Iranian-Iraqi businessman Amir Dianat has supported Quds Force smuggling operations for years, including efforts aimed at shipping weapons such as missiles and smuggling shipments from Iran to Yemen, US Treasury Department says.
EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove: While the priority must be tackling the health and economic fallout from COVID-19, governments should not overlook the risk of frustration over lockdowns and economic hardships abetting radicalization.
The total number of diagnosed cases of coronavirus in Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the outbreak in the Middle East, has reached 93,657, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur, said. Major powers urged to freeze sanctions on Syria, Iran, Venezuela during virus.
"We will work with the UN Security Council to extend that prohibition on those arms sales and then in the event we can't get anyone else to act, the United States is evaluating every possibility about how we might do that," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
In a rare occurrence in Islam’s 1,400-year history, Mecca’s Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina – the religion’s two holiest locations – will be closed to the public during the fasting period.
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran should brace for nearly a year of disruptions due to the pandemic. Iran is one of the Middle Eastern countries worst affected by the COVID-19 respiratory disease and has one of the world’s highest death tolls.
Director of the US National Institute for Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci clarifies that beloved childhood fay "is not going to get infected and is not going to get sick" and can therefore carry one with her duties.
"Sophie says 'bark bark' which roughly translates to 'thanks so much for all the birthday messages, hug your loved ones, wash your hands, stay safe,'" owner Rachel Paige tweets after photos of Sophie’s 13th birthday bash go viral.
Anti-Semitic activists log into Holocaust Memorial Day video conference, wave photos of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Israeli ambassador to Germany: This was a disgraceful incident that must be condemned in the strongest of terms.
Iran periodically announces major advances in its weapons capabilities that cannot be verified independently. Its armed forces are believed to have surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometers, or 1,250 miles, that can reach Israel and US bases in the Mideast.
