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Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian has appealed for unity in the face of economic pressure from Iran's enemies, as protests over soaring living costs spread across the country, with at least one paramilitary officer killed and more than a dozen others wounded in the western province of Lorestan.Pezeshkian’s appeal on Wednesday came as security forces in the southern Fars province also opened fire on protesters who tried to break into a local government building.Confrontations were also been reported in the western provinces of Hamedan and Lorestan.The unrest marked the fourth consecutive day of protests in Iran since shopkeepers in Tehran took to the streets on Sunday as the rial plunged to record lows against the United States dollar, exacerbating economic hardship amid high...
January 01, 2026

Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly

Palestinians wait to receive meals distributed by a charity in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza
Israel to block dozens of aid agencies working in war-battered Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Tuesday that it will suspend more than three dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules for international agencies working in Gaza.Organizations facing bans starting on Thursday didn’t meet new requirements for sharing information on their staffs, funding and operations, Israeli authorities said.The ministry said that around 25 organizations, or 15%, of non-governmental organizations working in Gaza didn't have their permits renewed.It accused Doctors Without Borders (MSF), one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with Hamas and other militant groups.Other major organizations whose permits...
December 31, 2025

Israel to block dozens of aid agencies working in war-battered Gaza

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions, as tear gas is fired by anti-riot police in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day
TEHRAN — Protests over Iran's soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with demonstrators.Iran's rial currency has lost nearly half its value against the dollar in 2025, with inflation reaching 42.5% in December in a country where unrest has repeatedly flared in recent years and which is facing US sanctions and threats of Israeli strikes.The protests began on Sunday after shopkeepers in Tehran's Grand Bazaar staged a strike when the Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on the open market.Since then, videos have shown demonstrations in the cities of Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, Malard, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz and...
December 31, 2025

Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday warned that his country would respond harshly to any attack, following remarks by US President Donald Trump linking possible Israeli action to Tehran's attempt to rebuild the country's nuclear and missile capabilities.“The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to any oppressive aggression will be harsh and regrettable,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X, without referring to any specific nation.His statement came hours after Trump said he would support an Israeli strike if Tehran moves to revive its nuclear program. Speaking at his Palm Beach estate in Florida alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump claimed Iran was attempting to rebuild its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.The US had not...
December 31, 2025

Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Protests erupt in Iran as currency plunges to record low
TEHRAN — Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after business owners closed down their shops in reaction to a free-falling national currency. State TV announced the resignation of the Central chief Bank Mohammad Reza Farzin as the Iranian rial plummeted to a record low against the US dollar.Traders and shopkeepers rallied in Saadi Street in downtown Tehran as well as in the Shush neighborhood near Tehran’s main Grand Bazaar. The official IRNA news agency confirmed the protests. Witnesses reported similar rallies in other major cities including Isfahan in central Iran, Shiraz in the south and Mashhad in the northeast. In some places in Tehran, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters.Witnesses told The Associated Press that traders shut their shops Monday and asked...
December 30, 2025

Protests erupt in Iran as currency plunges to record low

Donald Trump
Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu
PALM BEACH, Florida — US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas will have "very short period" of time to fully disarm, warning that if they didn't "there'll be hell to pay."Speaking at a press conference in Florida after talks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan "very quickly"."If they (Hamas) don't disarm – as they agreed to do, they agreed to it – then there'll be hell to pay for them," said Trump, whose 20-point peace plan requires the militant group to disarm. "And we don't want that. But they have to disarm within a fairly short period of time."Trump said Israel had "lived up to the plan 100%", despite continuing attacks by its military in Gaza.The US president also...
December 30, 2025

Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after meeting Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, Israel, 13 October 2025. — EPA
Trump and Netanyahu to meet in Florida to push second phase of Gaza ceasefire
PALM BEACH — Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets with Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel’s concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran.A meeting is scheduled between the US president and the Israeli prime minister, as Washington wants to create a new momentum for a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, which is in danger of stalling out before a complicated second phase.The meeting is set to take place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he is expected to leverage his strong relationship with Netanyahu, who has been accused of not pushing for the process to move quickly enough.Trump's initial ceasefire attempt between Israel and Hamas has held chiefly, but progress has slowed recently....
December 29, 2025

Trump and Netanyahu to meet in Florida to push second phase of Gaza ceasefire

Members of a displaced Palestinian family warm themselves around a fire outside their shelter in the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 December, 2025.   — EPA
Fierce winter weather brings more death and despair to Gaza
JERUSALEM — Fierce rain and bitter cold continued to batter Gaza this weekend, as the number of Palestinians killed by the harsh winter weather continues to rise, CNN reported.Sunday saw two people killed, including a seven-year-old child, when a wall collapsed due to the cold weather, according to Gaza’s civil defense.As Palestinians seek shelter from the heavy rain in bombed-out ruins, aid agencies have warned of the risks posed by the dilapidated buildings which are prone to collapse during the cold weather.Twenty people have been killed by homes and buildings collapsing over the heads as they sought shelter from the severe weather conditions, the Hamas-run Government Media Office in Gaza (GMO) said in a statement on Sunday. At least 49 buildings have collapsed due to the weather...
December 29, 2025

Fierce winter weather brings more death and despair to Gaza

Two armed members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard inspect the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, seized in the Strait of Hormuz in July 2019. (File photo)
Iranian navy seizes oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guard naval forces seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz over alleged fuel smuggling, state-run media reported Friday.The vessel was carrying approximately 4 million litres of fuel when it was intercepted, according to Mojtaba Ghahramani, a provincial justice department official quoted by IRNA news agency.Authorities detained 16 foreign crew members but did not reveal their nationalities or the tanker's flag.Iran periodically detains vessels in the strategic waterway on smuggling allegations. In November, Iranian forces seized another ship transiting the strait, citing violations including illegal cargo.A fifth of globally traded oil and a quarter of seaborne oil passes through the narrow Strait of Hormuz.Tehran has repeatedly warned...
December 26, 2025

Iranian navy seizes oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

Syrian army soldiers march during a parade marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, 08 December 2025. - EPA
Explosion at Syria mosque during Friday prayers kills at least six
DAMASCUS — At least six people were killed and 21 others wounded in an apparent bombing attack against the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs during Friday prayers, according to preliminary reports.Ambulances transported casualties while security forces sealed off the area.Social media posts attributed the attack to the extremist Ansar al-Sunna faction, although no official statement confirmed this. The group has previously threatened to target Shiite-majority areas in Homs, Tartus and Latakia.Local sources told Euronews that security forces cordoned off the site, evacuated victims and launched an investigation, partially closing roads to the explosion location.Homs experienced widespread tension in late November following the killing of a married couple from a prominent Bedouin tribe...
December 26, 2025

Explosion at Syria mosque during Friday prayers kills at least six

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