Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Sadr City neighbourhood.
A suicide bomber has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, the group’s Nasheer news agency said on Telegram. It said one of its militants blew up his explosive vest among the crowds. Hospital
The Socialists and Democrats are shocked to learn that the prime minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša, whose country is now chairing the EU rotating presidency, addressed an online gathering on Saturday, which was organised by the so-called National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), also known as the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI or MEK). This anti-democratic, cult-like organisation, which was on the EU terrorist list until 2009, has a long history of human rights abuses
The white supremacist group, The Base, was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK on Friday 16th July 2021.
This means that members of The Base or those who invite support for the group could be jailed for up to 14 years and/or face an unlimited fine.
The Base have now been added to the list of proscribed organisations in the UK.
The Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes said:
“The Government’s proscription of a fifth Extreme Right Wing Terrorism (ERWT)
Dariush Rezaeinejad was born on February 18, 1978 in Abdanan, Ilam province. Started school one year later than usual due to his physique, which was a bit smaller than those of his age group, Dariush always made his teachers and his classmates surprised with his fantastic talent. As a top student in all his school years, he managed to pass two years during the summer break, compensating going to school a year later than normal. He also overtook those of his same age group.
Winning the first
Michèle Flournoy claims she didn’t realize this weekend’s conference where she was a featured speaker on regime change was put on by the once-terror-listed MEK.
An Obama-era Pentagon official who was at one point under consideration to be President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense called for “internal regime change” in Iran at an event held by a shadowy group designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government until 2012. But she claims she didn’t know anything about the
The recent gathering held by the anti-Iran Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO also known as MEK, NCRI or PMOI) terrorist group in Paris provided a good opportunity to identify the hypocritical nature of the US politicians who claim to be advocates of human rights, an Iranian spokesman said.
“The gathering of the terrorist cult of Monafeqin (the hypocrites as the MKO members are called in Iran) is an opportunity to identify and disgrace the hypocritical US politicians who, contrary to their
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša may hold the rotating EU Council presidency, but he “does not represent” the EU in foreign policy, the bloc’s diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said Monday — a reaction to comments by Janša that sparked tensions with Iran.
Janša's speech triggered a strong reaction from Tehran, with a spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry condemning the remarks as “unacceptable, against diplomatic norms and spirit,” according to media reports.
The diplomatic dust-up
The Iranian foreign ministry on Sunday summoned the Slovenian Ambassador to Tehran Kristina Radej to strongly protest at the participation of the European country’s Prime Minister Janez Jansa in a gathering of the anti-Iran Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO also known as MEK, NCRI or PMOI) terrorist group.
The Iranian foreign minister’s assistant and director-general for the Foreign Ministry's Mediterranean and East European affairs summoned Radej to the foreign ministry to notify her of the
An Albanian historian and journalist tells Press TV that Israel’s secret services use the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) terrorist group to impair Iran’s security and to pressure the Islamic Republic to end its support for Palestine.
“The thing is that the MEK is being used by Israeli secret services and certain groups in the United States to harass the security of Iran,” Olsi Jazexhi said in an interview with Press TV’s News Review program on Saturday, ahead of the
The following brief note examines international standards of women's rights within the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MeK), namely the cult of Rajavi, by referring to international documents, testimonies of members who managed to escape from the MEK, and speeches and videos released from the cult’s leaders.
Following the Operation “Eternal Light”, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq’s largest military movement against the Islamic Republic of Iran in July 1988, which led to the killing of more than 2,500
The type of interaction that the Mojahedin-e Khalq organization has with its critics and opponents is very unique among political organizations.
The group’s ideology is political totalitarianism which means it aims to eliminate all other political groups and critics who constantly challenge their ideologies.
This trait of the MEK is rooted in their belief that the existence of and activity of all Iranian opposition groups whether inside or outside of the country is dependent on the MEK and
As the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, victims' relatives are pressing the courts to answer what they see as lingering questions about the Saudi government's role in the 2001 devastation.
A lawsuit that accuses Saudi Arabia of being complicit took a major step forward this year with the questioning under oath of former Saudi officials, but those depositions remain under seal and the United States has withheld a trove of other documents it says are too sensitive for
Top US lobbying firm BGR has inked a $40,000 contract with the Washington office of the notorious anti-Iran terrorist group, Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), ahead of the group's annual conference.
US media reports said that according to documents filed with the US Justice Department last week, BRG group will now help put on the terrorist group's annual conference.
The BGR team includes former senior-level appointees, including both Democrats and Republicans, in the White House
Mohammad Mahdi Rabbani Amlashi was born in 1943 in the city of Qom. Before the Islamic Revolution, as an ardent supporter of Ayatollah Khomeini he was placed under arrest and sent into exile many a time by the Pahlavi regime. As a member of the Guardian Council and member of the Islamic Republican Party, he survived an assassination attempt on August 24, 1981 by MKO members. However, as per the confessions of Mahdi Hashemi, his group poisoned him, which led to a serious disease and finally he
An Iranian envoy has described the word “arbitrary killing” of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani in a document written by the United Nations’ special rapporteur as insignificant, urging that using such expression should not lead to undermining the illegal act and state terrorism.
Esmail Baghaei Hamaneh, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, addressed the 47th session of the Human Rights Council on
The spokesman of Iran's government called the martyrdom of the then Chief Justice of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, a symbol of the assassination of justice and the chemical bombardment of Sardasht as a symbol of the assassination of security.
In his weekly presser on Tuesday, Ali Rabiei said: "In the last four decades, the enemies of Iran have launched a large-scale offensive to assassinate the three fundamental valuable principles; justice, security, and freedom of our
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the futility of hostile attempts to dissuade Iranians from taking part in the June 18 elections, saying the voting, which was truly an epic, made analysts realize what a major event has occurred.
Ayatollah Khamenei on Monday delivered a speech at a meeting with the head and members of the Iranian Judiciary on the anniversary of the 1981 assassinations of Ayatollah Beheshti, the former head of the Judiciary, and 72 of his
Mahmood Ghandi was born on August 29, 1944 in a religious family in Tehran and received his primary and secondary education there. He earned his high-school diploma with an average score of 19.80. He completed his MA in Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Tehran in 1966. Due to the lack of higher degrees in the field, Mahmood Ghandi travelled to the US to further his studies. Because he was always the top student, his expenses were covered by the university.
In 1971, Ghandi
In 1979, the people of Iran successfully and mainly peacefully overthrew the United States-supported government, led by the brutal autocrat, the Shah of Iran. In ridding themselves of this repressive dictator and freeing themselves from the shackles of U.S. imperialism, they established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
While the revolution had widespread popular support, as does the government to this day, it was not without opposition. One group, the MEK (Mujahedin-e Khalq, or the People’s
Abdolkarim Bekhradian was born on August 10, 1938 in the southwestern city of Ahwaz. He was Director of Islamic Martyrs Foundation in Behbahan, Khuzestan Province. On August 03, 1981, he left the mosque and was on his way to home, when he was attacked and assassinated by armed terrorists.