Iranian star of Oscar-winner The Salesman is given five-month jail sentence for ‘propaganda’ after posting a video of morality police attacking a woman for not wearing a hijab Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti starred in 2017 Oscar winner The Salesman She has been sentenced to five months in prison for ‘propaganda activities’ Her jail term was … Read more
A new species of velvet spider has been named after actor and animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix for his role in the 2019 film ‘Joker.’ The creature was discovered in Iran and given its name due to the male’s abdominal pattern that resembles the famous facial makeup worn by Phoenix in the movie. Named Loureedia … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II may have played an important but unwitting role in the coup against Iran‘s prime minister because of a muddled telegram, newly-discovered documents have revealed. Communications found in Washington DC’s archives show bungling US officials accidentally told the Shah of Iran that the monarch had urged him to stay in his country to … Read more
Fifteen million Iranians may have been infected with coronavirus since Iran’s outbreak started in February, one of the country’s top health officials admitted today. ‘About 15 million Iranians may have experienced being infected with this virus since the outbreak began,’ said Ehsan Mostafavi, a member of the task force set up to combat COVID-19. This … Read more
Iran has become the first country in the world to report a second wave of coronavirus infections after easing its lockdown. The Middle Eastern nation logged a record 3,574 cases of the virus on Wednesday, beating its previous worst day of 3,186 cases logged on March 30. Iran began easing its lockdown restrictions – which were … Read more
Protests over the death of George Floyd have swept across the globe with demonstrations from Poland to New Zealand in solidarity with US demonstrators caught up in violent riots. Thousands rallied outside the US embassies in London, Copenhagen and Berlin, chanting ‘I can’t breathe,’ the words Floyd gasped as a white police officer knelt on … Read more
Harrowing footage shows sick people collapsing in streets across Iran, amid allegations that the country’s coronavirus pandemic started in the Chinese embassy in Tehran three weeks before its first official case was announced. In one of the clips, a man slumps on the kerb in Zahedan, southeast Iran, coughing and clearly in severe pain. In … Read more
Pain drags on for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as decision on whether she will be pardoned in Iran is delayed The mother-of-one was due to hear if she was granted clemency on Wednesday She was freed from Evin prison, Tehran on March 17 in Covid-19 measures Her temporary release was further extended last week, pending the decision … Read more
Social media giant Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Facebook is in a fake news ‘arms race’ against Russia, Iran and China. The 36-year-old made the comments in his first broadcast interview in five years. He addressed the company’s previous rows including state-sponsored interference and tens of millions of users’ data landing in the hands of political interest … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel poster evoking the Nazis’ ‘final solution’ anti-Semitic messages during WWII Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sparked outrage after he released an anti-Israel poster Poster showed the destruction of Israel alongside the Nazi’s ‘final solution’ term U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo slammed the leader’s ‘disgusting’ remarks By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 20:56 … Read more