Mediacom world news portal
Iranians voted in a tightly controlled presidential election to replace former president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month. Just four candidates, all loyal to Iran’s supreme leader, were on the ballot. CBC | World News
Read More »Tag Archives: Iranians
Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls
The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran considers dual nationals on downed Ukrainian plane to be Iranians
Iran considers dual nationals aboard a Ukrainian plane that was shot down accidentally this month to be Iranian citizens, a spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran’s supreme leader says Trump is a ‘clown’ who will betray Iranians
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said President Donald Trump is a “clown” who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will “push a poisonous dagger” into their backs, as Iran’s supreme leader struck a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years. CBC | World News
Read More »Congresswoman accuses U.S. border security of targeting Iranians in Blaine, Wash.
U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and other human rights advocates are condemning the up to 11-hour detentions of more than 60 Iranian-Americans at the U.S. border on Saturday at the Blaine, Wash., crossing. CBC | World News
Read More »