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☆ Isfahan, Iran: Iran’s air defense activated after explosions heard close to Isfahan airport and military base, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Hamdi Alkhshali | Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official told CNN Friday, a move that threatens to push the region deeper into conflict. Iran’s air defense systems were activated in several locations after three explosions were heard close to the airport and an army base in the Iranian city of Isfahan, state media reported early Friday morning. Three explosions were heard near a military base where fighter jets are located in the northwest part of Isfahan, Iran’s semi-official FARS news agency reported. Renée Rigdon/CNNOutgoing flights from several Iranian airports have been cancelled, according to an Iranian official, Iranian state media Press TV reported. FARS reported that the explosion was heard in the city of Ghahjaworstan, northwest of Isfahan, citing local sources.

Persons: CNN —, Renée Rigdon, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, Israel Organizations: CNN, Press, Mehr, Army Air Force, Iranian Press, Iran’s Locations: CNN — Israel, Iran, Iranian, Isfahan, Iran’s, FARS, Israel, “ Tehran, Shiraz, West, North West, South West, Ghahjaworstan, Isfahan Airport, Tehran, Syria

CNN —A top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was killed among several others in an airstrike on the country’s consulate building in Damascus, Syria, according to Iranian officials and state-affiliated media, which blamed Israel for the attack. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRCG) commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi was killed in the attack. Footage of the aftermath of the blast, published by Iranian state media Press TV, showed extensive damage, fire and smoke at the scene. Iranian embassy staff and military advisers were among the dead, he said. Zahedi, the slain commander, was previously the commander of IRGC’s ground forces, the commander of IRGC’s air force, and the deputy commander of the IRGC’s operations.

Persons: Israel, Mohammed Reza Zahedi, Hossein Akbari, “, ” Akbari, Akbari, ”, Nasser Kanaani, ” Kanaani, Hossein Amir, Faisal Mekdad, Amir, Matthew Miller, ” Miller, we’re Organizations: CNN, Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s, Ministry, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, Press, Zionist, Israel Defense Forces, Fars News, Iranian, Syrian Foreign, Diplomatic Relations, United States State Department Locations: Damascus, Syria, Iranian, Islamic Republic, Iran, Fars, Syrian, Vienna

☆ George Galloway: Pro-Palestinian firebrand politician wins UK byelection in blow to main opposition Labour Party
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Britain’s opposition Labour Party, widely expected to win a general election due to be held within months, has lost one of its safest parliamentary seats to a pro-Palestinian former party member in a chaotic by-election. Labour initially stood by Ali, only to withdraw their support but too close to the by-election to put forward another candidate. Galloway was expelled from the Labour Party in 2003 after he opposed then Prime Minister and Labour leader Tony Blair’s support for the war in Iraq. Galloway’s victory is noteworthy for the context in which it took place, but doesn’t necessarily tell us much about the general election that will take place at some point this year. It does send a warning, however, to Starmer and the Labour Party about the need to properly screen candidates, as it could be badly hurt by similar stories emerging in the run up to the general election.

Persons: London CNN —, George Galloway, Azhar Ali, Israel, Ali, Galloway, Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn, Tony Blair’s Organizations: London CNN, Labour Party, Veteran, Labour, Sun, CNN, Tottenham Hotspur, North London Jewish, Champion’s League, Press TV Locations: Rochdale, Gaza, British, Galloway, Britain, Israel, Iraq, Russia, Iran, Starmer

☆ Israeli Strike on Damascus Kills Four Iranian Revolutionary Guards -Source
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Laila Bassam and Kinda MakiehBEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -An Israeli missile strike on Syria's capital Damascus on Saturday killed four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, including the head of the force's information unit in Syria, a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance told Reuters. Syrian state media said a building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus was targeted in a likely Israeli attack, without giving further details. Iran's state-run Press TV said two Iranian Guards military advisers were killed in the Israeli strike on Damascus. Essam Al-Amin, head of the Al-Mowasat Hospital in Damascus, told Reuters that his hospital had received one corpse and three wounded people, including a woman, following Saturday's attack. In December, an Israeli strike killed two Guards members in Damascus, and another on Dec. 25 killed a senior adviser to the Guards who was overseeing military coordination between Syria and Iran.

Persons: Laila Bassam, Bashar al, Essam Al, Amin, Makdesi, Nayera Abdallah, Maya Gebeily, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Saturday, Iran's, Guards, Reuters, Hamas, Iranian Guards, Mowasat, Jihad Locations: BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, Israeli, Damascus, Syria, Israel, Iran, Gaza, Syrian, Mazzeh, Iran's, Beirut, Dubai

☆ Oil is struggling this week but could be primed for a near-term bounce, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices may be due for a pop after their recent struggles, according to two analysts. International benchmark Brent is down 3.7% this week, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures have lost nearly 4%. Flynn said virtually everyone in the market right now is short oil futures. "You could easily mount a recovery here because we're probably the most oversold in a year in the market," said Flynn. OPEC+ will meet in two weeks and could take action to defend prices while there's still a low risk of regional war.

Persons: Phil Flynn, Flynn, we're, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, Qatar's Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Maximilian Layton, there's, Layton Organizations: Brent, U.S, West Texas, Price Futures, Iranian, Iran's Press, Citi Locations: Europe, China, Qatar's Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Gaza, OPEC, Israel, Iran

[1/5] Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, November 10, 2023. "The Israeli occupation launched simultaneous strikes on a number of hospitals during the past hours," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra told Al Jazeera television. Israel said Hamas has hidden command centres and tunnels beneath Al Shifa, and other hospitals such as the Indonesian Hospital, allegations Hamas denies. Palestinian officials said 10,812 Gaza residents had been killed as of Thursday, about 40% of them children, in air and artillery strikes. The Israeli military has allowed some wounded Palestinian civilians to cross into Egypt for treatment.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Hossein Amir, Amir, Abdollahian, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Al Shifa, Israel, Nasr, ISRAEL, Joe Biden, John Kirby, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Nidal al, Angel, Emily Rose, Maayan, Rami Amichay, Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick, Humeyra Pamuk, Cynthia Osterman, Michael Perry, Grant McCool, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Iranian, Press, Gaza Ministry, Health, Al, Indonesian, Reuters, Islamic, Rights Watch, Rantisi Pediatric Hospital, Indonesian Hospital, White House, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Iran, GAZA, DUBAI, U.S, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Iran's, Israeli, Al Jazeera, Gaza City, Al, Lebanese, Indonesia, Egypt, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Washington

The US government has designated all five Americans as being wrongfully detained. The release of the Americans would bring to an end a years-long nightmare for those who had been detained. The agreement, which has already prompted criticism from Republicans, also involves the release of five Iranians in US custody. The overall contours of the release protest began to crystallize in Doha about seven months ago after years of indirect negotiations. The first tangible public steps under the deal took place about five weeks ago, when four of the Americans were transferred into house arrest.

Persons: Nasser Kanaani, Morad Tahbaz, Namazi, Trump, Baquer Namazi, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: Washington CNN — Five, CNN, Monday, Biden, US Treasury Department Locations: Doha, Iran, Iranian, United States, Tehran, South Korea, Qatar, Switzerland, Washington, American, Evin

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced new U.S. sanctions Friday on “some of Iran's more egregious human rights abusers” as he marked the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while being held by the country's morality police. Amini had been detained for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely in violation of laws that require women in public to wear the Islamic headscarf. Her death set off protests in dozens of cities across the country of 80 million people, with young women marching in the streets and publicly exposing and cutting off their hair. Taken in coordination with the U.K., Canada, Australia, and other nations, this is the United States' 13th round of sanctions designations in response to Iran’s crackdown on protests. The U.S. has already sanctioned over 70 Iranian people and entities “responsible for supporting the regime’s oppression of its people," Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Amini, Biden, Antony Blinken, ” Blinken, Jon Gambrell Organizations: WASHINGTON, Treasury’s, Foreign, Iran’s Prisons Organization, paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Press, State Department, Associated Press Locations: Islamic Republic, Iran, Fars, U.S, Canada, Australia, United States, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

☆ US, UK issue Iran sanctions ahead of anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Demonstrators at a Freedom Rally for Iran, protesting in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 1, 2022. Amini, 22, died on Sept. 16 last year after being arrested for allegedly flouting the Islamic Republic's mandatory dress code. Her death sparked months of anti-government protests that marked the biggest show of opposition to Iranian authorities in years. The U.S. States and Britain, along with the European Union, have announced multiple rounds of sanctions against Iran, citing the widespread and often violent crackdown on protests after the death of Amini. The sanctions target LEF spokesperson Saeed Montazerolmehdi, multiple LEF and IRGC commanders, and Iran’s Prisons Organization chief Gholamali Mohammadi.

Persons: Bing Guan, Mahsa Amini, Antony Blinken, Saeed Montazerolmehdi, Gholamali Mohammadi, Alireza Abedinejad, Brian Nelson, Rami Ayyub, Susan Heavey, Daphne Psaledakis, Chizu Nomiyama, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Hall, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Iran, Police, U.S . Treasury Department, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Enforcement Forces, Iran's Prisons, Iran’s Prisons Organization, Douran Software, Press, Tasnim News Agency, Terrorism, Financial Intelligence, Thomson Locations: Iran, Los Angeles , California, U.S, Britain, States, Iran’s, Canada, Australia, Fars, United States, Tehran

Just a day after the deadly attack on U.S. personnel in Syria, which Washington blamed on a drone of Iranian origin, sources said a U.S. base in Syria's northeast was targeted with a new missile attack. The U.S. strikes were in response to an attack earlier on Thursday by an attack drone against U.S. personnel at a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria. Three service members and a contractor required medical evacuation to Iraq, where the U.S.-led coalition battling the remnants of Islamic State has medical facilities, the Pentagon said. NEW ATTACK INEFFECTIVEA U.S. base at the Al-Omar oil field in Syria was targeted with a missile attack on Friday morning, according to Lebanese pro-Iranian TV channel Al Mayadeen and a security source. U.S. forces first deployed into Syria during the Obama administration's campaign against Islamic State, partnering with a Kurdish-led group called the Syrian Democratic Forces.

☆ Iran protests endure night of violence as killings reported across two cities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A night of violence flared across at least two Iranian cities as anti-government protests challenging the regime on an unprecedented level entered their third month. State media and local officials, including Hayati, said the people were shot dead by two "terrorists" riding motorcycles. Amini's death sparked protests that morphed into wider anti-government demonstrations that have swept the country, arguably the biggest challenge to the theocratic Islamic Republic since its founding in 1979. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported that protesters had gathered in different parts of Izeh, 280 miles south of the capital Tehran, and started chanting anti-government slogans. According to the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group, at least 342 people, including 43 children and 26 women, have been killed during the protests so far.

☆ Израиль нанес ответные удары по Сирии
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Выпущенная с территории Сирии ракета упала в районе пустыни Негев в Израиле. Армия обороны Израиля (ЦАХАЛ) в ночь на четверг, 22 апреля, нанесла несколько ракетных ударов по целям в Сирии в ответ на запуск ракеты с территории этой страны. "После сигнала тревоги с сирийской территории по территории Израиля была выпущена ракета класса "земля-воздух", которая упала в районе Негев (пустыня в южной части Израиля. Инцидент на ядерном объекте в НатанзеНа данный момент ни одна страна не взяла на себя ответственность за ракетный удар по Израилю. В свою очередь, англоязычный иранский телеканал Press TV ("Пресс-ТВ") сообщил, что к инциденту на ядерном объекте привела проблема с электрической распределительной сетью.

Persons: Али Акбар Салехи Organizations: Twitter, Press, Армия обороны, ЦАХАЛ, СМИ, МИД Locations: Сирия, Негев, Израиль, Димона, Израиль (ЦАХАЛ), НатанзеНа, Натанзе, Иран, Тегеран, США

☆ Иран пообещал отомстить Израилю за атаку на ядерный объект в Натанзе
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Официальный представитель МИД Ирана Саид Хатибзаде заявил, что Тегеран своевременно ответит Израилю за аварию на ядерном объекте в Натанзе. По словам Хатибзаде, подобные действия со стороны Израиля являются «актом ядерного терроризма на иранской земле». При этом вице-президент Ирана и глава Организации атомной энергии страны Али Акбар Салехи подчеркнул, что действия израильской стороны говорят о поражении противников прогресса Ирана в ядерной сфере. о необходимости бороться с такими проявлениями ядерного терроризма», — приводит его слова информационное агентство IRNA. Газета The New York Times со ссылкой на анонимный источник в виде официального американского лица также сообщила, что Израиль причастен к аварии на ядерном объекте Ирана в Натанзе.

Persons: IRNA, Саид Хатибзаде, Хатибзаде, Джавад Зариф, Али Акбар Салехи Organizations: Press, The New York Times, МИД, Организация атомной энергии, МАГАТЭ (Международное агентство по атомной энергии. Ред. Locations: Иран, Тегеран, Израиль, Натанзе

☆ Иран обвинил Израиль в атаке на свой ядерный объект
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +4 min

Власти Ирана обвинили Израиль в совершении атаки на ядерный объект в Натанзе. Она стала местью за позицию Тегерана по проблеме отмены американских санкций, заявил в понедельник, 12 апреля, представитель МИД Ирана. Верховный представитель ЕС по иностранным делам и политике безопасности Жозеп Боррель также встревожен предполагаемой атакой на иранский ядерный объект. Иран заявил о теракте в НатанзеВ ночь на 11 апреля на ядерном объекте в Натанзе произошел инцидент, который власти страны назвали "терактом". Так, 2 апреля состоялась видеоконференция совместной комиссии по СВПД, а 6 и 9 апреля в Вене прошли встречи рабочих групп в очном формате.

Persons: Heiko Maas, Бехруз Камальванди, Хайко Мас ( ), Жозеп Боррель, Биньямин Нетаньяху, Ллойд Остин, Нетаньяху, Али Акбар Салехи, Хасан Роухани, Джо Байден, Дональд Трамп Organizations: Press, МИД, Организация по атомной энергии Ирана (ОАЭИ), ВенеМежду, Совет ЕС, НатанзеВ, МАГАТЭ Locations: Иран, Израиль, Тегеран, Натанзе, ЕС, Германия, ФРГ, Вена, Берлин, Брюссель, Иерусалим, США, Вашингтон

☆ Filmul asasinării şefului programului nuclear iranian. Cum ar fi fixat mitraliera telecomandată ţinta şi unde a fost lovită victima
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

Martorii au auzit focuri de armă şi explozii, care ar fi vizat vehiculul în care se afla Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, scrie digi24.ro. În timpul luptei dintre echipa sa de securitate și teroriști, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a fost rănit grav și dus la spital. Maşina a fost lovită, după care s-a oprit, moment în care se presupune că cercetătorul iranian a ieşit afară din vehicul, aparent fără să realizeze că zgomotele din caroserie erau provocate de gloanţe. Mitraliera a continuat să tragă, iar Fakhrizadeh a fost lovit din lateral şi în spate. Unul din bodyguarzii lui Fakhrizadeh a fost şi el rănit, în timp ce a sărit peste acesta, în încercarea de a-l proteja.

Persons: Mohsen, Ali, Maşina, Fakhrizadeh, Bruce Willis, israeliană Smart Shooter, Hopper Organizations: Securitate Naţională, Ministerului Apărării, Ministerul Apărării, Nissan, israeliană Smart Locations: Israel, israeliană, Hollywood, Iranului, Absard, Teheran, SUA

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