Iran began its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Tuesday to fight the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak of the illness. The first doses were given to doctors and nurses at Imam Khomeini hospital in the capital Tehran. The recipients handed a blue card marked with “Sputnik V” and the date of the injection. However, the son […]
Tehran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-scale military show of force in two weeks amid tensions with the United States. The IRGC on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles; that traveled 1,800km (1,118 miles) and struck artificial targets in the northern part […]
The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthis rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect, Joe Biden takes office the announcement on Sunday could complicate; the new US administration’s efforts to […]
Tehran: Iran has launched human trials of its coronavirus vaccine; health officials are optimistic about tackling the pandemic in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. The start of the trials on Tuesday comes as Iran has managed to bring its COVID-19 fatalities down to a three-month low and as the country continues to face difficulties in […]
An Iranian woman who became known as a “Zombie Angelina Jolie” lookalike has jailed after sharing creepy pictures online. Sahar Tabar, 19, has sentenced to 10 years in prison, her lawyer said. However, the woman, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, became known on social media after sharing distorted pictures of herself in which she […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries “have the right to comment, but Zam was executed upon a court’s ruling,” Rouhani told a televised news conference, noting […]
Iran’s president on Saturday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme, state TV reported. Iran’s clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for Friday’s killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh; who Iranian media said died in hospital after assassins gunned him down in his […]
Pakistan has been severely hit by the skyrocketing price of tomatoes, an essential food item, across the country. The wholesale price of tomatoes has exceeded Rs200 (Dh4.71) per kilogram for the first time in the country’s history. While shops and street vendors are selling it at Rs250 to Rs. 300 per kilogram. Meanwhile, traders in […]
Iran has warned that renewed fighting between its neighbors Azerbaijan and Armenia could escalate into a wider regional war. Iran’s president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could trigger a regional war. He gave that warning because the death toll rose on the 11th day of hostilities. […]
