On January 16, 1979, Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi boarded a plane and left the country. The departure was presented as temporary, a pause intended to calm a country already slipping from the government’s control after months of protests….
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranian protesters call for return of Reza Pahlavi globally
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Four Arab states urged against US-Iran escalation, official says
By Maha El Dahan and Andrew Mills
DUBAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Four Arab states conducted intense diplomacy with the United States and Iran this week to prevent a threatened U.S. attack on Iran over Tehran’s use of force against protesters that they…
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Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza, say local health authorities
CAIRO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Two Israeli airstrikes killed five people, including a 16-year-old, in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, said local health authorities.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the…
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Why Iran regime’s potential collapse spells more risk than benefit for Turkey
Iran’s leadership faces its most serious unrest in years, and rising Kurdish mobilization makes the prospect of regime collapse particularly risky for Turkey.
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin publishing memoir on grief-filled journey after son’s abduction
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, who has become known worldwide for her advocacy on behalf of her son and others abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023, has a memoir coming out this spring.
Random House, an imprint of…
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Bomb hoax forces Turkish Airlines to make emergency landing in Barcelona
MADRID, Jan 15 (Reuters) – A false bomb threat delivered via an onboard mobile connection caused a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to make an emergency landing at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport on Thursday, Spanish police and the airline…
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UN chief attacks world leaders putting cooperation on ‘deathwatch’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lashed out Thursday at world leaders who he said were seeking to “put international cooperation on deathwatch” amid brazen violations of international law, but held off naming offending countries.
He also…
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Canadian killed by Iranian authorities during protest: Ottawa
Iranian authorities have killed a Canadian citizen during one of the protests that have spread across the Islamic Republic, Ottawa said Thursday.
“I have just learned that a Canadian citizen has died in Iran at the hands of Iranian authorities,”…
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Tehran jams Starlink as Iranians take risks to skirt internet blackout
Iranians have turned to the US internet provider to get online amid a government-imposed network blackout that began Jan. 8.
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Putin says the world is getting more dangerous but is silent on Maduro and Iran
MOSCOW, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir said on Thursday that the international situation had deteriorated and that the world was getting more dangerous but he was silent on the situation in Venezuela and Iran.
Putin has yet to…
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