Two foreign men living in Canada have been charged with plotting to blow up a passenger train with support from Al-Qaeda in Iran.
Officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, into custody Monday. The two men have been charged in connection with a plot to derail a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area. Continue reading
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran on Thursday, only days after a deadly temblor struck near the border with Pakistan, media reported citing the seismological centre at Tehran University. Continue reading
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Iran reached three countries resulting in fatalities in at least two.
The quake, centered near the Iranian cities of Khash (population 180,000) and Saravan (population 250,000), struck approximately 3:14pm local time Tuesday. The earthquake was measured at a depth of almost 60 miles. The Iranian Fars news agency said on the surface the quake had the impact of a 4.0 surface quake. Continue reading
At least 40 are dead after a major earthquake struck Tuesday near the Iran-Pakistan border, Iranian state-run Press TV says. Continue reading
Saeed Abedini, the American pastor jailed in Iran for being a Christian, has been inflicted with new beatings in Evin prison that have severely impacted his physical condition.
Abedini’s wife told Fox News that the beatings have left him with internal bleeding. The bleeding complication is on top of other injuries from repeated beatings at the hands of his Iranian captors. Continue reading
An earthquake measured at 6.3 on the Richter Scale rocked southern Iran today. The quake was centered not far from the nation’s only working nuclear power station. Thirty people have already been confirmed as having died in the quake.
Officials claim that there was no damage to the Bushehr nuclear plant and that everything is under normal operation. However, local officials are reporting that villages in the area have been as much as 80% destroyed. Continue reading
Rev. Saaed Abedini, an American citizen who lives in the U.S. with his wife and two children, has been arrested by Iranian officials while on a visit to his parents. Continue reading
At least eight are dead and more than 20 injured after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Iran. The epicenter of the quake was 15 miles outside the village of Zohan.
However, search and rescue teams are still en route to the damage locations and the death toll could significantly rise. Continue reading
Iran’s unwillingness to stop its race to create nuclear weapons has resulted in the European Union leveling more sanctions against the nation.
EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg passed measures strengthening restrictions against banks, trade and gas exports. The actions were taken in an attempt to hamper the ways Iran has earned revenues for their nuclear program. Continue reading
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is condemning Iran for the country’s refusal to suspend uranium enrichment despite repeated admonitions from the United Nations.
Thirty-one of the 35 members voted in favor of the resolution condemning Iran, who continues to claim their enrichment is peaceful in purpose. Continue reading
