At least four people have been killed and 30 others injured when a dust storm hit the Iranian capital, Tehran. Iranian news agencies reported that the storm roared into the city on June 2 with winds of up to 110 kilometers per hour. The storm caused temporary power outages in some districts and broke […]
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At Least 300 Dead In Afghan Landslide
Afghan officials have lowered to 300 the confirmed death toll from a landslide in the north of the country. Badakhshan Governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb gave the new toll to reporters on May 3. He was speaking at the scene of a mudslide that engulfed the village of Aab Bareek in Badakhshan province on May […]
One dead, dozens hurt as quake hits Hormuzgan province of Iran
At least one was killed and dozens were wounded in the 5.5-magnitude earthquake which jolted the town of Bastak in Hormuzgan province, Southern Iran, on Thursday. A large number of residential units have been damaged and panic-stricken people have left their homes and stay outdoor.According to reports, aid workers have already been dispatched to […]
Mother of dead blogger calls for swifter justice
Gohar Eshghi, the mother of blogger Sattar Beheshti, who died five days into his arrest in custody of the Cyber Police, has once again spoken out against the judicial delays in processing his case. The Jaras website reports that Eshghi has called on the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, saying: “If we live in an […]
Mother says dead blogger acted on his own
Saham News reports that Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, who by many accounts died under torture, has announced that her son was in no way linked to any groups and was an independent observer of the social conditions in the country and commented on his blog about the social maladies that he […]
Mother says dead blogger acted on his own
Saham News reports that Gohar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, who by many accounts died under torture, has announced that her son was in no way linked to any groups and was an independent observer of the social conditions in the country and commented on his blog about the social maladies that he […]
Workplace fatalities on the rise in Iran
Iran’s coroner’s office announced this week that the incidence of fatal workplace accidents has risen by 14 percent.
Dead blogger’s mother says he was killed in prison
The mother of the Iranian blogger who died in the custody of cyber police a week after his arrest has told opposition media that she does not believe statements by the authorities regarding her son’s death and she is convinced he was killed in prison.
11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
BEIRUT (AP) — When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead.
Blast in Tehran suburb leaves 15 dead
A spokesman for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps says that a massive explosion at a military base west of the Iranian capital has killed 15 people.