ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iraq’s Erbil Governor Omed Khosnaw said on Tuesday that missile strikes carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are “inhuman terrorist” attacks. Governor Khosnaw said in a statement: “An inhuman terrorist attack has been carried out against Erbil.” Separately, the Kurdi...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran urged Monday the United States and Britain to “stop the war against Yemen” following their recent strikes on targets of the Tehran-backed Houthis. US and British forces have hit scores of targets in Yemen after weeks of Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, who say they are acting […]
The US and UK’s strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis rebels, aimed at stopping their attacks on Red Sea shipping, were designed to send a “very strong message” to Tehran, says Melanie Garson, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at University College London. “In the absence of having been det...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Arab League and Iran have voiced support for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its deadly military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said late Wednesday that he hopes for “a fair and brave judicial ruling to halt this [&hel...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – A man who worked for Dutch intelligence in 2005 sabotaged an Iranian nuclear facility without the knowledge of the Dutch government, a media report has claimed. Dutch national Erik van Sabben was recruited in 2005 by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), the daily Volkskrant revealed. Van Sabben, whose spouse i...
TEHRAN (AA) – The death toll from the bombings that ripped through southeastern Iran’s Kerman city on Wednesday has risen to 91, with two more people succumbing to their injuries in hospitals. Seyyed Mohammad Saberi, the head of the Medical Emergency Organization in Kerman, said an eight-year-old child and a 60-year-old man have died in ...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A leader of the Hashd al-Shaabi military force has been killed in a US strike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the group confirmed. The Iraqi Nujaba Movement, a faction of the Hashd al-Shaabi force, said in a statement that Abou Taqwa Al-Saidi was killed in the US attack. However, it did not […]
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran has blamed Israel and the United States for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country’s south on Wednesday, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike. The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least 53 people were killed on Wednesday when multiple explosions ripped through an area where a ceremony was being held to commemorate a top Iranian general who was assassinated four years ago by the US, according to state media. Dozens of others were reportedly injured in the explosions that took […]
