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18 killed, fires still burning in huge Iran port blast
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» TEHRAN - Fires were blazing Sunday a day after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port, killing at least 18 people and wounding 800 others, according to state media.
Hundreds injured in ‘massive’ explosion at Iranian port
Published on 26/04/2025
» A “massive” blast, likely caused by the explosion of chemical materials stored at Iran’s biggest port killed at least four people and injured more than 500, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.
Winds of change buffet Iran's wooden boat building tradition
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» QESHM (IRAN) - Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades, but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being replaced by cheaper, faster boats.
Iran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» PARIS - Iranians took to the streets Tuesday after organisers of protests over Mahsa Amini's death called for demonstrations marking three years since a lethal crackdown on unrest sparked by a fuel price hike.
Alarm grows over deadly Iran crackdown on protests
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» PARIS - International alarm mounted on Tuesday over a deadly crackdown in Iran against protests that erupted after death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by Tehran's notorious morality police.
Iran Guards seize South Korean tanker amid US tensions
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» TEHRAN - Iran said Monday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters for breaking "environmental laws," at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.
All-women band in Iran struggles to break through
AFP, Published on 17/09/2020
» BANDAR ABBAS (IRAN) - The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have been commonplace except the venue was in Iran and the group on stage were all women.
One dead as petrol protests spread in Iran
AFP, Published on 16/11/2019
» TEHRAN - One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread across Iran on Saturday after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the country hit by US sanctions.
Iran tanker hit by suspected missile strikes near Saudi port
AFP, Published on 11/10/2019
» TEHRAN - Suspected missile strikes hit an Iranian oil tanker near the Saudi coast on Friday, its owner said, the first Iranian vessel targeted since a spate of attacks in the Gulf Washington blamed on Tehran.
Trump vows pressure on Iran as Europeans seek UN breakthrough
AFP, Published on 24/09/2019
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to intensify sanctions on Iran, despite European leaders' hopes for a last-minute breakthrough at the United Nations to reduce tensions.