Syrian airstrike kills Iranian adviser, WHO team member

Beirut— A series of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday killed more than a dozen people, including an Iranian military adviser and a member of a team working for the World Health Organization, officials and reports said. It was unclear who was behind the airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, which borders Iraq. … Read more

Berlin summons Iranian ambassador over 2022 synagogue conspiracy

Berlin- Germany said on Wednesday it had summoned Iran’s ambassador over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in 2022, which Berlin believes was orchestrated with help from Tehran. In December, an Iranian-German citizen was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for planning an attack on a synagogue in the western German … Read more

Exclusive: Leaked Iranian government documents show concealed order to kill protesters

Documents apparently stolen from an Iranian government database and released exclusively by VOA’s Persian service reveal how Iran’s Islamic rulers in recent years covered up the toll of a violent crackdown on mostly peaceful mass protests and falsely stated Label it a riot. VOA received documents on March 6 from the hacker group Edalat-e Ali, … Read more

U.S. urges Panama to remove flag from rogue Iranian ship

Panama City, Panama— The U.S. envoy on Wednesday urged Panama to prevent Iranian ships from flying its flag, allowing Tehran to evade sanctions imposed by Washington. The small Central American country is a world leader in offering flags of convenience, which allow shipping companies to register their ships in countries with which it has no … Read more

Agent: Iranian director Farhadi cleared of plagiarism

Tehran—— Iranian director Asghar Farhadi cleared of plagiarism in film “a hero” The agency representing him said Wednesday that it was brought by one of his students. This film about prisoners in the Iranian city of Shiraz won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The following year, one of his former students, … Read more

Iranian female political prisoners denounce ‘gender apartheid’

Eleven female political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin prison wrote a letter saying that exposing gender apartheid would help fight discrimination and oppression. Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee shared the letter on her , Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahabube Rezai. The letter reads: “March 8 is International Women’s Day, a reminder of a century of women’s struggle. This … Read more

Lawmakers: Is the United States doing enough to prevent Iranian and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea?

The commander overseeing U.S. military operations in the Middle East has warned that deterrence against Iranian proxies is temporary and that Iran is not paying a price for its role in Middle East violence. VOA Pentagon correspondent Kara Barb provided details. Follow us on Google news ,Twitter , and Join Whatsapp Group of thelocalreport.in

Iranian activist wins 2024 International Women of Courage Award

Iranian women’s rights activist Fariba Balouch will be honored on Monday along with 13 recipients of the annual International Women of Courage Award (IWOC) at the White House in Washington. On Friday, the State Department announced Baloch was among those honored at a ceremony hosted by First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony … Read more

Iranian singer who won Grammy for Amini protest song jailed

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – An Iranian singer who won a Grammy Award from US First Lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for her songs supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahersa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the day Iran held parliamentary elections, … Read more

Iranian court changes pop singer’s jail time to home confinement

Tehran, Iran—— An Iranian court has changed the sentence of a pop singer who criticized mandatory headscarves for women to home confinement rather than jail due to health concerns, her lawyer said. Mehdi Yarrahi, 42, was arrested in August for releasing an “illegal song” that challenged “the morals and customs of Islamic society”. He was … Read more