WASHINGTON — Iran said four inmates were killed and 61 injured in a towering fire at Tehran’s Evin prison, a facility where political prisoners and anti-government activists are detained. State television Sunday aired video apparently showing that calm had been restored at the facility. The judiciary said the four died of smoke inhalation and that four of the injured were in […]
Iran’s supreme leader Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei has vowed severe revenge on those responsible for the death of the top military commander. Qasem Soleimani was killed by an airstrike at Baghdad airport at the end of last week. The attack was ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump. The 62-year-old Soleimani was an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
Since assuming office, President Trump has not only made a number of shocking utterances, but also taken a series of unpopular decisions. However, it is his exchange with the leadership of Tehran that has put political observers of Middle East happenings on the alert. Trump recently put Iran on notice via Twitter, saying that Tehran is “playing with fire – […]
