Medical staff in Iran described overflowing hospitals, severe shortages, and rising deaths in Tehran and other cities during a wave of anti-regime protests, according to accounts reaching Israel as the country remained under heavy restrictions on…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Tehran hospitals crowded with wounded, dead protestors
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Iran’s anti-regime protests echo past opposition movement
Since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has known its fair share of bloody protests. Each time, the regime ultimately managed to quell them, often brutally.The current unrest roiling Iran stands out – both for its apparent…
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Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says
By Parisa Hafezi, Rami Ayyub and Maayan Lubell
DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases if President Donald Trump carries…
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Israel hits Hezbollah sites in two waves of major strikes across southern Lebanon
Israel on Sunday carried out major airstrikes against seven Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, using more than 30 munitions in two waves of strikes, the military said.
The strikes came after the IDF issued several evacuation warnings in…
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Iran blames US, Israel for supporting nationwide protests
The Iranian regime declared three days of “public mourning,” the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting confirmed on Sunday evening.The mourning will honor “the martyrs of the Iranian national resistance battle against terrorists…
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Rabbis make biblical-style calls for Iran protests
A senior Israeli rabbi published a biblical-style prayer calling for the downfall of Iran’s clerical regime, as reports of nationwide protests and a sweeping internet shutdown fueled new religious and political commentary in Israel. Rabbi…
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Iran protests: Rights group says death toll reaches 500, Over 10,000 arrested
A U.S.-based rights group said it had verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, with more than 10,600 people arrested in two weeks of unrest. State TV footage of dozens of body bags in Tehran said they were victims of…
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Some US senators skeptical about military options for Iran
By Matt Tracy
Jan 11 (Reuters) – Some U.S. lawmakers in both major parties on Sunday questioned whether military action against Iran is the best approach for the United States as Iranian authorities face growing turmoil.
U.S. President Donald Trump…
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Activists say over 500 killed in crackdown on Iran protests as Trump weighs steps
US President Donald Trump will be briefed by senior officials in his administration later this week on possible responses to the deadly violence in Iran, where hundreds of protesters have reportedly been killed and thousands more detained…
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Iranian outlet summons Pharaoh and Nimrod to roast Donald Trump
An Iranian commentary published by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-related Tasnim News Agency used biblical and Qur’anic imagery to compare US President Donald Trump to Pharaoh and Nimrod, two archetypal tyrants, while predicting that he…
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