MIDDLE EAST

Officials, activists say 2 Iraqi protesters killed

11:20 am January 18, 2020

Baghdad: Two protesters were killed and over a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, activists and officials said. The deaths follow weeks of calm. Riot police fired tear gas and hurled sound bombs to disperse crowds on the strategic Sinak Bridge after protesters attempted […]

Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’

11:03 am January 18, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be “very careful with his words.” “The so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ of Iran, who has not been so Supreme lately, had some nasty things to say about the United States and Europe,” Trump tweeted of Khamenei’s comments earlier Friday in Tehran. According […]

India, Iran should work to expedite Chabahar Port development, connectivity to Afghanistan: Zarif

9:19 pm January 17, 2020

Mumbai: Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday said India and Iran need to work together to expedite rail connectivity to Afghanistan and procurement of equipment for development of Chabahar Port. The minister who was in the city said that India has good relations with Iran as well as US and can play a […]

Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus

Khamenei to lead Friday prayers amid Iranian tumult

8:23 pm January 17, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader is expected to lead the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran on Friday, after a traumatic month in which the country had appeared on the brink of war with the United States and accidentally downed a Ukrainian passenger jet. The last time Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led Friday prayers at Tehran’s Mosalla […]

Iranian foreign minister arrives on 3-day India visit

11:17 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit to India in the midst of spiralling tension between his country and the US. On Wednesday, he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also deliver a lecture at the Raisina Dialogue, the External Affairs Ministry’s flagship annual conference. External […]