AFP UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi, visiting Iran on Tuesday, urged the country to adopt “concrete” measures to bolster cooperation on its nuclear programme and address the international community’s concerns. At a news conference in the city of Isfahan, Grossi said he had proposed in talks with I...
