Rial has lost half its value since April amid weak economy and big demand for dollars by Iranians fearful of sanctions. The probable return of US sanctions has triggered a rapid fall of Iran’s currency [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo] Iran’s currency has plunged to another record low, dropping past 100,000 rials to the US dollar, as…
Protesters in Iraq. (AFP) Popular protests have been sweeping the southern region of Iraq’s Basra since July 8. The people have been demanding better services and an end to rampant corruption that has deprived them of the revenues of this oil-rich region. Similar frustration is felt throughout Iraq over deteriorating services and this has been…
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on July 22, 2018 shows President Hassan Rouhani attending a meeting with foreign ministry officials in Tehran. (Photo: -, AFP/Getty Images) Trump was responding to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who had said earlier that day that “American(s) must understand well that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace…
Getty-Reuters An Iranian special forces commander has warned President Donald Trump if the US attacks Iran it “will destroy all that you possess”. Major General Qassem Soleimani vowed that if Mr Trump started a war, the Islamic Republic would end it, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. It follows Mr Trump’s all-caps-lock tweet warning Iran’s president…
Iran hit back on Tuesday morning after an angry warning from President Trump. Mr. Trump said in a Sunday tweet that Iranian President Hasan Rouhani would “SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE,” if he threatens the United States. As CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, on Tuesday a spokesman for…
Comments about Jews by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas triggered global condemnation – YURI KOCHETKOV (POOL/AFP/File) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday defiantly vowed to continue make welfare payments to convicted terrorists and their families, even if it costs his government its last penny. “We will not accept a cut or cancellation of salaries to the…
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani listens to a question during a press conference in New York on September 20, 2017, on the sideline of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly –Jewel SAMAD (AFP) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States not to “play with the lion’s tail” on Sunday, saying that conflict…
“Americans should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace,” Rouhani told a group of diplomats in the Iranian capital, Tehran. “Likewise a war would be the mother of all wars.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States on Sunday that it could shut down international oil shipments in the strategic…
Israel’s coordination with Russia and Jordan in solving the Syria crisis makes it an indirect partner of the Assad regime, one that it won’t try to topple. A fire on the Syrian side of the Quneitra crossing in the Golan, July 22, 2018. Credit: Gil Eliahu Israel evacuates hundreds of members of White Helmets rescue group…
Small-scale attacks in remote areas raise fears of a new cycle of insurgency. The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory in the war against the group, embarking on a wave of kidnappings, assassinations and bombings that have raised fears a new cycle of…