Archive List for Iran

Soleimani assassination: US-Iran tensions rise

0 No one has been held accountable for Qassem Soleimani’s assassination despite efforts by Iran to prosecute US President Donald Trump through Interpol. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari takes a look back at the assassination that plunged the region into crisis about a year ago. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #US #QassemSoleimani

Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

Iran’s president has accused Israel of assassinating its prominent nuclear scientist. Hassan Rouhani says the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will not slow down Tehran’s nuclear programme. Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying him and his bodyguards, near the capital on Friday. Iran has promised retaliation, for what the president calls an act of despair by the enemy. Fakhrizadeh later died in hospital. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #Israel

Breaking News: Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran

Top Iranian nuclear scientist killed – Iran defence ministry Iranian state television reported that the scientist who, as alleged by Israel, led a military nuclear programme in the early 2000s has been ‘assassinated’.. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive

Iranian supermarket chain launches in Venezuelan capital

A new Iranian supermarket chain has opened in Venezuela’s capital. It is the latest symbol of the growing political and economic alliance between Tehran and Caracas, and a sign of defiance against US sanctions. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Venezuela #Iran

UN Security Council rejects US bid to extend Iran arms embargo

Iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in October, after the US failed to get a 13-year ban extended. Just one other nation backed it in a vote at the UN Security Council. Iran says the US has “never been so isolated” but the White House is threatening to find other ways to bring back sanctions. From New York, Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #ArmsEmbargo

Tehran housing cost skyrockets as people struggle to afford rent

The Iranian capital, Tehran, is becoming one of the most unaffordable cities in the world to live in. High inflation, stagnant wages and rising house prices are pushing many into poverty. Many are blaming US sanctions and government policies. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #Tehran #TehranHousingCrisis

Iran fires missile at mock US aircraft carrier during exercise

Iran has carried out military exercises in the Gulf. The drills have drawn attention because Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is using a replica United States aircraft carrier as a target to train its troops. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #US

Iraq PM vows he ‘won’t allow threats’ to Iran from Iraqi soil

Iran’s supreme leader says Tehran will not interfere in relations between Iraq and the United States. He was speaking after meeting Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Khadimi in the Iranian capital. But Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the US is an enemy and does not want an independent Iraq. Al Jazeera’s Alexi O’Brien reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #MustafaKhadimi #Khamenei

Three ships on fire at Iranian port

In Iran, at least three ships are on fire at the southern Bushehr port. It is the latest in a series of explosions and fires to hit Iran in recent weeks and follows several explosions and fires around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities since late June. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran

Iranian port spared from US sanctions in rare cooperation

The top US military commander in the Middle East has called Iran “the greatest threat to regional stability”. The two countries were on the brink of all-out conflict just five months ago. But behind the scenes, they have continued to cooperate when it comes to one strategic port. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports from Tehran, Iran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Iran #US