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LBCI
6 hours ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Four Revolutionary Guards fighters killed in northwest Iran: Media
Four fighters from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in an Israeli attack on a training center in northwest Iran, the ISNA news agency reported. "Four people have died as martyrs and three others were wounded in an Israeli attack against a training camp of the Revolutionary Guards in Tabriz," ISNA reported. The city has been repeatedly targeted since Israel began striking Iran more than a week ago. AFP
The Sun
a day ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Iranians BURN US & Israel flags and chant ‘we want to DIE for Ayatollah' as thousands join ‘death to the West' protests
SEETHING Iranians burned US and Israeli flags and swore their allegiance to the regime in mass protests across the country. Thousands flooded the capital's streets after weekly prayers, chanting for the death of the west and pledging their lives to the Supreme Leader. 9 9 9 Israel has urged the people of Iran to rise up against the regime, but there are still pockets of support for the Islamic government. But alongside their loyalty to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the crowds aimed vitriolic hate at Israel and the West. Photos show Israeli and US flag deliberately set on fire and trampled on. A sea of Iranian and Hezbollah flags and photos of Khamenei were paraded through the roads. Footage also shows demonstrators brandishing pictures of commanders killed over the past week by Israel's missiles. One banner read: "I will sacrifice my life for my leader." Iranian state TV said: "This is the Friday of the Iranian nation's solidarity and resistance across the country." The broadcaster said that protests also took place in other cities - particularly Tabriz in northwestern Iran and Shiraz in the south. And there are reports of smaller scale gatherings in towns around the country. While these crowds back the regime, there are plenty in Iran who want to see it toppled and the people finally freed from its tyranny. Thousands have drained from Tehran and even left the country. Friday's protests were by far the largest since Israel and Iran began trading missiles. People took to the streets despite the ongoing threat of Israeli bombs. In Isfahan, home to one of the nuclear facilities Israel has hit, thousands joined in the funeral of an Iranian killed in an Israeli attack. Several men were seen carrying a coffin draped with Iranian flags and with a photo of a uniformed soldier. Behind them, men, women and children followed, chanting: 'Death to Israel, death to America." 9 9 9 Protester Abu Hussein, a 54-year-old taxi driver, told Arab News: 'It is an unjust war… Israel has no right. 'Israel is not in it for the (Iranian) nuclear (program). "What Israel and the Americans want is to dominate the Middle East." The protests came on a day that efforts to find a diplomatic solution got gathered momentum. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelled to Geneva to meet European foreign minsters - including those from the UK, Germany and France. Earlier in the day, he attended a special meeting of the UN's Human Rights Council. Meanwhile, the UN's Security Council met in New York upon Iran's request. 9 9 9
BBC News
a day ago
- Politics
- BBC News
'Everyone is scared': Iranians head to Armenia to escape conflict with Israel
It's hot, dusty and feels like a desert at the Agarak border crossing between Armenia and are dry, rocky mountains surrounding the area - no trees, no shade. It's not the most welcoming terrain, especially for those who have travelled long hours to reach Armenia.A woman with a fashionable haircut, with the lower half of her head shaven, is holding her baby, while her husband negotiates a price with taxi drivers. There's another family of three with a little boy travelling back to their country of residence, of those crossing into Armenia appeared to have residency or citizenship in other countries. Many were leaving because of the conflict between Israel and Iran, now in its eighth day. "Today I saw one site where the bombing happened," said a father standing with a small child near the minivan that they just hired. They had travelled from the north-western town of Tabriz."All the people are scared, every place is dangerous, it's not normal," he conflict began on 13 June, when Israel attacked nuclear and military sites as well as some populated areas. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) - a Washington-based human rights organisation that has long tracked Iran - says 657 people have so far been killed. Iran has retaliated with missile attacks on Israel, killing at least 24 says it has established air superiority over Tehran and has told people to leave some of its districts. In recent days, heavy traffic jams have formed on roads out of the city as some of its 10 million residents seek safety who drove to Armenia from Tehran said the journey had taken at least 12 hours. Several told us that they did not see the Israeli strikes - but heard the sound of explosions they caused."It was troubling there. Every night, attacks from Israel. I just escaped from there by very hard way. There were no flights, not any other ways come from there," said a young Afghan man with a single suitcase, who did not want to be described the situation in Tehran as "very bad". "People who have somewhere to go, they are leaving. Every night is like attacking, people cannot sleep, because of the sounds of explosions, the situation is not good at all," he said. A young woman with white headscarf and thick fake lashes said she was heading back to her country of residence, Australia."I saw something that is very hard, I don't want to talk about it," she said as she boarded a car with several others for the onward journey to the Armenian capital Yerevan. "Someone comes and attacks your country, would you feel normal?"Some Israeli ministers have talked up the possibility that the conflict could lead to regime collapse in Iran. But Javad - who had been visiting the north-eastern city of Sabzevar for the summer holidays and was heading back to Germany - said he thought this was unlikely."Israel has no chance. Israel is not a friend for us, it's an enemy," he said. "Israel cannot come to our home to help us. Israel needs to change something for itself not for us." Some Iranians at the border however were crossing were travelling in the other direction. The previous evening, Ali Ansaye, who had been holidaying in Armenia with his family, was heading back to Tehran."I have no concerns, and I am not scared at all. If I am supposed to die, I will die in my country," he said. He said Israel was "harassing the entire world – Gaza, Lebanon and other countries"."How can such a small country have nuclear weapons?" he asked. "Based on which law can this country have a bomb, and Iran, which has only focused on peaceful nuclear energy and not a bomb, cannot?"Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, although it neither confirms nor denies this.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Mapping strikes in the Israel-Iran conflict
The airstrikes continued for a sixth day amid the most intense faceoff in the history of the Israel-Iran conflict. The confrontation that began Friday, when Israel launched an air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program and its military leaders, has since escalated, prompting Donald Trump to consider possible U.S. involvement. The Israeli strikes in Iran have killed over 200 people and injured hundreds of others, Iran's Health Ministry said Sunday. Human rights groups say the numbers are probably much higher. Iranian media reported explosions and heavy air defense fire in the capital of Tehran and explosions in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Tuesday.
Asharq Al-Awsat
4 days ago
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Satellite Photos Reveal Damage to Iranian Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities After Israeli Strikes
Satellite images analyzed Saturday by The Associated Press revealed some of the damage sustained by Iran's ballistic missile arsenal and nuclear facilities in the blistering Israeli attack on the country. Images from Planet Labs PBC taken Friday showed damage at two missile bases, one in Kermanshah and one in Tabriz, both in western Iran. At Kermanshah, where the base is up against a mountainside, burns could be seen across a wide area after the attack. In Tabriz, images showed damage at multiple sites on the base. At the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, southwest of Tehran, the images show multiple buildings either damaged or destroyed, including structures experts say supply power to the facility. The Natanz images were taken on Friday and Saturday by Maxar Technologies. Natanz's enrichment plant, where Iran enriched uranium to 60% purity, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%, was also destroyed. All the Natanz facilities damaged in the strikes are above ground and it doesn't appear from the images that underground enrichment halls had any apparent damage. Iran has not acknowledged the damage, though it reported on Israeli strikes in the area.
