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Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations. CBC | World News
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One killed in Iran protests against fuel price hike
One person was killed in the Iranian city of Sirjan during protests that erupted after the government imposed gasoline rationing and price increases. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran says it has discovered a massive new oil field with 50B barrels
Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran announces more violations of nuclear deal
The head of Iran’s nuclear program says Tehran is working on a prototype centrifuge that’s 50 times faster than those allowed under the nuclear deal with world powers. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabian coast
Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran could be destroyed in devastating ‘shock and awe’ blitz under leaked US ‘war plan’
IRAN could be annihilated by the US in a devastating “shock and awe” attack which would destroy the regime overnight, leaked documents show. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iran president warns of Persian Gulf region ‘on the edge of collapse’
Iran’s president warned world leaders Wednesday that security in the energy-rich Persian Gulf could collapse quickly with a “single blunder,” and he accused the United States of engaging in “merciless economic terrorism” against his country. CBC | World News
Read More »Blackmail? Boris Johnson ‘to hand Iran £400m’ and secure imprisoned UK national
BORIS Johnson could be blackmailed into giving £400m to Iran as the foreign power continues to threaten to extend the jail sentence of a wrongly-imprisoned UK national. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Huge 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Iraq near Iran border – at least 10 dead
A MASSIVE 7.3-magnitude earthquake has been recorded southeast of the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, near the border with Iran. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Yemen missile fired at Saudis appears to be made in Iran: U.S. military
The ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels that targeted the Saudi capital was from Iran and bore “Iranian markings,” the top U.S. Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday. CBC | World News
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