TEHRAN, Oct 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, criticised Western countries’ “double standards” on a wide range of issues, saying, they do not support “real freedom-seekers” who truly pursue independence and freedom.
Raisi made the remarks in an address to the 18th General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, held in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
TEHRAN, Oct 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, criticised Western countries’ “double standards” on a wide range of issues, saying, they do not support “real freedom-seekers” who truly pursue independence and freedom.
Raisi made the remarks in an address to the 18th General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, held in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
BEIRUT, Oct 27 (NNN-NNA) – The poverty rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon increased to more than 90 percent, it was reported yesterday, citing a UN official.
“Most of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are unable to secure their daily life necessities,” Leni Stenseth, deputy commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said, during a press conference held at the UNRWA headquarters in Beirut.
DUBAI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme Leader vowed on Thursday to retaliate against those threatening the country's security after the massacre of Shi'ite pilgrims, an assault claimed by Islamic State which threatens to inflame tensions amid widespread anti-government protests.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the assailants "will surely be punished" and called on Iranians to unite. "We all have a duty to deal with the enemy and its traitorous or ignorant agents," he said in a statement read on state television a day after the attack killed 15 people.
BEIRUT, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah announced on Thursday the end of his party's "exceptional" mobilization against Israel after Lebanese and Israeli leaders finalized a maritime demarcation deal.
"The mission was accomplished," Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech, adding what happened is considered a great victory for Lebanon and its population.
Lebanese authorities were careful not to take any steps that may be perceived as normalization with Israel, Nasrallah noted. Technically, Lebanon and Israel have remained in a state of war.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader and its president tried Thursday to link the nationwide protests roiling the country to an Islamic State-claimed gun attack on a famous mosque that killed 15 people.
The comments come as Iran’s theocracy has been unable to contain the demonstrations, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her detention by the country’s morality police.
(AP) --- A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found.
26 October 2022; MEMO: In a tit-for-tat move, Iran on Wednesday sanctioned several European Union officials and entities for "supporting terrorism" amid ongoing protests over the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody.
26 October 2022; MEMO: Qatar-based beIN, a sports broadcaster that was banned in Saudi Arabia until last year, said on Wednesday it had chosen a Saudi firm as its exclusive advertising partner in the Middle East and North Africa in a deal that a source put at some $150 million, Reuters reports.
BeIN Sports said in a statement it had signed an agreement with Riyadh-based media representation firm, SMC MC, for all its channels and including coverage of the World Cup, of which Qatar is the 2022 host.
27 October 2022; MEMO: Social media users have responded to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's speech at the Egypt 2022 Economic Conference with tweets and posts mocking his call on citizens to "go to the zoo to understand the reality of the situation in Egypt and see the magnitude of deterioration, facilities, negatives and exhaustion," which they found vague and illogical.
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