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Deadly clashes as Iranians mourn crackdown victims


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 17:02 AFP Major new protests erupted in Iran on Thursday as people mourned victims of a deadly crackdown by the authorities, with police opening fire on stone-throwing protesters in deadly clashes outside Tehran.

G7 pledges winter help for Ukraine


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 15:54 AFP The G7 will not allow Russia to inflict "starvation" on Ukrainians this winter as a result of its assault on the country, Germany said Thursday ahead of a key meeting of the group of wealthy nations.

New protests erupt as Iranians mourn crackdown victims


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 15:28 AFP Major new protests erupted in Iran on Thursday as people mourned victims of a deadly crackdown by the authorities seeking to quell over six weeks of demonstrations that have shaken its leadership.

Iran intends to pursue 'good neighbourliness': ministry


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 11:54 AFP Iran intends to pursue a policy of "good neighbourliness", its foreign ministry said, rejecting as "baseless" reports it is planning to attack Saudi Arabia to divert attention from protests at home.

Iranians defy crackdown as another teen reported killed


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 10:56 AFP Iranians staged new protest actions Thursday in defiance of a crackdown by the authorities as a rights groups said an 18-year-old became the latest teen killed in clashes in the northwest.

Captagon connection: how Syria became a narco state


Thursday, 3 November, 2022 , 03:16 AFP A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.

Alarm grows for jailed Iran reporters who exposed Amini case


Wednesday, 2 November, 2022 , 15:02 AFP Concern is growing for two jailed Iranian reporters who helped focus attention on the death of Mahsa Amini but who activists allege are now the targets of a smear campaign portraying them as spies.

Iranian protesters in new show of defiance despite crackdown


Tuesday, 1 November, 2022 , 19:38 AFP Iranians staged new protests Tuesday to denounce the country's theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that has seen prominent figures arrested and some even face the death penalty.

Iranian protesters in new show of defiance despite crackdown


Tuesday, 1 November, 2022 , 17:22 AFP Iranians staged new protests Tuesday to denounce the country's theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that has seen prominent figures arrested and some even face the death penalty.

French media demand Iran release reporter covering protest


Tuesday, 1 November, 2022 , 15:28 AFP French media organisations have called for the release of a reporter on assignment to cover protests in Iran for French-German TV channel Arte which reported his arrest.