Tehran is the “largest state sponsor” of terror in the world and has gained “enormous influence” in the Middle East, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Saturday, June 24.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) June 18 missile attacks against Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, has dimensions, costs and consequences that go far beyond what IRGC describes as a “retaliation against IS”.
President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf emirate's sovereignty.
“Most widows in Iran are forced to hide their widowhood since some of the men’s approach towards them is immoral and abusive” says Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
President Hassan Rouhani has re-emphasized his government’s commitment to entrust more economic activities to the private sector, criticizing Revolutionary Guards Corps dominant role in the economy.
The annual state-sponsored ceremonies of Quds Day in Iran were held this year amid rising regional tensions with Saudi Arabia, bickering between Hassan Rouhani’s government and the Supreme Leader and Tehran’s recent show of force in Syria.
Since the early June twin terror attacks in Tehran, Iranian military and intelligence organs claim to have destroyed several militant cells and foiled multiple terror plans.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain have demanded Qatar to cut ties with Iran, and put forward other conditions, if the Persian Gulf state wishes to return to their circle.
Iran’s Central Bank has entered the political fray between President Hassan Rouhani’s government and his conservative, hard-line opponents.
The world’s current population of 7.6 billion will rocket to 9.8 billion in 2050, says the latest UN report on the world’s population growth. India, Pakistan and seven other countries are the main factor in the increase.
When OPEC leader Saudi Arabia pledged in May to do "whatever it takes" to defend world oil prices, it didn't expect the market to be testing its resolve just one month later.
The head of Israel's air force claimed on Wednesday that Israel's military capabilities have vastly increased compared with 2006, and now the Jewish state will have "unimaginable" military power to bear down on Hezbollah.
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