Pictured: The incredible ever-burning ‘fiery mountain’ that locals use as a handy barbecue The inferno hillside, called Tashkooh, is located in Iran’s Khuzestan province – near the city of Ramhormoz The constant inferno is caused by natural gases combusting as they rise up and escape sulfur-rich soils Visitors are drawn to the hillside and … Read more
The Iranian skipper of a migrant boat which capsized in the Channel killing a family of five faces 10 years in prison after being charged with ‘aggravated manslaughter’. Police yesterday arrested the suspected captain who insisted he was simply another passenger trying to reach the UK for a better life. The unidentified 37-year-old Iranian appeared … Read more
British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told her daughter would be taken away and her husband was a spy after first being detained in Iran 41-year-old said she spent 40 days in complete isolation after being imprisoned It caused her to ‘doubt herself’ and ask if spy accusations were actually correct British-Iranian national revealed her ordeal in … Read more
Twitter CEO revealed Wednesday that his company’s policy on ‘misinformation’ does not include a ban on Holocaust denial. He faced multiple questions at a hearing Wednesday about the subject while getting grilled by Republican senators, who also pressed him in the hearing a week before the election why some of President Trump‘s comments have received … Read more
British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is told to ‘pack a bag’ as she is summoned to court in Iran and warned she will be returned to prison Nazanin told to prepare a bag to be returned to an Iranian jail after her hearing The mother-of-one was detained in Evin prison in Iran since 2016 She was … Read more
Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility as the US nears Election Day, satellite images show. The construction comes as the US nears Election Day in a campaign pitting President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran has led Tehran to abandon all limits on its atomic programme, while … Read more
Emmanuel Macron has found himself demonised at protests throughout the Islamic world as anger grows at his defence of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bangladesh on Tuesday, branding him a ‘Satan-worshipper’ and burning him in effigy following smaller marches in Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Gaza … Read more
US threatens to destroy any Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela after President Maduro announced plan to gain more weapons following ending of UN arms embargo ‘The transfer of long-range missiles from Iran to Venezuela is not acceptable and will not be tolerated or permitted,’ State Department Special Rep. said A UN embargo on Iran buying … Read more
US intelligence officials have confirmed Iran is responsible for a series of threatening emails targeting Democratic voters this week, as they revealed Russia is also playing its part to meddle in the presidential election. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Wednesday identified the two countries as foreign actors that ‘have taken specific actions to influence … Read more
Woman is arrested in Iran for ‘insulting the Islamic hijab’ after she was filmed cycling without a veil in front of a mosque Iranian woman has been arrested for ‘cycling without hijab’ in front of a mosque Footage shows the woman appearing to raise her right arm in the air Under Islamic law, women must … Read more