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London Based Persian TV to Air 'Truth' About Iran Protests Despite Threats

This is Beirut, 27/01 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Journalists at the Persian-language TV station Iran International in London have been working flat out, vowing to "show the truth" about the protests in Iran, despite threats against them and their families. The private broadcaster, housed in a heavily secured building in west London, was labeled a "terrorist" organization by Tehran in 2022, ...

UN Rights Chief Urges Iran to 'End Brutal Repression'

This is Beirut, 23/01 15:40 - Reading : less than a minute

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The United Nations rights chief decried Friday that "thousands" of people, including children, had died in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests and urged the authorities to "end their brutal repression." Speaking at the start of a UN Human Rights Council urgent meeting on the situation in Iran, Volker Turk urged the authorities in Tehran "to ...

Trump Says U.S. Still Watching Iran, Fleet Sailing to Region

This is Beirut, 23/01 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Thursday a US naval "armada" was heading toward the Gulf, maintaining pressure on Iran, although he has recently downplayed the prospect of imminent military action. Last week, Trump pulled back from a threat to strike Iran over its deadly crackdown on anti-government protests after the White House said Tehran had ...

Trump Cancels Meetings With Iranian Officials, Tells Protesters 'Help is on Its Way'

This is Beirut, 13/01 09:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Trump said Tuesday he's canceled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens "help is on its way." Trump did not offer any details about what the help would entail, but it comes after the Republican president earlier this week said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington. "Iranian Patriots, KEEP ...

New Rallies in Iran as Son Of Shah Calls for City Centers to be Seized

This is Beirut, 10/01 12:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted Shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centers. The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest challenges to the theocratic authorities who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, although ...

Trump Says US Will 'Come To Their Rescue' If Iran Kills Protesters

This is Beirut, 02/01 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that "if Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come ...

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