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'Women, Life, Freedom'<\/strong><\/a> emerged in the wake of the death of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//16//cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de/">Mahsa Amini<\/strong><\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadi has previously performed the ballad 'From the blood of the youth of the country', in support of the movement. Alongside the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//18//explained-why-is-the-hijab-significant-in-iranian-society/">mandatory hijab<\/strong><\/a> law, women are not free to sing publicly in Iran. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//oYcaDHEnhbU?si=Rr_pEOBmbC27Fuow\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Over the past years, women in Iran have been allowed to sing only in performances with only female audiences and listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadi's concert this week, although performed to no in-person audience, was live streamed. It was viewed 74,000 times in the 12 hours after the performance, despite being filtered by Iran's restricted access to YouTube. <\/p>\n<p>In the introduction to her performance, Ahmadi says: \"I want to sing for the people I love. This is a right that I could not ignore; singing for the land that I love dearly.\"<\/p>\n<p>Following the concert\u2019s widespread sharing online, her home was raided by security agents, and she was summoned to the Tehran Security Prosecutor's Office for questioning. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1866971303317758400\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The judiciary of Iran has confirmed that its taking action against Ahmadi and her 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accuses US and Israel for Bashar al-Assad\u2019s fall","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran's supreme leader blames US and Israel for Bashar al-Assad\u2019s fall from power in Syria","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran's supreme leader blames US and Israel for Bashar al-Assad\u2019s fall","titleListing2":"Iran\u2019s supreme leader has accused the US and Israel of orchestrating Bashar al-Assad\u2019s downfall in Syria","leadin":"Speaking on state television, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed there was \"evidence\" of the two countries' involvement.","summary":"Speaking on state television, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed there was \"evidence\" of the two countries' involvement.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-blames-us-and-israel-for-bashar-al-assads-fall-from-power-in-syria","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/11\/iran-blames-us-and-israel-for-bashar-al-assads-fall-from-power-in-syria","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed on Wednesday that the collapse of the Syrian government was the result of a coordinated effort by the US and Israel.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThere should be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result of a joint American and Zionist plan,\" Khamenei said on state TV. \"We have evidence, and this evidence leaves no room for doubt.\u201d\u00a0\n\nHe also alleged involvement by a neighbouring country, but did not specify which he was talking about.\n\n\u201cA neighbouring state of Syria has played a clear role in this matter, and it continues to do so. Everyone can see this.\u201d\n\nThe rapid fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government came after a surprise rebel offensive that swept across Syria starting in late November.\u00a0\n\nOpposition forces rapidly captured a sequence of major cities, including Aleppo, Hama, Homs, and eventually the capital, Damascus, meeting little resistance as the Syrian army disintegrated.\u00a0\n\nOn 8 December, Syrian state television broadcast a video statement by a group of men announcing that al-Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners released.\n\nRussian officials and Iranian state media confirmed that al-Assad had left Syria, and Russian news agencies reported shortly afterward that he and his family had arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum.\u00a0\n\nOver a decade of conflict\n\nSyria\u2019s 13-year conflict began in 2011 when anti-government protests were brutally suppressed.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe civil war that followed claimed nearly half a million lives and displaced half of Syria\u2019s prewar population of 23 million.\u00a0\n\nBacked by allies Iran and Russia, al-Assad gradually regained control of much of the country, leaving opposition groups confined to the northwest.\n\nHowever, in late November, opposition forces led by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a large-scale offensive.\n\nWith the regime\u2019s traditional allies embroiled in other conflicts \u2014 in particular Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran \u2014 al-Assad received little support to shore up his power.\u00a0\n\nSyria's prime minister, Mohammed Ghazi Jalali, has announced the new government\u2019s is ready to \u201cextend its hand\u201d to an opposition-led administration.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed on Wednesday that the collapse of the Syrian government was the result of a coordinated effort by the US and Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result of a joint American and Zionist plan,\" Khamenei said on state TV. \"We have evidence, and this evidence leaves no room for doubt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also alleged involvement by a neighbouring country, but did not specify which he was talking about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA neighbouring state of Syria has played a clear role in this matter, and it continues to do so. Everyone can see this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapid fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government came after a surprise rebel offensive that swept across Syria starting in late November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Opposition forces rapidly captured a sequence of major cities, including Aleppo, Hama, Homs, and eventually the capital, Damascus, meeting little resistance as the Syrian army disintegrated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8899182,8899206\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//09//syrians-celebrate-bashar-al-assads-fall/">Syrians celebrate Bashar al-Assad's fall<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//09//al-assads-reign-is-over-who-are-the-key-players-in-the-new-syria-and-who-stands-to-gain-or/">Al-Assad/u2019s reign is over: Who are the key players in the new Syria and who stands to gain or lose?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 8 December, Syrian state television broadcast a video statement by a group of men announcing that al-Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners released.<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials and Iranian state media confirmed that al-Assad had left Syria, and Russian news agencies reported shortly afterward that he and his family had arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Over a decade of conflict<\/h2><p>Syria\u2019s 13-year conflict began in 2011 when anti-government protests were brutally suppressed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The civil war that followed claimed nearly half a million lives and displaced half of Syria\u2019s prewar population of 23 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Backed by allies Iran and Russia, al-Assad gradually regained control of much of the country, leaving opposition groups confined to the northwest.<\/p>\n<p>However, in late November, opposition forces led by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a large-scale offensive.<\/p>\n<p>With the regime\u2019s traditional allies embroiled in other conflicts \u2014 in particular Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran \u2014 al-Assad received little support to shore up his power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Syria's prime minister, Mohammed Ghazi Jalali, has announced the new government\u2019s is ready to \u201cextend its hand\u201d to an opposition-led administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733909614,"updatedAt":1734005164,"publishedAt":1733912729,"firstPublishedAt":1733912729,"lastPublishedAt":1734005164,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Office of the 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NUCLEAR PROGRAMME","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran poised to \u2018dramatically\u2019 increase stockpile of enriched uranium, says IAEA boss","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran poised to \u2018dramatically\u2019 increase stockpile of enriched uranium","titleListing2":"Iran poised to \u2018dramatically\u2019 increase stockpile of enriched uranium, says IAEA boss","leadin":"UN nuclear agency boss Rafael Mariano Grossi warns that Iran\u2019s new centrifuges could give it \u2018a huge jump\u2019.","summary":"UN nuclear agency boss Rafael Mariano Grossi warns that Iran\u2019s new centrifuges could give it \u2018a huge jump\u2019.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-poised-to-dramatically-increase-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-says-iaea-boss","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/06\/iran-poised-to-dramatically-increase-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-says-iaea-boss","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran is prepared to \u201cquite dramatically\u201d grow its levels of near weapons-grade uranium, the head of the United Nation\u2019s (UN) nuclear agency has warned. \n\nSpeaking from the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies' Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on Friday, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who runs the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed his concerns about Iran\u2019s plan to install 6,000 new centrifuges. \n\nTehran currently enriches uranium at 60%, a little short of weapons-grade levels of 90%. \n\n\u201cI think it is very concerning,\u201d Grossi said. \u201cIf they really make them turn \u2014 all of them \u2014 it's going to be a huge jump.\u201d\n\nHis comments came hours after Iran successfully launched a Simorgh rocket with its highest ever payload. Although Iran insists its space programme is peaceful, its critics think such tests enhance its ballistic missile programme. \n\nLast week, Richard Moore, head of MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, said Iran was still a threat to other countries, despite the blows its allies in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza have suffered in recent months. \n\n\u201cIran\u2019s allied militias across the Middle East have suffered serious blows, but the regime\u2019s nuclear ambitions continue to threaten all of us,\u201d he said. \n\nIn just over a month\u2019s time, US President-elect Donald Trump will take office. He has already promised to renew his \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d strategy on Iran in an attempt to cripple it financially. \n\nDuring Trump\u2019s first presidency, the US withdrew from the \u201cIran nuclear deal\u201d, which had been one of his his predecessor Barack Obama's key foreign policy victories.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran is prepared to \u201cquite dramatically\u201d grow its levels of near weapons-grade uranium, the head of the United Nation\u2019s (UN) nuclear agency has warned. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking from the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies' Manama Dialogue in Bahrain on Friday, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who runs the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed his concerns about Iran\u2019s plan to install 6,000 new centrifuges. <\/p>\n<p>Tehran currently enriches uranium at 60%, a little short of weapons-grade levels of 90%. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is very concerning,\u201d Grossi said. \u201cIf they really make them turn \u2014 all of them \u2014 it's going to be a huge jump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments came hours after Iran successfully launched a Simorgh rocket with its highest ever payload. Although Iran insists its space programme is peaceful, its critics think such tests enhance its ballistic missile programme. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Richard Moore, head of MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, said Iran was still a threat to other countries, despite the blows its allies in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza have suffered in recent months. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8884856,8894784\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//12//06//iran-claims-to-have-conducted-successful-space-launch/">Iran claims to have conducted successful space launch<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//12//02//iranian-rapper-toomaj-salehi-released-from-prison/">Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released from prison<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIran\u2019s allied militias across the Middle East have suffered serious blows, but the regime\u2019s nuclear ambitions continue to threaten all of us,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>In just over a month\u2019s time, US President-elect Donald Trump will take office. He has already promised to renew his \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d strategy on Iran in an attempt to cripple it financially. <\/p>\n<p>During Trump\u2019s first presidency, the US withdrew from the \u201cIran nuclear deal\u201d, which had been one of his his predecessor Barack Obama's key foreign policy victories.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733503938,"updatedAt":1733582041,"publishedAt":1733507315,"firstPublishedAt":1733507315,"lastPublishedAt":1733507315,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/56\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_37a327dd-0e53-54f0-b1ea-fdfa5efefffb-8895646.jpg","altText":"A Simorgh, or \"Phoenix,\" rocket is launched at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province, Iran.","caption":"A Simorgh, or \"Phoenix,\" rocket is launched at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province, 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SAT LAUNCH","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran claims to have conducted successful space launch","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran claims successful space launch","titleListing2":"Iran claims to have completed a successful space launch, which the West says will improve its ballistic missile programme.","leadin":"Iran claims to have completed a successful space launch, with the rocket carrying with it satellite equipment as well as a military payload.","summary":"Iran claims to have completed a successful space launch, with the rocket carrying with it satellite equipment as well as a military payload.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-claims-to-have-conducted-successful-space-launch","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/12\/06\/iran-claims-to-have-conducted-successful-space-launch","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran said on Friday that it has successfully conducted a space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest development in a programme the West alleges improves Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile program.\n\nThe launch of the Simorgh rocket comes as Iran's nuclear programme inches towards successfully enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels. \n\nIran maintains its programme is peaceful, however government officials in the Islamic Republic have been threatening to potentially develop a nuclear bomb as well as an intercontinental ballistic missile. This would allow Itan to use the weapon against distant countries, for example in Europe and the United States.\n\nFriday's launch took place at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province, 220 km east of the capital Tehran. Iran's civilian space programme is being developed in the area, where it has repeatedly failed to launch Simorgh launches in the past.\n\nIran claims the Simorgh rocket carried an \"orbital propulsion system\", in addition to two research systems in a 400km orbit above the Earth. Tehran has long sought to develop a system that can change the orbit of a spacecraft, which would then allow it to geo-synchronise the orbits of its satellites.\n\nSatellite named after assassinated scientist\n\nThe rocket also carried the Fakhr-1 satellite, which is named after top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated inside Iran, reportedly by Israel. It is the first time Iran's civilian programme is known to have carried a military payload, which at 300 kg was heavier than all previous successful launches in the country.\n\nNevetheless, it has not independently been confirmed whether the launch was successful.\n\nThe launch comes at the same time as severe instability reins in the Middle East, with an ongoing conflict in Syria and Israel's lengthy war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.\n\nThe US has in the past told Iran to refrain from any actions that involve ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, and has said its satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution.\n\nPrevious UN sanctions against Iran due to its missile programme expired in October 2023.\n\nNuclear-capable ballistic weapons\n\nIran's recently instated reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has indicated he wants to negotiate the sanctions applied by the West, but has yet to offer a concrete idea of Iran's ambitions in space.\n\nThe Simorgh launch was the first conducted by his administration for the country's civil space programme, while its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a successful launch of its own in September.\n\nSince the collapse in talks between Iran and western powers regarding its nuclear programme, Iran has come close to the production of uranium close to weapons-grade levels. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, meanwhile, can be used to transports nuclear weapons.\n\nTehran has enough enriched uranium for \"several\" nuclear weapons, if it chooses to produce them, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency repeatedly has warned.\n\nThe country's government, however, has always insisted that both its space programme and nuclear activities are entirely for civilian purposes. This is despite US intelligence agencies and the IAEA claiming that Iran had an organised military nuclear programme until 2023.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran said on Friday that it has successfully conducted a space launch with its heaviest payload ever, the latest development in a programme the West alleges improves Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile program.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Simorgh rocket comes as Iran's nuclear programme inches towards successfully enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels. <\/p>\n<p>Iran maintains its programme is peaceful, however government officials in the Islamic Republic have been threatening to potentially develop a nuclear bomb as well as an intercontinental ballistic missile. This would allow Itan to use the weapon against distant countries, for example in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8390470\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//04//22//how-irans-kamikaze-shahed-drones-are-being-used-in-ukraine/">How Iran\u2019s \u2018kamikaze\u2019 Shahed drones are being used in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Friday's launch took place at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province, 220 km east of the capital Tehran. Iran's civilian space programme is being developed in the area, where it has repeatedly failed to launch Simorgh launches in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Iran claims the Simorgh rocket carried an \"orbital propulsion system\", in addition to two research systems in a 400km orbit above the Earth. Tehran has long sought to develop a system that can change the orbit of a spacecraft, which would then allow it to geo-synchronise the orbits of its satellites.<\/p>\n<h2>Satellite named after assassinated scientist<\/h2><p>The rocket also carried the Fakhr-1 satellite, which is named after top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was assassinated inside Iran, reportedly by Israel. It is the first time Iran's civilian programme is known to have carried a military payload, which at 300 kg was heavier than all previous successful launches in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Nevetheless, it has not independently been confirmed whether the launch was successful.<\/p>\n<p>The launch comes at the same time as severe instability reins in the Middle East, with an ongoing conflict in Syria and Israel's lengthy war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The US has in the past told Iran to refrain from any actions that involve ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, and has said its satellite launches defy a UN Security Council resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Previous UN sanctions against Iran due to its missile programme expired in October 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Nuclear-capable ballistic weapons<\/h2><p>Iran's recently instated reformist president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has indicated he wants to negotiate the sanctions applied by the West, but has yet to offer a concrete idea of Iran's ambitions in space.<\/p>\n<p>The Simorgh launch was the first conducted by his administration for the country's civil space programme, while its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a successful launch of its own in September.<\/p>\n<p>Since the collapse in talks between Iran and western powers regarding its nuclear programme, Iran has come close to the production of uranium close to weapons-grade levels. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, meanwhile, can be used to transports nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has enough enriched uranium for \"several\" nuclear weapons, if it chooses to produce them, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency repeatedly has warned.<\/p>\n<p>The country's government, however, has always insisted that both its space programme and nuclear activities are entirely for civilian purposes. This is despite US intelligence agencies and the IAEA claiming that Iran had an organised military nuclear programme until 2023.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733486825,"updatedAt":1733544936,"publishedAt":1733500999,"firstPublishedAt":1733500999,"lastPublishedAt":1733500999,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/89\/47\/84\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ba1d2d9e-ebb1-5451-a9fc-42d709f1f8ea-8894784.jpg","altText":"A photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Friday, December 6, 2024, showing the satellite launch.","caption":"A photo released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Friday, December 6, 2024, showing the satellite launch.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Iranian Defense Ministry via 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IN IRAN","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Rafael Grossi visits Iran in bid to restore inspectors' access to nuclear programme","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"IAEA chief visits Iran against backdrop of Middle East wars","titleListing2":"IAEA chief visits Iran in bid to restore inspectors\u2019 access to nuclear programme","leadin":"Since the collapse of the landmark nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade levels of 90%.","summary":"Since the collapse of the landmark nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade levels of 90%.","keySentence":"","url":"rafael-grossi-visits-iran-in-bid-to-restore-inspectors-access-to-nuclear-programme","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/15\/rafael-grossi-visits-iran-in-bid-to-restore-inspectors-access-to-nuclear-programme","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the \"space for negotiation and diplomacy...is getting smaller\" over Iran's advancing atomic programme as\u00a0conflicts in the Middle East rage on and Donald Trump gears up to return to the White House.\n\nRafael Grossi was visiting Tehran in an effort to restore his inspectors' access to the country's nuclear programme and get answers to outstanding questions.\n\nHowever, the remarks from both Grossi and his Iranian counterpart at a news conference suggested sizeable gaps still exist, even as some countries are pushing to take action against Iran at an upcoming IAEA Board of Governors' meeting.\n\n\"We know that it is indispensable to get, at this point of time, to get some concrete, tangible and visible results that will indicate that this joint work is improving (the) situation, is bringing clarification to things and in a general sense it is moving us away from conflict and ultimately war,\" Grossi said.\n\nSince the collapse of the landmark nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade levels of 90%.\n\nThe JCPOA collapses\n\nThe Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) came into force in 2016 and was signed by seven countries and the European Union. It saw Iran receive sanctions relief and other provisions for limits to its nuclear programme.\n\nBut then President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the pact in 2018 calling it \"the worst deal in history\" and slapping crippling economic sanctions back on Tehran.\n\nSurveillance cameras installed by the IAEA have been disrupted, while Iran has barred access to sites to some of the\u00a0agency\u2019s most experienced inspectors.\n\nIranian officials also have increasingly threatened that they could pursue atomic weapons, something the West and the IAEA has been worried about for years since Tehran abandoned an organized weapons program in 2003.\n\nSpeaking at a news conference with Mohammad Eslami of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Grossi stressed that while the IAEA and Iran continued to negotiate, time was not necessarily on their side.\n\n\"The fact that international tensions and regional tensions do exist \u2014 this shows that the space for negotiation and diplomacy is not getting bigger, it is getting smaller,\" he said.\n\nBefore appearing with Eslami, Grossi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who later wrote in a post on X that, \"differences can be resolved through cooperation and dialogue.\"\n\nHowever, he warned Tehran was \"NOT ready to negotiate under pressure and intimidation.\"\n\nSome politicians have even suggested Iran abandon the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the NPT, and pursue the bomb.\n\nAraghchi referred to Iran as \"a committed member of NPT,\" though Eslami in his remarks warned Iran could retaliate if challenged at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors' meeting.\n\nGrossi acknowledged some nations were considering taking action against Iran.\n\n\"We have repeatedly said any resolution seeking to intervene in the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s nuclear affairs will be definitely followed by immediate reciprocal steps and we will not allow them to (exert) this kind of pressure,\" Eslami said.\n\nJournalists at the news conference, as well as Eslami, criticised Israel for its long-time sabotage and assassination campaign targeting Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nSome noted Israeli officials had threatened Iran's nuclear sites as targets for potential retaliation as Iran and Israel trade direct attacks amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel's ground and air offensive in Lebanon.\n\n\"The answer is in what we do here, what we, the IAEA, and Iran can do in terms of solving the questions at hand,\" Grossi said, describing \"a situation of tension\" with Iran's nuclear programme at its centre.\n\n\"I am here to work with Iran, (to) try to find adequate solutions to ease tensions, to move forward. This is my target. This is my concern. And I am confident that we are going to be able to do it,\" he said.\n\nBut as the two men ended the news conference to shouted questions from journalists, neither had offered any sign a breakthrough was imminent.\n\nGrossi also met Thursday for the first time with reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. He\u2019s scheduled to visit Iran\u2019s Fordo and Natanz nuclear enrichment sites on Friday.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the \"space for negotiation and diplomacy...is getting smaller\" over Iran's advancing atomic programme as\u00a0conflicts in the Middle East rage on and Donald Trump gears up to return to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Grossi was visiting Tehran in an effort to restore his inspectors' access to the country's nuclear programme and get answers to outstanding questions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the remarks from both Grossi and his Iranian counterpart at a news conference suggested sizeable gaps still exist, even as some countries are pushing to take action against Iran at an upcoming IAEA Board of Governors' meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1857067814332317940\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We know that it is indispensable to get, at this point of time, to get some concrete, tangible and visible results that will indicate that this joint work is improving (the) situation, is bringing clarification to things and in a general sense it is moving us away from conflict and ultimately war,\" Grossi said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the collapse of the landmark nuclear deal in 2018, Iran has abandoned all limits on its nuclear activities and enriches uranium to up to 60% purity, which is near weapons-grade levels of 90%.<\/p>\n<h2>The JCPOA collapses<\/h2><p>The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) came into force in 2016 and was signed by seven countries and the European Union. It saw Iran receive sanctions relief and other provisions for limits to its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>But then President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the pact in 2018 calling it \"the worst deal in history\" and slapping crippling economic sanctions back on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance cameras installed by the IAEA have been disrupted, while Iran has barred access to sites to some of the\u00a0agency\u2019s most experienced inspectors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//85//26//70//808x539_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg/" alt=\"A passerby walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from an Iranian map in Tehran, 19 April, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ef9c86fb-12e1-505b-9edc-bc8d40b88c61-8852670.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A passerby walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from an Iranian map in Tehran, 19 April, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vahid Salemi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Iranian officials also have increasingly threatened that they could pursue atomic weapons, something the West and the IAEA has been worried about for years since Tehran abandoned an organized weapons program in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a news conference with Mohammad Eslami of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Grossi stressed that while the IAEA and Iran continued to negotiate, time was not necessarily on their side.<\/p>\n<p>\"The fact that international tensions and regional tensions do exist \u2014 this shows that the space for negotiation and diplomacy is not getting bigger, it is getting smaller,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Before appearing with Eslami, Grossi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who later wrote in a post on X that, \"differences can be resolved through cooperation and dialogue.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, he warned Tehran was \"NOT ready to negotiate under pressure and intimidation.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//85//26//70//808x539_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg/" alt=\"A worker rides a bike in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 26 October, 2010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_650a88df-b652-5585-ad84-f2d2f4ca9665-8852670.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A worker rides a bike in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, 26 October, 2010<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Majid Asgaripour\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some politicians have even suggested Iran abandon the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the NPT, and pursue the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi referred to Iran as \"a committed member of NPT,\" though Eslami in his remarks warned Iran could retaliate if challenged at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors' meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi acknowledged some nations were considering taking action against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have repeatedly said any resolution seeking to intervene in the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s nuclear affairs will be definitely followed by immediate reciprocal steps and we will not allow them to (exert) this kind of pressure,\" Eslami said.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists at the news conference, as well as Eslami, criticised Israel for its long-time sabotage and assassination campaign targeting Iran's nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Some noted Israeli officials had threatened Iran's nuclear sites as targets for potential retaliation as Iran and Israel trade direct attacks amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel's ground and air offensive in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1856968838711067009\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The answer is in what we do here, what we, the IAEA, and Iran can do in terms of solving the questions at hand,\" Grossi said, describing \"a situation of tension\" with Iran's nuclear programme at its centre.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am here to work with Iran, (to) try to find adequate solutions to ease tensions, to move forward. This is my target. This is my concern. And I am confident that we are going to be able to do it,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>But as the two men ended the news conference to shouted questions from journalists, neither had offered any sign a breakthrough was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>Grossi also met Thursday for the first time with reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. He\u2019s scheduled to visit Iran\u2019s Fordo and Natanz nuclear enrichment sites on Friday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1731628070,"updatedAt":1731668956,"publishedAt":1731633527,"firstPublishedAt":1731633527,"lastPublishedAt":1731633527,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/85\/26\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_061b6212-77e8-5928-a35a-126280f7b432-8852670.jpg","altText":"IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during a joint press conference with Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation head Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, 14 November, 2024","caption":"IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi during a joint press conference with Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation head Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, 14 November, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Vahid Salemi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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They had no money left. They had no money for Hamas, they had no money for Hezbollah.\"<\/p>\n<p>Biden, and Harris, have sought to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, but Trump is likely to make a more hard-line approach. <\/p>\n<p>Despite this, not all Iranians are opposed to Trump getting in power. 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He added that initial investigations reveal that the woman suffers from a psychological disorder and was under severe distress. \n\nEarlier, some news sources reported the women was arrested by intelligence agents and transferred to an undisclosed location. \n\nA local newspaper affiliated with the university reported that she has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An Iranian woman has been arrested after she stripped partially naked on a university campus, reportedly in protest against the strict dress code after she was physically harassed by security officers for wearing her hijab incorrectly, according to Amnesty Iran. <\/p>\n<p>Video circulating on social media platform X, filmed by other university students in a classroom overlooking the Tehran Islamic Azad University campus, has attracted a lot of attention online, with many people applauding the woman for her \"boldness\" and \"courage\". <\/p>\n<p>No further information has been released about the identity of the individual. <\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Amnestry Iran pressed for her immediate and unconditional release.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation called for the protection of the woman from \"torture and other ill-treatment\" pending her release and demanded that she must be granted access to family and a lawyer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1852759513494909228\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Allegations of beatings and sexual violence against her during arrest need independent and impartial investigations,\" Amnesty added that all those found responsible must be held accountable. <\/p>\n<p>The university's public relations director Syed Amir Mahjoub said the security officers turned the student in to the police and denied that there was a physical clash. 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It is essential to make them understand the strength, will, and initiative of the Iranian nation and its youth.\u201d\n\nHis comments suggest that that Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack. Already, Iran\u2019s military has said a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon trumps any retaliatory attack on Israel, though Iranian officials also have said they reserve the right to respond.\n\nKhamenei added that \"it is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and will of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of this nation and country.\u201d\n\nTrump and Harris respond at rallies\n\nFormer President Donald rump and his election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris responded briefly to the attack at their respective rallies, although their tones were very different.\n\n\u201cIsrael is attacking \u2014 we\u2019ve got a war going on and she\u2019s out partying,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Michigan on Friday as Harris was holding an event with Beyonc\u00e9 in Texas.\n\nMeanwhile, Harris called for \u201cde-escalation and not an escalation of activities in that region.\u201d\n\n\u201cI feel very strongly, we as the United States feel very strongly that Iran must stop what it is doing in terms of the threat that it presents to the region and we will always defend Israel against any attacks by Iran in that way,\u201d she told reporters in Michigan.\n\nIsraeli strikes in northern Gaza continue\n\nIsraeli strikes on northern Gaza late Saturday have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe.\n\nThe Gaza Health Ministry\u2019s emergency service said that 11 women and two children were among the 22 killed in the strikes on several homes and buildings in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. It said a further 15 people were wounded and that the death toll could rise. It listed the names of those killed, who mostly came from three families.\n\nThe Israeli military said it carried out a precise strike on militants in a structure in Beit Lahiya and took steps to avoid harming civilians. It disputed what it said were \u201cnumbers published by the media,\u201d without elaborating or providing evidence for its own account.\n\nIsrael has been waging a massive air and ground offensive in northern Gaza since 6 October, saying that Hamas militants have regrouped there. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement in the yearlong war.\n\nAid groups have warned of a catastrophic situation in northern Gaza, which was the first target of Israel's ground offensive and had already suffered the heaviest destruction of the war. Israel has severely limited the entry of basic humanitarian aid in recent weeks, and the three remaining hospitals in the north \u2014 one of which was raided over the weekend \u2014 say they have been overwhelmed by waves of wounded people.\n\nThe International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday said that ongoing Israeli evacuation orders and restrictions on the entry of essential supplies to the north had left the civilian population in \u201chorrific circumstances.\u201d\n\n\u201cMany civilians are currently unable to move, trapped by fighting, destruction or physical constraint and now lack access to even basic medical care,\u201d it said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stopped short of calling for retaliation in his carefully crafted remarks on Israel's attack on his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evil actions of the Israeli regime two nights ago should neither be exaggerated nor downplayed,\u201d Khamenei said. \u201cThe miscalculations of the Israeli regime must be disrupted. It is essential to make them understand the strength, will, and initiative of the Iranian nation and its youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments suggest that that Iran is carefully weighing its response to the attack. Already, Iran\u2019s military has said a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon trumps any retaliatory attack on Israel, though Iranian officials also have said they reserve the right to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei added that \"it is up to the authorities to determine how to convey the power and will of the Iranian people to the Israeli regime and to take actions that serve the interests of this nation and country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trump and Harris respond at rallies<\/h2><p>Former President Donald rump and his election opponent Vice President Kamala Harris responded briefly to the attack at their respective rallies, although their tones were very different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael is attacking \u2014 we\u2019ve got a war going on and she\u2019s out partying,\u201d Trump said at a rally in Michigan on Friday as Harris was holding an event with Beyonc\u00e9 in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Harris called for \u201cde-escalation and not an escalation of activities in that region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very strongly, we as the United States feel very strongly that Iran must stop what it is doing in terms of the threat that it presents to the region and we will always defend Israel against any attacks by Iran in that way,\u201d she told reporters in Michigan.<\/p>\n<h2>Israeli strikes in northern Gaza continue<\/h2><p>Israeli strikes on northern Gaza late Saturday have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry\u2019s emergency service said that 11 women and two children were among the 22 killed in the strikes on several homes and buildings in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. It said a further 15 people were wounded and that the death toll could rise. It listed the names of those killed, who mostly came from three families.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said it carried out a precise strike on militants in a structure in Beit Lahiya and took steps to avoid harming civilians. It disputed what it said were \u201cnumbers published by the media,\u201d without elaborating or providing evidence for its own account.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has been waging a massive air and ground offensive in northern Gaza since 6 October, saying that Hamas militants have regrouped there. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement in the yearlong war.<\/p>\n<p>Aid groups have warned of a catastrophic situation in northern Gaza, which was the first target of Israel's ground offensive and had already suffered the heaviest destruction of the war. Israel has severely limited the entry of basic humanitarian aid in recent weeks, and the three remaining hospitals in the north \u2014 one of which was raided over the weekend \u2014 say they have been overwhelmed by waves of wounded people.<\/p>\n<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday said that ongoing Israeli evacuation orders and restrictions on the entry of essential supplies to the north had left the civilian population in \u201chorrific circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany civilians are currently unable to move, trapped by fighting, destruction or physical constraint and now lack access to even basic medical care,\u201d it 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POSSIBLE REAX by Babak","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"After the Israeli strikes what will Iran do next?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"After the Israeli strikes what will Iran do next?","titleListing2":"After the Israeli strikes what will Iran do next?","leadin":"The Iranian government said on Saturday morning that the damage from the airstrikes was 'limited' and that the 'situation is normal.'","summary":"The Iranian government said on Saturday morning that the damage from the airstrikes was 'limited' and that the 'situation is normal.'","keySentence":"","url":"iran-downplays-israels-attack-as-it-seeks-to-avoid-confrontation","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/26\/iran-downplays-israels-attack-as-it-seeks-to-avoid-confrontation","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against Iran, domestic media and sources close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are attempting to downplay it, saying it was a failure.\n\nWhile Israel reports that at least 20 military sites were effectively targeted in a three-phase operation early on Saturday, Iranian semi-official sources have dismissed claims of 140 Israeli fighter jets being involved as \u201cexaggerated Israeli propaganda.\u201d They are also emphasising to Iranians that Israeli leaders directed the attack from bunkers, purportedly out of fear of potential Iranian retaliation.\n\nFatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for the Iranian government, limited her statement on the damage from the airstrikes, saying it was \u201climited\u201d and that the \u201csituation is normal.\u201d\n\nThe regime is also trying to stop photo and video of the damage from the airstrikes reaching the outside world.\n\nThe Organised Crime Investigation Centre, a subdivision of the IRGC, issued a statement warning Iranian not to cooperate with foreign media, or else face a ten year prison sentence:\n\n \"Citizens are informed that any sending of images or news to opposition media or those affiliated with the Zionist regime is considered a crime.\"\n\nBut despite this threat, videos and images of the attack on Israel were shared on social media.\n\nIsrael has obeyed its most important ally, the US\n\nAs Washington had desired, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have opted for a more limited series of retaliatory strikes on conventional military targets. \n\nNuclear facilities and oil installations had been seen as possible targets for Israel\u2019s response to Iran\u2019s Oct. 1 attack, before U.S. President Joe Biden's administration won assurances from Israel in mid-October that it would not hit such targets, which would be a more severe escalation.\n\nThe United States has now warned against further retaliation, indicating that the overnight strikes should end the direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.\n\nIn reality, Israel\u2019s focus on specific military targets, whilst not ideal for the Islamic Republic, was far from the worst-case scenario. A more extensive attack on critical infrastructure\u2014such as oil, electricity, or nuclear facilities\u2014could have driven Iran into even deeper crisis amid the current economic and political instability.\n\nUS media had earlier noted that if Israel\u2019s response remained limited, Iran would likely refrain from retaliating. The New York Times also reported that Iranian officials have clarified they would respond if Israel\u2019s attacks caused extensive damage and high casualties; however, if Israel kept its strikes to a few military bases and storage facilities for missiles and drones, Iran might opt not to take any counter-action.\n\n How is Iran reacting to the strikes?\n\nIran finds itself in a precarious position, particularly as its regional proxy forces, notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, are significantly weakened. The regime is aware, at least behind the scenes, that it lacks the military capability to match Israel, which receive billions of euros' worth of US military aid each year.\n\nWhile it is improbable that Iran would officially renounce its right to retaliate, an immediate response does not appear to align with its strategic interests.\n\nIn the short term, Iranian media and state television will likely emphasise a narrative of \u201cvictory\u201d while downplaying or even dismissing some aspects of Israel's retaliatory strike as \u201cfake.\u201d The Iranian regime will likely conceal any damage to ballistic missile production facilities or drone manufacturing plants, capitalising on the limited and perhaps coordinated nature of Israel\u2019s response to control the situation.\n\nOf course, concealing the truth is nothing new in Iranian politics, with many examples like the downing of the Ukrainian airplane or Israel's response to Iran's first attack on Israeli soil in April 2024. Regarding Israel\u2019s attack on the Isfahan facility, only a few days ago and for the first time, a senior IRGC commander finally acknowledged the occurrence of this strike.\n\nWill the violence now escalate or will a crisis be averted?\n\nWhile Iran is expected to maintain the rhetoric of a potential response, it will likely navigate a delicate balance between escalating and de-escalating tensions.\n\nMoreover, it is essential to remember that the upcoming U.S. election, less than ten days away, will significantly influence the future policies of both Iran and Israel, and it seems unlikely that the White House would allow tensions to spiral in the remaining days\u2014a prospect that could prompt Iran to shelve the issue for now\u2014a restraint possibly hinted at by Iran\u2019s implicit assurance to stabilise Lebanon and Gaza, which could encourage Tehran to keep the matter quiet.\n\nHowever, the influence of those who benefit from sanctions and the hardliners within Iran\u2019s ruling circles, who see full-scale conflict as their only path to political survival, should not be underestimated either. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After Israel <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//26//israel-launches-strikes-on-military-targets-in-iran-officials-say/">launched a wave of airstrikes against Iran<\/a>, domestic media and sources close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are attempting to downplay it, saying it was a failure.<\/p>\n<p>While Israel reports that at least 20 military sites were effectively targeted in a three-phase operation early on Saturday, Iranian semi-official sources have dismissed claims of 140 Israeli fighter jets being involved as \u201cexaggerated Israeli propaganda.\u201d They are also emphasising to Iranians that Israeli leaders directed the attack from bunkers, purportedly out of fear of potential Iranian retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for the Iranian government, limited her statement on the damage from the airstrikes, saying it was \u201climited\u201d and that the \u201csituation is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regime is also trying to stop photo and video of the damage from the airstrikes reaching the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>The Organised Crime Investigation Centre, a subdivision of the IRGC, issued a statement warning Iranian not to cooperate with foreign media, or else face a ten year prison sentence:<\/p>\n<p> \"Citizens are informed that any sending of images or news to opposition media or those affiliated with the Zionist regime is considered a crime.\"<\/p>\n<p>But despite this threat, videos and images of the attack on Israel were shared on social media.<\/p>\n<h3>Israel has obeyed its most important ally, the US<\/h3><p>As Washington had desired, Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have opted for a more limited series of retaliatory strikes on conventional military targets. <\/p>\n<p>Nuclear facilities and oil installations had been seen as possible targets for Israel\u2019s response to Iran\u2019s Oct. 1 attack, before U.S. President Joe Biden's administration won assurances from Israel in mid-October that it would not hit such targets, which would be a more severe escalation.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has now warned against further retaliation, indicating that the overnight strikes should end the direct exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Israel\u2019s focus on specific military targets, whilst not ideal for the Islamic Republic, was far from the worst-case scenario. A more extensive attack on critical infrastructure\u2014such as oil, electricity, or nuclear facilities\u2014could have driven Iran into even deeper crisis amid the current economic and political instability.<\/p>\n<p>US media had earlier noted that if Israel\u2019s response remained limited, Iran would likely refrain from retaliating. The New York Times also reported that Iranian officials have clarified they would respond if Israel\u2019s attacks caused extensive damage and high casualties; however, if Israel kept its strikes to a few military bases and storage facilities for missiles and drones, Iran might opt not to take any counter-action.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How is Iran reacting to the strikes?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Iran finds itself in a precarious position, particularly as its regional proxy forces, notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, are significantly weakened. The regime is aware, at least behind the scenes, that it lacks the military capability to match Israel, which receive billions of euros' worth of US military aid each year.<\/p>\n<p>While it is improbable that Iran would officially renounce its right to retaliate, an immediate response does not appear to align with its strategic interests.<\/p>\n<p>In the short term, Iranian media and state television will likely emphasise a narrative of \u201cvictory\u201d while downplaying or even dismissing some aspects of Israel's retaliatory strike as \u201cfake.\u201d The Iranian regime will likely conceal any damage to ballistic missile production facilities or drone manufacturing plants, capitalising on the limited and perhaps coordinated nature of Israel\u2019s response to control the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, concealing the truth is nothing new in Iranian politics, with many examples like the downing of the Ukrainian airplane or Israel's response to Iran's first attack on Israeli soil in April 2024. Regarding Israel\u2019s attack on the Isfahan facility, only a few days ago and for the first time, a senior IRGC commander finally acknowledged the occurrence of this strike.<\/p>\n<h3>Will the violence now escalate or will a crisis be averted?<\/h3><p>While Iran is expected to maintain the rhetoric of a potential response, it will likely navigate a delicate balance between escalating and de-escalating tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is essential to remember that the upcoming U.S. election, less than ten days away, will significantly influence the future policies of both Iran and Israel, and it seems unlikely that the White House would allow tensions to spiral in the remaining days\u2014a prospect that could prompt Iran to shelve the issue for now\u2014a restraint possibly hinted at by Iran\u2019s implicit assurance to stabilise Lebanon and Gaza, which could encourage Tehran to keep the matter quiet.<\/p>\n<p>However, the influence of those who benefit from sanctions and the hardliners within Iran\u2019s ruling circles, who see full-scale conflict as their only path to political survival, should not be underestimated either. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729930240,"updatedAt":1729940306,"publishedAt":1729936625,"firstPublishedAt":1729936625,"lastPublishedAt":1729940306,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/56\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f0c586a8-6d1d-5ac6-bdc0-dc23c8888c2c-8815606.jpg","altText":"FILE - 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There was no immediate indication that oil or missile sites were hit \u2014 strikes that would have marked a much more serious escalation \u2014 and Israel offered no immediate damage assessment.\n\nExplosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though the Islamic Republic insisted they caused only \u201climited damage\u201d and Iranian state-run media downplayed the attacks. \n\nThe Iranian army said four soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes. It is possible that the number of dead may be higher as Iran seeks to downplay the attacks.\n\nThe strikes risk pushing the arch-enemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiralling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran \u2014 including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon \u2014 are already at war with Israel.\n\n\u201cIran attacked Israel twice, including in locations that endangered civilians, and has paid the price for it,\u201d said Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a video statement. \n\n\u201cWe are focused on our war objectives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. It is Iran that continues to push for a wider regional escalation.\u201d\n\nThe strikes marked the first time Israel's military has openly attacked Iran, which hasn't faced a sustained barrage of fire from a foreign enemy since its 1980s war with Iraq.\n\nIt came as part of Israel's \u201cduty to respond\u201d to attacks on it from \u201cIran and its proxies in the region,\u201d Hagari said. \n\n\u201cThe Israel Defence Forces has fulfilled its mission,\u201d Hagari said. \u201cIf the regime in Iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond.\u201d\n\nIsrael offered no initial damage assessment. \n\nIran's Reaction\n\nIran\u2019s state-run media acknowledged blasts that could be heard in Tehran and said some of the sounds came from air defence systems around the city. \n\nBut beyond a brief reference, Iranian state television for hours offered no other details and even began showing what it described as live footage of men loading trucks at a vegetable market in Tehran in an apparent attempt to downplay the assault.\n\nA Tehran resident told The Associated Press that at least seven explosions could be heard in the first wave of attacks, which rattled the surrounding area. The resident spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. \n\nAs explosions sounded, people in Tehran could see what appeared to be tracer fire light up the sky. Other footage showed what appeared to be surface-to-air missiles being launched.\n\nIran closed the country\u2019s airspace early on Saturday, and flight-tracking data analysed by AP showed commercial airlines had broadly left the skies over Iran, and across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.\n\nIran's move to quickly downplay the attack may offer an avenue for it not to respond, which could risk a further escalation.\n\nMeanwhile, in seemingly unrelated violence, an attack on an Iranian police convoy on Saturday in the country's restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said. \n\nDetails remain scarce over the attack in Gohar Kuh, some 1,200 kilometres southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran. \n\nInitially, reports simply described an attack by \u201cmiscreants\u201d without more information. But shortly after, Iranian state media said 10 officers had been killed. \n\nUS Reaction\n\nThe White House indicated that Israel\u2019s strikes on Iran should end the direct exchange of fire between the two enemy countries, while warning Tehran of \u201cconsequences\u201d should it respond.\n\nA senior White House official said the administration believed the Israeli operation should \u201cclose out\u201d the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran, and said other allies were in agreement.\n\nUnited States President Joe Biden was updated throughout Israel's operation, the official said, while underscoring that the U.S. had no involvement in the attack.\n\nThe official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, said the Israeli operation \u201cwas extensive, it was targeted, it was precise.\u201d \n\nU.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, about Israel\u2019s strikes on military targets in Iran, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said late Friday. \n\nAustin reiterated that the U.S. was committed to its ally\u2019s security and that Israel has a right to defend itself, though Washington was determined to prevent the conflict from expanding, the Pentagon press secretary said in a statement. \n\nIsrael and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel considers Iran to be its greatest threat, citing its leaders\u2019 calls for Israel\u2019s destruction, their support for anti-Israel militant groups and the country\u2019s nuclear programme. \n\nDuring their years-long shadow war, a suspected Israeli assassination campaign has killed top Iranian nuclear scientists and Iranian nuclear installations have been hacked or sabotaged, all in mysterious attacks blamed on Israel.\n\nMeanwhile, Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping in the Middle East in recent years, which later grew into the attacks by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels on shipping through the Red Sea corridor. \n\nAirstrikes on Syria\n\nMeanwhile, Syrian state news agency SANA reported \"barrages of missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories targeted some military sites in the southern and central regions\" of Syria early on Saturday.\n\nIt said Syria's air defences shot some missiles down, with no information immediately available on casualties.\n\nIran has launched two ballistic missile attacks on Israel in recent months amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that began with the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. \n\nThat initial attack killed some 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage back to the seaside enclave.\n\nIn the time since, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to Hamas-led local health officials.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Israel attacked Iran with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday in what it said was a response to the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in the month.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites. There was no immediate indication that oil or missile sites were hit \u2014 strikes that would have marked a much more serious escalation \u2014 and Israel offered no immediate damage assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though the Islamic Republic insisted they caused only \u201climited damage\u201d and Iranian state-run media downplayed the attacks. <\/p>\n<p>The Iranian army said four soldiers were killed in Israeli strikes. It is possible that the number of dead may be higher as Iran seeks to downplay the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes risk pushing the arch-enemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiralling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed by Iran \u2014 including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon \u2014 are already at war with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran attacked Israel twice, including in locations that endangered civilians, and has paid the price for it,\u201d said Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a video statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are focused on our war objectives in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. It is Iran that continues to push for a wider regional escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strikes marked the first time Israel's military has openly attacked Iran, which hasn't faced a sustained barrage of fire from a foreign enemy since its 1980s war with Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>It came as part of Israel's \u201cduty to respond\u201d to attacks on it from \u201cIran and its proxies in the region,\u201d Hagari said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Israel Defence Forces has fulfilled its mission,\u201d Hagari said. \u201cIf the regime in Iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel offered no initial damage assessment. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1850016881924526179\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Iran's Reaction<\/h3><p>Iran\u2019s state-run media acknowledged blasts that could be heard in Tehran and said some of the sounds came from air defence systems around the city. <\/p>\n<p>But beyond a brief reference, Iranian state television for hours offered no other details and even began showing what it described as live footage of men loading trucks at a vegetable market in Tehran in an apparent attempt to downplay the assault.<\/p>\n<p>A Tehran resident told The Associated Press that at least seven explosions could be heard in the first wave of attacks, which rattled the surrounding area. The resident spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. <\/p>\n<p>As explosions sounded, people in Tehran could see what appeared to be tracer fire light up the sky. Other footage showed what appeared to be surface-to-air missiles being launched.<\/p>\n<p>Iran closed the country\u2019s airspace early on Saturday, and flight-tracking data analysed by AP showed commercial airlines had broadly left the skies over Iran, and across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran's move to quickly downplay the attack may offer an avenue for it not to respond, which could risk a further escalation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in seemingly unrelated violence, an attack on an Iranian police convoy on Saturday in the country's restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>Details remain scarce over the attack in Gohar Kuh, some 1,200 kilometres southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran. <\/p>\n<p>Initially, reports simply described an attack by \u201cmiscreants\u201d without more information. But shortly after, Iranian state media said 10 officers had been killed. <\/p>\n<h3>US Reaction<\/h3><p>The White House indicated that Israel\u2019s strikes on Iran should end the direct exchange of fire between the two enemy countries, while warning Tehran of \u201cconsequences\u201d should it respond.<\/p>\n<p>A senior White House official said the administration believed the Israeli operation should \u201cclose out\u201d the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran, and said other allies were in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>United States President Joe Biden was updated throughout Israel's operation, the official said, while underscoring that the U.S. had no involvement in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, said the Israeli operation \u201cwas extensive, it was targeted, it was precise.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, about Israel\u2019s strikes on military targets in Iran, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said late Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Austin reiterated that the U.S. was committed to its ally\u2019s security and that Israel has a right to defend itself, though Washington was determined to prevent the conflict from expanding, the Pentagon press secretary said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Israel and Iran have been bitter foes since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Israel considers Iran to be its greatest threat, citing its leaders\u2019 calls for Israel\u2019s destruction, their support for anti-Israel militant groups and the country\u2019s nuclear programme. <\/p>\n<p>During their years-long shadow war, a suspected Israeli assassination campaign has killed top Iranian nuclear scientists and Iranian nuclear installations have been hacked or sabotaged, all in mysterious attacks blamed on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran has been blamed for a series of attacks on shipping in the Middle East in recent years, which later grew into the attacks by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels on shipping through the Red Sea corridor. <\/p>\n<h3>Airstrikes on Syria<\/h3><p>Meanwhile, Syrian state news agency SANA reported \"barrages of missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan and Lebanese territories targeted some military sites in the southern and central regions\" of Syria early on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It said Syria's air defences shot some missiles down, with no information immediately available on casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has launched <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//10//tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim/">two ballistic missile attacks on Israel in recent months<\/strong><\/a> amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that began with the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>That initial attack killed some 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage back to the seaside enclave.<\/p>\n<p>In the time since, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to Hamas-led local health officials.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729899749,"updatedAt":1729956275,"publishedAt":1729899929,"firstPublishedAt":1729899929,"lastPublishedAt":1729956275,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/54\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a2a8c398-64d0-5a49-81ea-2c637411fe66-8815432.jpg","altText":"A view of Tehran capital of Iran is seen, early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.","caption":"A view of Tehran capital of Iran is seen, early Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Vahid Salemi\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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How Iran pushes its citizens to buy gold coins 30% above market value","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The gold rush: Why Iranians are paying up to 30% more for their gold coins","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The gold rush: Why Iranians are paying up to 30% more for their coins","titleListing2":"The gold rush: Why Iranians are paying up to 30% more for their coins","leadin":"Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and the threat of Israeli retaliation, Iranians are scrambling to protect their wealth by investing in gold.","summary":"Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and the threat of Israeli retaliation, Iranians are scrambling to protect their wealth by investing in gold.","keySentence":"","url":"the-gold-rush-how-iranians-are-paying-up-to-30-more-for-their-gold-coins","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/10\/22\/the-gold-rush-how-iranians-are-paying-up-to-30-more-for-their-gold-coins","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The surge in demand for gold has driven up coin prices to as much as 30% above their intrinsic value with a number of factors contributing to the inflated gold coin price bubble within the Tehran market.\n\nHow trading works\n\nEach gold coin minted by the Central Bank of Iran weighs 8.13598 grams and is made of 22-karat gold. However, each ounce of gold, which reached a historic high of $2737 (\u20ac2528) on Monday is equivalent to 31.103 grams of 24-karat gold.\n\nTherefore, each gold coin minted by the Central Bank of Iran is equivalent to 0.2354472 ounces of 24-karat gold. \n\nSo, based on yesterday's gold price, each gold coin is worth $644.41 (\u20ac595.28). However, in the Tehran market on Monday, it fetched up to the equivalent of $861.5 (\u20ac795), some 30% more than its daily value on the global market.\n\nWhy gold is so sought after in Iran\n\nApart from the global surge in gold prices, the continuous depreciation of the Iranian rial against the US dollar has caused the price of gold coins in Iran to rocket. Over the past year, the price of gold coin in rial has nearly doubled.\u00a0\n\nOn Monday, the US dollar reached a new high of 650,000 rials on Tehran's free market, while the euro was sold at 705,000 rials. \n\nThese are the highest prices since 13 April, when the dollar hit a record 670,000 rials and the euro reached 715,000 rials, just before Iran's initial missile strike on Israel. \n\nOn 5 October, 2023, two days before Hamas's deadly attack on Israel, the dollar was trading at 500,000 rials. By Monday, 21 October, the figure had soared to 650,000 rials.\n\nThe Iranian rial has lost about 30% of its value against the US dollar in the past year, during the tension in Gaza.\u00a0\n\nInflation rises devaluing savings\n\nMeanwhile, the official inflation rate in Iran stands at 35%, slightly below the average annual inflation rate over the past six years of 42%. \n\nAs a result, due to the impacts of Western economic sanctions and the inability of the government to manage the economy efficiently, Iranian people are converting their savings into valuable assets.\n\nTo reduce the demand for foreign currency, the government has declared the possession of more than 10,000 euros equivalent to be smuggling. \n\nIn addition, due to the shortage of foreign currency in the Iranian free market caused by government-imposed legal restrictions, the demand for gold coins has increased. \n\nDemand has been further intensified because of the recession in the housing and stock markets, stemming from economic insecurity caused by the looming threat of war between Iran and Israel.\n\nIran's budget deficit outlook worsens\n\nAt the same time, the government's budget deficit outlook has also darkened.\n\nAn Iranian Ministry of Economy official recently announced that the budget deficit for the last solar year was four quadrillion rials (equivalent to $6.15bn and \u20ac5.68bn based on the free market rate and $8.16bn and \u20ac7.54bn based on the official exchange rate).\n\nAbdolnaser Hemmati, Iran's Minister of Economy, also said last week that the government's budget deficit in the current solar year has reached 8.5 quadrillion rials ($13bn and \u20ac12bn based on the free market rate and $17.3bn and \u20ac15.9bn based on the official exchange rate).\n\nFollowing the doubling of Iran's government budget deficit, some economists have hypothesised that the Central Bank of Iran has resorted to selling foreign currency reserves from oil exports on the free market to finance the government's deficit, thereby increasing the price of foreign currencies to acquire more rials. \n\nIran suspected of financing deficits by selling foreign currency\n\nAlthough Iranian governments have consistently denied financing budget deficits through the sale of foreign currency on the free market and the devaluation of the rial, some experts have persistently levelled this accusation against the government and the Central Bank of Iran, whose independence is questioned by experts.\n\nTherefore, not only has the certainty of further devaluation of the rial increased the demand for converting rial savings into foreign currency and gold coins, but the upward trend in exchange rates has also ensured the continued growth of gold coin prices in rial.\n\nWith the historic record of 560m rials for each full gold coin, the Central Bank of Iran announced that on Tuesday (October 22), it would hold an auction for gold coins in packages of five and would begin distributing them in nine days.\n\nIn this auction, the Central Bank of Iran allocated 3059 gold coins to participants at an average price of $835.15 and \u20ac772 based on the free-market rate and $1107 and \u20ac1023 based on the official exchange rate (542,580,000 Rials).\n\nThus, the Central Bank of Iran sold each gold coin, on average, $190.7 (\u20ac176.2) above its actual value, generating approximately $583,000 (\u20ac538,000) in revenue from the price bubble in one day.\n\nOver the past eight months, the Central Bank of Iran has sold nearly 388,000 gold coins of various weights at inflated prices through auctions.\n\n\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The surge in demand for gold has driven up coin prices to as much as 30% above their intrinsic value with a number of factors contributing to the inflated gold coin price bubble within the Tehran market.<\/p>\n<h2>How trading works<\/h2><p>Each gold coin minted by the Central Bank of Iran weighs 8.13598 grams and is made of 22-karat gold. However, each ounce of gold, which reached a historic high of $2737 (\u20ac2528) on Monday is equivalent to 31.103 grams of 24-karat gold.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, each gold coin minted by the Central Bank of Iran is equivalent to 0.2354472 ounces of 24-karat gold. <\/p>\n<p>So, based on yesterday's gold price, each gold coin is worth $644.41 (\u20ac595.28). However, in the Tehran market on Monday, it fetched up to the equivalent of $861.5 (\u20ac795), some 30% more than its daily value on the global market.<\/p>\n<h2>Why gold is so sought after in Iran<\/h2><p>Apart from the global surge in gold prices, the continuous depreciation of the Iranian rial against the US dollar has caused the price of gold coins in Iran to rocket. Over the past year, the price of gold coin in rial has nearly doubled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the US dollar reached a new high of 650,000 rials on Tehran's free market, while the euro was sold at 705,000 rials. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8783896,8781760\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//11//how-are-iranian-truckers-circumventing-eu-sanctions-and-who-is-helping-them/"> How are Iranian lorry drivers circumventing EU sanctions, and who is helping them?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//10//tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim/">Tehran's missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>These are the highest prices since 13 April, when the dollar hit a record 670,000 rials and the euro reached 715,000 rials, just before Iran's initial missile strike on Israel. <\/p>\n<p>On 5 October, 2023, two days before Hamas's deadly attack on Israel, the dollar was trading at 500,000 rials. By Monday, 21 October, the figure had soared to 650,000 rials.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian rial has lost about 30% of its value against the US dollar in the past year, during the tension in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Inflation rises devaluing savings<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, the official inflation rate in Iran stands at 35%, slightly below the average annual inflation rate over the past six years of 42%. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, due to the impacts of Western economic sanctions and the inability of the government to manage the economy efficiently, Iranian people are converting their savings into valuable assets.<\/p>\n<p>To reduce the demand for foreign currency, the government has declared the possession of more than 10,000 euros equivalent to be smuggling. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, due to the shortage of foreign currency in the Iranian free market caused by government-imposed legal restrictions, the demand for gold coins has increased. <\/p>\n<p>Demand has been further intensified because of the recession in the housing and stock markets, stemming from economic insecurity caused by the looming threat of war between Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n<h2>Iran's budget deficit outlook worsens<\/h2><p>At the same time, the government's budget deficit outlook has also darkened.<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian Ministry of Economy official recently announced that the budget deficit for the last solar year was four quadrillion rials (equivalent to $6.15bn and \u20ac5.68bn based on the free market rate and $8.16bn and \u20ac7.54bn based on the official exchange rate).<\/p>\n<p>Abdolnaser Hemmati, Iran's Minister of Economy, also said last week that the government's budget deficit in the current solar year has reached 8.5 quadrillion rials ($13bn and \u20ac12bn based on the free market rate and $17.3bn and \u20ac15.9bn based on the official exchange rate).<\/p>\n<p>Following the doubling of Iran's government budget deficit, some economists have hypothesised that the Central Bank of Iran has resorted to selling foreign currency reserves from oil exports on the free market to finance the government's deficit, thereby increasing the price of foreign currencies to acquire more rials. <\/p>\n<h2>Iran suspected of financing deficits by selling foreign currency<\/h2><p>Although Iranian governments have consistently denied financing budget deficits through the sale of foreign currency on the free market and the devaluation of the rial, some experts have persistently levelled this accusation against the government and the Central Bank of Iran, whose independence is questioned by experts.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, not only has the certainty of further devaluation of the rial increased the demand for converting rial savings into foreign currency and gold coins, but the upward trend in exchange rates has also ensured the continued growth of gold coin prices in rial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8802596,8789410\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//14//australias-gold-rush/">Tourists and gold diggers boost central Queensland economy as old mines re-open<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//21//gold-and-silver-surge-to-new-records-as-haven-demand-mounts/">Gold and silver prices surge to new records as haven demand mounts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the historic record of 560m rials for each full gold coin, the Central Bank of Iran announced that on Tuesday (October 22), it would hold an auction for gold coins in packages of five and would begin distributing them in nine days.<\/p>\n<p>In this auction, the Central Bank of Iran allocated 3059 gold coins to participants at an average price of $835.15 and \u20ac772 based on the free-market rate and $1107 and \u20ac1023 based on the official exchange rate (542,580,000 Rials).<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the Central Bank of Iran sold each gold coin, on average, $190.7 (\u20ac176.2) above its actual value, generating approximately $583,000 (\u20ac538,000) in revenue from the price bubble in one day.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past eight months, the Central Bank of Iran has sold nearly 388,000 gold coins of various weights at inflated prices through auctions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729595573,"updatedAt":1729608467,"publishedAt":1729600331,"firstPublishedAt":1729600331,"lastPublishedAt":1729600576,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/51\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_59510ebc-4d19-5534-900c-7482273324b4-8805104.jpg","altText":"File picture of people walk through the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran","caption":"File 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Passengers were informed that the cancellations were linked to the decision in Brussels.","summary":"Hours after new EU sanctions were announced, Iran Air sent SMS cancellations to all Europe-bound flights. Passengers were informed that the cancellations were linked to the decision in Brussels.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-air-cancels-europe-flights-hours-after-new-batch-of-eu-sanctions","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/15\/iran-air-cancels-europe-flights-hours-after-new-batch-of-eu-sanctions","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hours after new EU sanctions, Tehran's flagship airliner Iran Air cancelled all of its flights to Europe via an SMS message to passengers on Monday.\n\nA number of travellers contacted Euronews Farsi, stating they received a text message from Imam Khomeini Airport in the Iranian capital informing them that their flights to European destinations had been cancelled.\n\nAfter calling the airport to contact the airline, the operator told them that the cause was linked to EU sanctions against the airline.\n\nOn Monday, the EU added three Iranian airlines \u2014 Iran Air, Mahan and Saha \u2014 to its list with new sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities.\n\nThe sanctions have targeted companies and individuals involved in the air missile transfer program by building, supplying and transporting drones and parts used in their maintenance to Russia.\n\nNone of the three airlines have responded to questions about the sanctions by the time of publishing.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hours after new EU sanctions, Tehran's flagship airliner Iran Air cancelled all of its flights to Europe via an SMS message to passengers on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A number of travellers contacted Euronews Farsi, stating they received a text message from Imam Khomeini Airport in the Iranian capital informing them that their flights to European destinations had been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>After calling the airport to contact the airline, the operator told them that the cause was linked to EU sanctions against the airline.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the EU added three Iranian airlines \u2014 Iran Air, Mahan and Saha \u2014 to its list with new sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities.<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions have targeted companies and individuals involved in the air missile transfer program by building, supplying and transporting drones and parts used in their maintenance to Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8788894,8783896\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//11//how-are-iranian-truckers-circumventing-eu-sanctions-and-who-is-helping-them/"> How are Iranian lorry drivers circumventing EU sanctions, and who is helping them?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//14//eu-targets-14-iranian-individuals-and-entities-for-providing-missiles-to-russia/">EU targets 14 Iranian individuals and entities for providing missiles to Russia<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>None of the three airlines have responded to questions about the sanctions by the time of publishing.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728978186,"updatedAt":1728981791,"publishedAt":1728981785,"firstPublishedAt":1728981785,"lastPublishedAt":1728981785,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/79\/03\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6e2bbfbd-afa2-55cd-8ba6-57ca1ce796a5-8790302.jpg","altText":"Archive: Photo of a Mahan Plane at Imam airport. ","caption":"Archive: Photo of a Mahan Plane at Imam airport. 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reportedly exhausts third of 'high-grade' missile arsenal against Israel","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Tehran's missile count significantly depleted after strike on Israel, reports claim","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Tehran's missile stocks depleted after Israel strike, reports claim","titleListing2":"Israeli media estimate: Iran consumed one-third of its advanced missiles in recent attack on Israel","leadin":"Israeli media outlet Kan 11 claimed Iran used about a third of its advanced ballistic missiles in last week's huge and unprecedented attack on Israel.","summary":"Israeli media outlet Kan 11 claimed Iran used about a third of its advanced ballistic missiles in last week's huge and unprecedented attack on Israel.","keySentence":"","url":"tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/10\/tehrans-missile-count-significantly-depleted-after-strike-on-israel-reports-claim","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Tehran has depleted one-third of its high-grade missiles in its latest attack on Israel, according to media reports.\n\nIsraeli state-owned outlet Kan 11 estimated that Iran is now left with around 400 top-tier missiles in its arsenal after using about 180 rockets against its neighbour earlier in October.\n\nThe missiles used in Iran's recent attack accounted for one-sixth of Tehran's total number of ballistic missiles, estimated at up to 2,000, according to international media reports.\n\nIn the aftermath of the strike, Israeli authorities said that most of the rockets were intercepted or missed their targets, with only a small number of missiles causing damage.\n\n\u201cIran's attacks were aggressive but lacked the necessary precision,\u201d Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said during a visit to the country's military intelligence division after the strike, adding that Israel's response would be \u201cdeadly, accurate and surprising\u201d.\n\nIsrael has still not responded to Tehran's missile attack, however.\n\nIran's recent display of strength came after a previous drone strike in April, and experts believe the missiles used in the latest attack all came from its more advanced stock. \n\nIsrael's i24 News also quoted an Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claiming that Iran \u201cwasted\u201d a significant part of its advanced capabilities in that operation and had not yet \u201cachieved\u201d its objectives.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tehran has depleted one-third of its high-grade missiles in its latest attack on Israel, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli state-owned outlet Kan 11 estimated that Iran is now left with around 400 top-tier missiles in its arsenal after using about 180 rockets against its neighbour earlier in October.<\/p>\n<p>The missiles used in Iran's recent attack accounted for one-sixth of Tehran's total number of ballistic missiles, estimated at up to 2,000, according to international media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the strike, Israeli authorities said that most of the rockets were intercepted or missed their targets, with only a small number of missiles causing damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran's attacks were aggressive but lacked the necessary precision,\u201d Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said during a visit to the country's military intelligence division after the strike, adding that Israel's response would be \u201cdeadly, accurate and surprising\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has still not responded to Tehran's missile attack, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8781308,8777986\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//10//israeli-defence-minister-warns-attack-on-iran-would-be-lethal/">Israeli defence minister warns attack on Iran would be 'lethal'<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//09//social-media-abuzz-with-claims-of-irans-secret-nuclear-test-after-44-magnitude-earthquake/">Iran: An earthquake \u2014 or a secret underground nuclear test?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Iran's recent display of strength came after a previous drone strike in April, and experts believe the missiles used in the latest attack all came from its more advanced stock. <\/p>\n<p>Israel's i24 News also quoted an Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claiming that Iran \u201cwasted\u201d a significant part of its advanced capabilities in that operation and had not yet \u201cachieved\u201d its objectives.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728551711,"updatedAt":1728555187,"publishedAt":1728554714,"firstPublishedAt":1728554714,"lastPublishedAt":1728555187,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/14\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_44a9c990-9ef1-5da4-9e11-1a7fd11494e7-8781454.jpg","altText":"One of the downed Iranian missiles fired at Israel during the April 28 attack (May 9)","caption":"One of the downed Iranian missiles fired at Israel during the April 28 attack (May 9)","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":658,"urlSafeValue":"salari","title":"Massoud Salari","twitter":"@massoudsalari"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":8311,"slug":"missile","urlSafeValue":"missile","title":"Missile","titleRaw":"Missile"},{"id":12353,"slug":"ballistic-missile","urlSafeValue":"ballistic-missile","title":"Ballistic missile","titleRaw":"Ballistic missile"},{"id":12667,"slug":"iran-s-missile-program","urlSafeValue":"iran-s-missile-program","title":"Iran's Missile Program","titleRaw":"Iran's Missile Program"},{"id":14870,"slug":"iran-and-israel","urlSafeValue":"iran-and-israel","title":"Iran and Israel ","titleRaw":"Iran and Israel "},{"id":29760,"slug":"irans-attack-on-israel","urlSafeValue":"irans-attack-on-israel","title":"Iran's attack on Israel","titleRaw":"Iran's attack on 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Nuclear Test or Natural Earthquake?","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran: An earthquake \u2014 or a secret underground nuclear test?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran: An earthquake \u2014 or a secret underground nuclear test?","titleListing2":"Social media abuzz with claims of Iran's secret nuclear test after 4.4-magnitude earthquake","leadin":"Days after news broke of the earthquake in Iran's Semnan province, speculation has continued on social media that the tremors were caused by Tehran's first nuclear test.","summary":"Days after news broke of the earthquake in Iran's Semnan province, speculation has continued on social media that the tremors were caused by Tehran's first nuclear test.","keySentence":"","url":"social-media-abuzz-with-claims-of-irans-secret-nuclear-test-after-44-magnitude-earthquake","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/09\/social-media-abuzz-with-claims-of-irans-secret-nuclear-test-after-44-magnitude-earthquake","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At 10:45 pm on Saturday, the University of Tehran's seismography centre announced that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake had shaken the city of Aradan in Iran's Semnan province, with tremors also felt in parts of eastern Tehran.\n\nThe epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred 12km below ground, were recorded as 35.42\u00b0 north and 52.78\u00b0 east.\n\nHours after the news broke, social media users began speculating that the Tehran regime had attempted to conduct its first underground nuclear test, presumably as a deterrent measure against Israeli attacks on its territory.\n\nThese speculations came as Islamic Republic officials and Revolutionary Guard commanders repeatedly threaten that if economic, political and military pressures on the country intensify, Tehran will alter its military defence doctrine \u2014 a change that would require amending the Iranian leader's fatwa on the illegality of nuclear weapons.\n\nNevertheless, the NorNews news website, which operates informally as the Islamic Republic's National Security Council main information outlet, dismissed the nuclear speculation as \u201crumours\u201d and once again stressed that nuclear testing contradicts Iran's nuclear and defence doctrine.\n\nHowever, the notion that Iran would never conduct such a test without announcing a change in policy does not necessarily stand up to scrutiny.\n\nDoes Iran have any secret testing sites?\n\nIn 2019, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank, released a report that Iran had begun a program to build underground nuclear testing sites, known as the \u201cField Project\u201d.\n\nThe foundation has been sanctioned by Iran's Foreign Ministry for five years for \u201cproducing and disseminating lies, encouraging, consulting, lobbying, and negative propaganda campaign against the Islamic Republic with the aim of playing an effective role in imposing and intensifying economic sanctions\u201d.\n\nAccording to its 2019 report, its researchers \"identified the likely location (in an area southeast of Semnan) where underground non-nuclear explosives tests were conducted in 2003 as part of developing seismic methods of measuring the yield of an underground nuclear explosive.\"\n\nThis raises the prospect that the earthquake reported in Semnan could be connected to Tehran's first nuclear test.\n\nWhile Iran has previously acknowledged the existence of the \"Imam Khomeini\" space centre and missile headquarters southeast of Semnan, the site is more than 100 kilometres from the earthquake's epicentre.\n\nHowever, some social media users continue to speculate that perhaps Iran has an undeclared underground nuclear facility in Semnan province, preferring to use it as a testing site instead of conducting them at a well-known facility such as Natanz.\n\nTehran has consistently failed to disclose its nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency. At the same time, Iran is an earthquake-prone country, and tremors like these are not uncommon or strange.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At 10:45 pm on Saturday, the University of Tehran's seismography centre announced that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake had shaken the city of Aradan in Iran's Semnan province, with tremors also felt in parts of eastern Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred 12km below ground, were recorded as 35.42\u00b0 north and 52.78\u00b0 east.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the news broke, social media users began speculating that the Tehran regime had attempted to conduct its first underground nuclear test, presumably as a deterrent measure against Israeli attacks on its territory.<\/p>\n<p>These speculations came as Islamic Republic officials and Revolutionary Guard commanders repeatedly threaten that if economic, political and military pressures on the country intensify, Tehran will alter its military defence doctrine \u2014 a change that would require amending the Iranian leader's fatwa on the illegality of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the NorNews news website, which operates informally as the Islamic Republic's National Security Council main information outlet, dismissed the nuclear speculation as \u201crumours\u201d and once again stressed that nuclear testing contradicts Iran's nuclear and defence doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>However, the notion that Iran would never conduct such a test without announcing a change in policy does not necessarily stand up to scrutiny.<\/p>\n<h2>Does Iran have any secret testing sites?<\/h2><p>In 2019, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.fdd.org//analysis//monographs//2019//04//02//project-midan///">released a report<\/strong><\/a> that Iran had begun a program to build underground nuclear testing sites, known as the \u201cField Project\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation has been sanctioned by Iran's Foreign Ministry for five years for \u201cproducing and disseminating lies, encouraging, consulting, lobbying, and negative propaganda campaign against the Islamic Republic with the aim of playing an effective role in imposing and intensifying economic sanctions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to its 2019 report, its researchers \"identified the likely location (in an area southeast of Semnan) where underground non-nuclear explosives tests were conducted in 2003 as part of developing seismic methods of measuring the yield of an underground nuclear explosive.\"<\/p>\n<p>This raises the prospect that the earthquake reported in Semnan could be connected to Tehran's first nuclear test.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8778356,8771732\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//08//moscow-and-tehran-are-behind-spike-in-terror-plots-mi5-spy-chief-says/">Moscow and Tehran are behind spike in terror plots, MI5 spy chief says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//04//irans-supreme-leader-missile-attack-on-israel-will-repeat-if-needed/">Iran's supreme leader: Missile attack on Israel will repeat if needed<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While Iran has previously acknowledged the existence of the \"Imam Khomeini\" space centre and missile headquarters southeast of Semnan, the site is more than 100 kilometres from the earthquake's epicentre.<\/p>\n<p>However, some social media users continue to speculate that perhaps Iran has an undeclared underground nuclear facility in Semnan province, preferring to use it as a testing site instead of conducting them at a well-known facility such as Natanz.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran has consistently failed to disclose its nuclear activities to the International Atomic Energy Agency. At the same time, Iran is an earthquake-prone country, and tremors like these are not uncommon or strange.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728385035,"updatedAt":1728552802,"publishedAt":1728473425,"firstPublishedAt":1728473425,"lastPublishedAt":1728552802,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/57\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7dfab953-7e5a-59a1-998a-5b442f9c80d0-8775734.jpg","altText":"Archival photo of Iranian missile firings","caption":"Archival photo of Iranian missile firings","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran's supreme leader: Missile attack on Israel will repeat if needed","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran's supreme leader: Missile attack on Israel will repeat if needed","titleListing2":"Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran is prepared to do it again","leadin":"The announcement from Tehran came after Iran launched some 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday, and follows a series of escalating attacks between the two countries, threatening to push the Middle East closer to a region-wide war.","summary":"The announcement from Tehran came after Iran launched some 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday, and follows a series of escalating attacks between the two countries, threatening to push the Middle East closer to a region-wide war.","keySentence":"","url":"irans-supreme-leader-missile-attack-on-israel-will-repeat-if-needed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/04\/irans-supreme-leader-missile-attack-on-israel-will-repeat-if-needed","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran\u2019s supreme leader on Friday praised the missile attack it launched on Israel earlier in the week, asserting Tehran was ready to do so again if necessary, according to state TV reports.\n\nWhile Iran claimed most of its missiles hit their targets, Israel said it had intercepted many of the missiles. While no immediate casualties were reported, Israel vowed to retaliate. \n\nOfficials in Washington revealed that US destroyers had assisted in Israel\u2019s defence, as did the UK defence ministry, but it remains unclear what their participation entailed.\n\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei called the missile strike a \u201cshining\u201d job by Iran's armed forces as he made his first appearance as leader in around five years at Friday prayers. \n\nThe 85-year-old called Hamas' 7\u00a0October\u00a0attack a legitimate action by the Palestinian people in a 40-minute speech delivered to thousands of people at the Mosalla mosque.\n\nHe stated that Tuesday's missile barrage was based on international law, as well as the country\u2019s law and Islamic beliefs. He urged nations from \u201cAfghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Yemen\u201d to be ready to take action against what he said was \"the enemy\". \n\nKhamenei went on to praise those who had died doing so, \u201cour resisting people in Lebanon and Palestine, you brave fighters, you loyal and patient people, these martyrdoms and the blood that was shed shouldn\u2019t shake your determination but make you more persistent,\u201d he said.\n\nGiving half of the speech in Arabic as he addressed his comments to Arab nations and not his native Persian, this was Khamenei's first appearance at Friday prayers since the death of Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani,\u00a0killed in 2020 by a US drone strike in Baghdad.\n\nA ceremony commemorating the\u00a0death of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by Israeli forces, was held before Khamenei\u2019s speech. Iran is Hezbollah\u2019s main backer and has sent weapons and billions of dollars to the group. \n\nMost high-ranking Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and top Revolutionary Guard generals, attended the ceremony.\n\nOn Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut where he was expected to discuss ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah with Lebanese officials. \n\nForeign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced that Iran sent a shipment of aid, which included 10 tonnes of food and medicine to Lebanon. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran\u2019s supreme leader on Friday praised the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//02//what-we-know-about-irans-latest-missile-strike-on-israel/">missile attack it launched on Israel<\/strong><\/a> earlier in the week, asserting Tehran was ready to do so again if necessary, according to state TV reports.<\/p>\n<p>While Iran claimed most of its missiles hit their targets, Israel said it had intercepted many of the missiles. While no immediate casualties were reported, Israel <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//01//us-warns-iran-planning-imminent-ballistic-missile-attack-on-israel-as-lebanon-invasion-beg/">vowed to retaliate<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Officials in Washington revealed that US destroyers had assisted in Israel\u2019s defence, as did the UK defence ministry, but it remains unclear what their participation entailed.<\/p>\n<p>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the missile strike a \u201cshining\u201d job by Iran's armed forces as he made his first appearance as leader in around five years at Friday prayers. <\/p>\n<p>The 85-year-old called Hamas' 7\u00a0October\u00a0attack a legitimate action by the Palestinian people in a 40-minute speech delivered to thousands of people at the Mosalla mosque.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that Tuesday's missile barrage was based on international law, as well as the country\u2019s law and Islamic beliefs. He urged nations from \u201cAfghanistan to Yemen and from Iran to Gaza and Yemen\u201d to be ready to take action against what he said was \"the enemy\". <\/p>\n<p>Khamenei went on to praise those who had died doing so, \u201cour resisting people in Lebanon and Palestine, you brave fighters, you loyal and patient people, these martyrdoms and the blood that was shed shouldn\u2019t shake your determination but make you more persistent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Giving half of the speech in Arabic as he addressed his comments to Arab nations and not his native Persian, this was Khamenei's first appearance at Friday prayers since the death of Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani,\u00a0killed in 2020 by a US drone strike in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>A ceremony commemorating the\u00a0death of Lebanese Hezbollah leader <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//28//israel-says-its-killed-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah/">Hassan Nasrallah<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> who was killed by Israeli forces, was held before Khamenei\u2019s speech. Iran is Hezbollah\u2019s main backer and has sent weapons and billions of dollars to the group. <\/p>\n<p>Most high-ranking Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and top Revolutionary Guard generals, attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Beirut where he was expected to discuss ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah with Lebanese officials. <\/p>\n<p>Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced that Iran sent a shipment of aid, which included 10 tonnes of food and medicine to Lebanon. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728048322,"updatedAt":1728056345,"publishedAt":1728052606,"firstPublishedAt":1728052606,"lastPublishedAt":1728055894,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/77\/17\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c82fb85a-a5ea-5369-b93a-68873e06de8e-8771732.jpg","altText":"In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme 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IRAN EXPLAINER BABAK","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"What calculations stand behind Tehran's massive missile strike on Israel?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What calculations are behind Tehran's major missile strike on Israel?","titleListing2":"What calculations stand behind Tehran's massive missile strike on Israel?","leadin":"Some critics have cynically described Iran\u2019s missile strike as an elaborate, expensive spectacle intended for public consumption. Others are worried this is the final nail in the coffin that will spark the region's biggest war in decades. But why did Tehran choose to escalate now?","summary":"Some critics have cynically described Iran\u2019s missile strike as an elaborate, expensive spectacle intended for public consumption. Others are worried this is the final nail in the coffin that will spark the region's biggest war in decades. But why did Tehran choose to escalate now?","keySentence":"","url":"what-calculations-stand-behind-tehrans-massive-missile-strike-on-israel","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/02\/what-calculations-stand-behind-tehrans-massive-missile-strike-on-israel","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As Tehran launched a major missile strike targeting Israel from its own territory on Tuesday night in a shock decision to enter the fray in the now-regional conflict, early indications suggest this attack was far more calculated and bold than the one in April. \n\nThe sight of hundreds of Iranian missiles flying over Israel and the continuous sound of sirens in major Israeli cities made this assault far more serious than previous retaliations.\n\nTehran argues that the attack was an act of \"self-defence\" in response to repeated strikes on its territory and citizens. \n\nAfter nearly two months of \"strict restraint,\" it claims the decision was made to retaliate for the deaths of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah\u2019s Hassan Nasrallah and Abbass Nilforoushan, IRGC's senior military adviser in Lebanon. \n\nThe IRGC also mentioned avenging the blood of Gaza's children and Lebanon's people in its statement.\n\nWhy did Iran strike now?\n\nThis issue has generated significant controversy in recent days, sparking speculation that Iran has abandoned its key ally in the region. \n\nThe new president, in fact, faced criticism for not retaliating against Israel following the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran. (While Israel hasn\u2019t taken responsibility, it is widely believed to have been behind Haniyeh's death). \n\nHardliners argue that this inaction only emboldened Netanyahu, referencing the targeted killings of Nasrallah and Nilforoushan in Beirut last Friday. \n\nSome critics even predicted that Netanyahu might now feel confident enough to carry out further assassinations inside Iran, potentially targeting Iranian leaders.\n\nTehran, therefore, felt it had no option but to respond to Israel to placate a portion of its domestic public and to reinvigorate the \"Resistance Axis\" in neighbouring countries. \n\nDespite this, Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued, and the Israeli army has stated they will persist until their goals are achieved.\n\nWhat missiles were used and what about civilian flights?\n\nWhile Iran claims that 90% of its projectiles hit their targets, Israeli officials counter that most missiles were intercepted by Israeli air defence systems, though they do not deny that some military bases may have been hit. \n\nThe IRGC claims to have used a new hypersonic missile, the Fattah-1, for the first time in striking at least three military bases. \n\nThe Fattah-1, described by Tehran as a \"hypersonic\" missile, reportedly travels at Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound (around 6,100 km\/h). However, it remains unclear how many Fattah-1 missiles were actually launched.\n\nMeanwhile, Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation announced that all flights in the country will remain suspended until 5 am local time on Thursday. \n\nThis cancellation could reflect Tehran's concerns about a swift Israeli retaliation. The announcement followed Iran's launch of at least 180 missiles at Israel and the brief closure of Ben Gurion Airport during the missile attack. \n\nIt is still unclear whether Iran had fully closed its airspace at the start of the attack. Videos from passengers on a flight, showing them watching the missiles from their windows, have raised suspicions and revived memories of the Ukrainian plane shot down by the IRGC nearly four years ago. The IRGC was accused of using civilians as human shields in that incident.\n\nWhat comes next?\n\nIn his initial remarks, Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Iran had made a grave mistake with this attack and would face consequences. He stated: \"The rule is: whoever attacks us, we will attack him.\" \n\nIran's oil facilities remain a potential target, and some speculate that Israel may resort to targeted assassinations or strike Iran\u2019s air defence systems. Israel's counterstrike in April was aimed at an S-300 air defence battery in Iran, marking the end of that round of direct attacks.\n\nHowever, the likelihood of an attack aimed at killing the commanders involved in Tuesday's missile strike seems higher. Another option would be those Iranian refineries involved in gasoline production, as Iran is very vulnerable in this sector.\n\nTypically, the emergence of any crisis in Iran, from unrest to fears of war, is manifested by long lines forming at gas stations, an issue that has been clearly evident in the past 24 hours.\n\nOn the other hand, Iranian diplomats and military commanders have suggested that their operation has concluded, implying that Iran will take no further action unless Israel responds. However, Iran has warned that any Israeli retaliation will be met with an even stronger response.\n\nTehran\u2019s strategic options are unclear beyond its missile capabilities, especially as the US has expressed full support for Israel. The reactions from Western countries, most of which condemned Iran's actions, show that Washington's allies are also standing firmly behind Israel. \n\nThis clearly shifts the balance in Israel\u2019s favour, particularly as Iran's strategic allies \u2014 Russia and China \u2014 remain ambiguous, frequently recalculating their stance based on national interests.\n\nSome critics have cynically described Iran\u2019s missile strike as an elaborate, expensive spectacle intended for public consumption. \n\nApproximately 200 ballistic missiles were fired, yet no Israelis were killed, and only one Palestinian reportedly died. It remains uncertain whether the timing and geographic spread of the strikes during rush hour were part of a strategy to influence public opinion.\n\nRegardless, the real victims of war and conflict are always ordinary civilians \u2014 people with no involvement in politics. Whether directly or indirectly, they suffer from violence or endure far-reaching consequences, including economic hardships and psychological trauma.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>As Tehran launched a major missile strike targeting Israel from its own territory on Tuesday night in a shock decision to enter the fray in the now-regional conflict, early indications suggest this attack was far more calculated and bold than the one in April. <\/p>\n<p>The sight of hundreds of Iranian missiles flying over Israel and the continuous sound of sirens in major Israeli cities made this assault far more serious than previous retaliations.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran argues that the attack was an act of \"self-defence\" in response to repeated strikes on its territory and citizens. <\/p>\n<p>After nearly two months of \"strict restraint,\" it claims the decision was made to retaliate for the deaths of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah\u2019s Hassan Nasrallah and Abbass Nilforoushan, IRGC's senior military adviser in Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>The IRGC also mentioned avenging the blood of Gaza's children and Lebanon's people in its statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did Iran strike now?<\/h2><p>This issue has generated significant controversy in recent days, sparking speculation that Iran has abandoned its key ally in the region. <\/p>\n<p>The new president, in fact, faced criticism for not retaliating against Israel following the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran. (While Israel hasn\u2019t taken responsibility, it is widely believed to have been behind Haniyeh's death). <\/p>\n<p>Hardliners argue that this inaction only emboldened Netanyahu, referencing the targeted killings of Nasrallah and Nilforoushan in Beirut last Friday. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//76//64//58//808x539_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg/" alt=\"In this photo provided by Fars News Agency, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen Abbas Nilforushan addresses a meeting in Tehran, 5 February 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/384x256_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/640x427_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/750x500_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/828x552_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1080x720_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1200x800_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1920x1281_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this photo provided by Fars News Agency, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen Abbas Nilforushan addresses a meeting in Tehran, 5 February 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Elaheh Javan\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some critics even predicted that Netanyahu might now feel confident enough to carry out further assassinations inside Iran, potentially targeting Iranian leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran, therefore, felt it had no option but to respond to Israel to placate a portion of its domestic public and to reinvigorate the \"Resistance Axis\" in neighbouring countries. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8765774,8765840\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//02//what-we-know-about-irans-latest-missile-strike-on-israel/">What we know about Iran's latest missile strike on Israel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//02//middle-east-crisis-iran-sends-more-than-180-missiles-at-israel-israel-signals-it-will-reta/">Middle East crisis: IDF troops and Hezbollah clash 'in close-range' inside Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite this, Israeli military operations in Lebanon have continued, and the Israeli army has stated they will persist until their goals are achieved.<\/p>\n<h2>What missiles were used and what about civilian flights?<\/h2><p>While Iran claims that 90% of its projectiles hit their targets, Israeli officials counter that most missiles were intercepted by Israeli air defence systems, though they do not deny that some military bases may have been hit. <\/p>\n<p>The IRGC claims to have used a new hypersonic missile, the Fattah-1, for the first time in striking at least three military bases. <\/p>\n<p>The Fattah-1, described by Tehran as a \"hypersonic\" missile, reportedly travels at Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound (around 6,100 km\/h). However, it remains unclear how many Fattah-1 missiles were actually launched.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//76//64//58//808x539_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg/" alt=\"Palestinians take their photos with the debris of an Iranian missile intercepted by Israel, in the West Bank city of Hebron, 2 October 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/384x256_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/640x427_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/750x500_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/828x552_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1080x720_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1200x800_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/1920x1280_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Palestinians take their photos with the debris of an Iranian missile intercepted by Israel, in the West Bank city of Hebron, 2 October 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Mahmoud Illean<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation announced that all flights in the country will remain suspended until 5 am local time on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>This cancellation could reflect Tehran's concerns about a swift Israeli retaliation. The announcement followed Iran's launch of at least 180 missiles at Israel and the brief closure of Ben Gurion Airport during the missile attack. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8373838,8765880\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//10//02//oil-prices-surge-following-iranian-missile-attack-on-israel/">Opec sticks to plans as oil prices surge after Iran's missile attack on Israel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//10//02//iran-attack-middle-eastern-airspace-closure-could-see-continuing-flight-delays/">Flights forced to turn back after Iran missile attack closes airspace: What's next for travellers?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is still unclear whether Iran had fully closed its airspace at the start of the attack. Videos from passengers on a flight, showing them watching the missiles from their windows, have raised suspicions and revived memories of the Ukrainian plane shot down by the IRGC nearly four years ago. The IRGC was accused of using civilians as human shields in that incident.<\/p>\n<h2>What comes next?<\/h2><p>In his initial remarks, Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Iran had made a grave mistake with this attack and would face consequences. He stated: \"The rule is: whoever attacks us, we will attack him.\" <\/p>\n<p>Iran's oil facilities remain a potential target, and some speculate that Israel may resort to targeted assassinations or strike Iran\u2019s air defence systems. Israel's counterstrike in April was aimed at an S-300 air defence battery in Iran, marking the end of that round of direct attacks.<\/p>\n<p>However, the likelihood of an attack aimed at killing the commanders involved in Tuesday's missile strike seems higher. Another option would be those Iranian refineries involved in gasoline production, as Iran is very vulnerable in this sector.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, the emergence of any crisis in Iran, from unrest to fears of war, is manifested by long lines forming at gas stations, an issue that has been clearly evident in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Iranian diplomats and military commanders have suggested that their operation has concluded, implying that Iran will take no further action unless Israel responds. However, Iran has warned that any Israeli retaliation will be met with an even stronger response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//72//26//40//808x539_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg/" alt=\"A Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile is fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guard during a maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, 9 March 2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/640x427_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/750x500_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/828x552_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/1080x720_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/1200x800_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Qadr H long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile is fired by Iran's Revolutionary Guard during a maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, 9 March 2016<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Omid Vahabzadeh\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tehran\u2019s strategic options are unclear beyond its missile capabilities, especially as the US has expressed full support for Israel. The reactions from Western countries, most of which condemned Iran's actions, show that Washington's allies are also standing firmly behind Israel. <\/p>\n<p>This clearly shifts the balance in Israel\u2019s favour, particularly as Iran's strategic allies \u2014 Russia and China \u2014 remain ambiguous, frequently recalculating their stance based on national interests.<\/p>\n<p>Some critics have cynically described Iran\u2019s missile strike as an elaborate, expensive spectacle intended for public consumption. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8649242,8633424\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//08//13//iran-dismisses-european-leaders-call-to-refrain-from-retaliating-for-hamas-leaders-killing/">Iran dismisses European leaders' call to refrain from retaliating for Hamas leader's killing<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//06//who-are-iran-armed-proxies-that-could-play-a-key-role-in-retaliatory-strikes-against-israe/">Who are Iran-armed proxies that could play a key role in retaliatory strikes against Israel?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Approximately 200 ballistic missiles were fired, yet no Israelis were killed, and only one Palestinian reportedly died. It remains uncertain whether the timing and geographic spread of the strikes during rush hour were part of a strategy to influence public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the real victims of war and conflict are always ordinary civilians \u2014 people with no involvement in politics. Whether directly or indirectly, they suffer from violence or endure far-reaching consequences, including economic hardships and psychological trauma.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1727863447,"updatedAt":1727867772,"publishedAt":1727866112,"firstPublishedAt":1727866112,"lastPublishedAt":1727867772,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_59e8cf1b-83e7-5198-a116-1a9135a245f3-8766458.jpg","altText":"FILE: A woman walks past a banner showing missiles being launched, in northern Tehran, 19 April 2024","caption":"FILE: A woman walks past a banner showing missiles being launched, in northern Tehran, 19 April 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1b16611f-8e0c-5f85-9b61-99011205173f-8766458.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5616,"height":3744},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/76\/64\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2284d0de-aa8c-5601-9888-a7f1db68e5d3-8766458.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/26\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a898046c-4bd0-505f-88ae-dd93d7589090-8722640.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3261,"height":2174}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":1044,"urlSafeValue":"kamiar","title":"Babak Kamiar","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":30104,"slug":"israel-hezbollah-conflict","urlSafeValue":"israel-hezbollah-conflict","title":"Israel-Hezbollah conflict","titleRaw":"Israel-Hezbollah conflict"},{"id":29760,"slug":"irans-attack-on-israel","urlSafeValue":"irans-attack-on-israel","title":"Iran's attack on Israel","titleRaw":"Iran's attack on Israel"},{"id":11950,"slug":"middle-east","urlSafeValue":"middle-east","title":"Middle East","titleRaw":"Middle East"},{"id":153,"slug":"iran","urlSafeValue":"iran","title":"Iran","titleRaw":"Iran"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":3},{"slug":"related","count":3}],"related":[{"id":2644658},{"id":2652118}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":153,"urlSafeValue":"iran","title":"Iran","url":"\/news\/asia\/iran"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84121001"],"slugs":["news"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-web","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/10\/02\/what-calculations-stand-behind-tehrans-massive-missile-strike-on-israel","lastModified":1727867772},{"id":2521824,"cid":8373838,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240415_TNSU_55299095","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"TRAVEL IRAN FLIGHT TIME INCREASES","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Flights forced to turn back after Iran missile attack closes airspace: What's next for travellers?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What does the Iran airspace closure mean for air travel? ","titleListing2":"Iran attack: Middle Eastern airspace closure could see continuing flight delays","leadin":"Diversions can add hours to journey times for passengers.","summary":"Diversions can add hours to journey times for passengers.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-attack-middle-eastern-airspace-closure-could-see-continuing-flight-delays","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2024\/10\/02\/iran-attack-middle-eastern-airspace-closure-could-see-continuing-flight-delays","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Flights over the Middle East had to abandon their journeys yesterday after Iran launched a missile attack against Israel.\n\nThe airspace above Iran, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and other countries in the region was closed, causing airlines to change their flight paths to keep passengers and crew safe.\n\nEuropean leaders have condemned Iran's attack and tensions are high as the world waits to see how Israel will respond.\n\nWhich airlines diverted flights to avoid Middle East airspace?\n\nIn total, 81 flights were diverted by 16 airlines on Tuesday.\n\nAs you would expect Middle Eastern airlines diverted the most flights, with Qatar Airways and Emirates leading the pack. Istanbul airport was the worst affected airport, with 19 flights diverted.\n\nAccording to FlightRadar24, at least three flights operated by German carrier Lufthansa on the way India and Dubai turned around before reaching Iranian airspace. Their journeys back to Europe extended flight times by up to eight hours.\n\nAnother flight operated by Swiss from Zurich to Dubai diverted to Antalya, Turkey, shortly before it would have crossed into Iran, FlightRadar24 shows.\n\nThe flight-tracking website also showed several Emirates flights bound for Dubai were impacted. The airline told AirlineGeeks that it was diverting some flights and cancelling others.\n\n\"We are closely monitoring the situation and are making all efforts to ensure minimal disruption to customers while assisting those impacted,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nA British Airways flight from London to Dubai, a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight from Paris to Amman, and an Israeli airline El Al flight from Rhodes, Greece, to Tel Aviv were all diverted to Larnaca, Cyprus, FlightRadar data shows.\n\nBritish Airways told Business Insider, \"Safety and security are always our highest priorities, and we continuously assess and adjust our operations accordingly.\"\n\nWhere in the Middle East is airspace currently closed?\n\nThroughout the day, some restrictions were lifted, FlightRadar24 said. \n\nJordan and Iraq reopened to flights late on Tuesday local time, though few were passing through the region.\n\nIran's has extended the closure of their airspace in anticipation of Israeli's retaliation for their attack. Follow Euronews' live coverage of unfolding events here. \n\nHow are travellers affected by Middle East airspace closures?\n\nMany European and Asian airlines fly over the Middle East on their way between a number of popular destinations and have expressed concerns that the necessary rerouting will prolong flight times and add to fuel costs.\n\nAirspaces throughout the region are often plagued by risks and complexities due to ongoing conflicts.\n\nIran\u2019s airspace is one of the most frequently used by airlines travelling between Europe and India or Southeast Asia.\n\nAt the start of Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in Gaza in 7 October 2023, airlines were forced to cancel or change the routes of flights through and around Tel Aviv. That situation has been monitored closely since.\n\nOngoing airspace closures could see airlines add hours of flight time to circumvent Iran and Israel to reach places in Europe, the Middle East, India, and beyond - similar to what happened after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Airlines like Japan Airlines, British Airways, and Finnair added up to four hours of flight time to avoid the Kremlin's airspace on flights between Asia and Europe amid Russian airspace closures and sanctions.\n\nAlthough it is impossible to find out what route your flight will take ahead of time, you can monitor the flight paths of the same flight on previous days. This may give you some clues as to whether your flight is likely to be diverted or take longer than usual. \n\nAs always, check the status of your flight via your airline's website or app before heading to the airport.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Flights over the Middle East had to abandon their journeys yesterday after Iran launched a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//02//what-we-know-about-irans-latest-missile-strike-on-israel/">missile attack against Israel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The airspace above Iran, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and other countries in the region was closed, causing airlines to change their flight paths to keep passengers and crew safe.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders have condemned Iran's attack and tensions are high as the world waits to see how Israel will respond.<\/p>\n<h2>Which airlines diverted flights to avoid Middle East airspace?<\/h2><p>In total, 81 flights were diverted by 16 airlines on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>As you would expect Middle Eastern airlines diverted the most flights, with Qatar Airways and Emirates leading the pack. Istanbul airport was the worst affected airport, with 19 flights diverted.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//flightradar24//status//1841146667778638016/">FlightRadar24, at least three flights operated by German carrier <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//06//26//lufthansa-is-adding-up-to-72-to-ticket-prices-to-pay-for-sustainable-fuel/">Lufthansa on the way India and Dubai turned around before reaching Iranian airspace. Their journeys back to Europe extended flight times by up to eight hours.<\/p>\n<p>Another flight operated by Swiss from Zurich to Dubai diverted to Antalya, Turkey, shortly before it would have crossed into Iran, FlightRadar24 shows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1841146667778638016\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The flight-tracking website also showed several <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//03//emirates-lufthansa-swiss-which-airline-is-ranked-best-for-first-class/">Emirates flights bound for Dubai were impacted. The airline told AirlineGeeks that it was diverting some flights and cancelling others.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are closely monitoring the situation and are making all efforts to ensure minimal disruption to customers while assisting those impacted,\" a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>A British Airways flight from London to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//26//villas-in-the-clouds-dubai-s-newest-mega-resort-takes-luxury-to-new-heights/">Dubai, a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight from Paris to Amman, and an Israeli airline El Al flight from Rhodes, Greece, to Tel Aviv were all diverted to Larnaca, Cyprus, FlightRadar data shows.<\/p>\n<p>British Airways told Business Insider, \"Safety and security are always our highest priorities, and we continuously assess and adjust our operations accordingly.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8617276,8758694\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//09//27//lebanon-egypt-jordan-what-is-the-latest-travel-advice-amid-the-israel-hamas-war/">Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan: What is the latest travel advice amid the Israel-Hamas war?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//07//30//heres-how-restrictions-on-flying-over-russia-are-making-flights-longer-and-more-expensive/">Here/u2019s how restrictions on flying over Russia are making flights longer and more expensive <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where in the Middle East is airspace currently closed?<\/h2><p>Throughout the day, some restrictions were lifted, FlightRadar24 said. <\/p>\n<p>Jordan and Iraq reopened to flights late on Tuesday local time, though few were passing through the region.<\/p>\n<p>Iran's has extended the closure of their airspace in anticipation of Israeli's retaliation for their attack. Follow Euronews' live coverage of unfolding events <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//02//middle-east-crisis-iran-sends-more-than-180-missiles-at-israel-israel-signals-it-will-reta/">here. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1841308047253107019\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How are travellers affected by Middle East airspace closures?<\/h2><p>Many European and Asian airlines fly over the Middle East on their way between a number of popular destinations and have expressed concerns that the necessary rerouting will prolong flight times and add to fuel costs.<\/p>\n<p>Airspaces throughout the region are often plagued by risks and complexities due to ongoing conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s airspace is one of the most frequently used by airlines travelling between Europe and India or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//04//10//thailand-cambodia-vietnam-could-southeast-asia-be-introducing-a-schengen-style-visa-system/">Southeast Asia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in Gaza in 7 October 2023, airlines were forced to cancel or change the routes of flights through and around Tel Aviv. That situation has been monitored closely since.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing airspace closures could see airlines add hours of flight time to circumvent Iran and Israel to reach places in Europe, the Middle East, India, and beyond - similar to what happened <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.businessinsider.com//airline-routings-add-hours-flight-time-to-avoid-russian-airspace-2022-3?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com#:~:text=On%20March%204%2C%20a%20Japan,Arctic%20to%20get%20to%20England.\"><strong>after Russia invaded Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> in 2022. Airlines like Japan Airlines, British Airways, and Finnair added up to four hours of flight time to avoid the Kremlin's airspace on flights between Asia and Europe amid Russian airspace closures and sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is impossible to find out what route your flight will take ahead of time, you can monitor the flight paths of the same flight on previous days. This may give you some clues as to whether your flight is likely to be diverted or take longer than usual. <\/p>\n<p>As always, check the status of your flight via your airline's website or app before heading to the airport.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1713174350,"updatedAt":1727875199,"publishedAt":1727865131,"firstPublishedAt":1713181641,"lastPublishedAt":1727875199,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/37\/38\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_07141381-79dc-5556-ab5d-c3668f02897b-8373838.jpg","altText":"Middle East airspace was closed on 1 October 2024 due to an Iranian missile attack","caption":"Middle East airspace was closed on 1 October 2024 due to an Iranian missile 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- Iran pardons Grammy Award winner","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran pardons singer whose song became 2022 protest anthem","titleListing2":"Iran pardons Grammy Award winner whose song became an anthem to the 2022 protests ","leadin":"Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour was sentenced to prison for his Mahsa Amini protest anthem. He has reportedly been pardoned, after the two year anniversary of Amini's death last week.","summary":"Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour was sentenced to prison for his Mahsa Amini protest anthem. He has reportedly been pardoned, after the two year anniversary of Amini's death last week.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-pardons-grammy-award-winner-whose-song-became-an-anthem-to-the-2022-protests","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/09\/24\/iran-pardons-grammy-award-winner-whose-song-became-an-anthem-to-the-2022-protests","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving a three-year sentence over his song that became an anthem to to the 2022 protests\u00a0that rocked the country following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.\n\nShervin Hajipour, who was presented his Grammy in 2023 by US first lady Jill Biden, uploaded a video story on Instagram, looking overcome with emotion and saying: \u201cA new order had been issued regarding amnesty, and it included my case which has been completely dismissed, adding he learned about the case dismissal on Sunday.\n\nTwo months ago, Hajipour announced that he was ordered to head to prison to serve a sentence of three years and eight months which a court handed him in March. He had already served some prison time but was out on bail in 2023 pending the court\u2019s decision.\n\nHis song, 'Baraye', or 'For' in English, begins with: \u201cFor dancing in the streets,\u201d \u201cfor the fear we feel when we kiss.\u201d The lyrics list reasons that young Iranians posted online for why they had protested against Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy after the death of Amini.\n\nBiden awarded Hajipour the Grammy's new song for social change special merit award during the ceremony last year and stated: \u201cThis song became the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests, a powerful and poetic call for freedom and women\u2019s rights. Shervin was arrested, but this song continues to resonate around the world with its powerful theme: Women, life, freedom.\u201d\n\nThe protests quickly escalated into calls to overthrow Iran\u2019s clerical rulers. A subsequent security crackdown killed more than 500 people, with more than 22,000 detained.\n\nOn Friday, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned and commuted the sentences of 2,887 prisoners. It is unclear whether Hajipour's case was part of the amnesty order.\n\nLast week was the two year anniversary of Mahsa Amini\u2019s death, who was detained for allegedly violating the dress code for women. Protests continue, even if currently limited and methodically crushed by the government. 34 female political\u00a0prisoners went on hunger strike in Teheran\u2019s Evin Prison to mark the tragic anniversary.\n\nTwo years after the death of Amini, two Iranian films which dare to defy state censorship and expose the crimes of the Islamic State have begun their European rollouts in cinemas. They remind us how fortunate we are to have filmmakers who dare to challenge oppression, misogyny and tyranny. Read more about them here. \u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An Iranian Grammy Award winner said on Monday he was pardoned from serving <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//03//04//iranian-singer-shervin-hajipour-sentenced-to-prison-for-mahsa-amini-protest-anthem/">a three-year sentence<\/strong><\/a> over his song that became an anthem to to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//10//06//iran-protests-why-is-cutting-hair-an-act-of-rebellion/">2022 protests<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that rocked the country following the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//16//cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de/">death of Mahsa Amini in police custody<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shervin Hajipour, who was presented his Grammy in 2023 by US first lady Jill Biden, uploaded a video story on Instagram, looking overcome with emotion and saying: \u201cA new order had been issued regarding amnesty, and it included my case which has been completely dismissed, adding he learned about the case dismissal on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Two months ago, Hajipour announced that he was ordered to head to prison to serve a sentence of three years and eight months which a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//03//04//iranian-singer-shervin-hajipour-sentenced-to-prison-for-mahsa-amini-protest-anthem/">court handed him in March<\/strong><\/a>. He had already served some prison time but was out on bail in 2023 pending the court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>His song, 'Baraye', or 'For' in English, begins with: \u201cFor dancing in the streets,\u201d \u201cfor the fear we feel when we kiss.\u201d The lyrics list reasons that young Iranians posted online for why they had protested against Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy after the death of Amini.<\/p>\n<p>Biden awarded Hajipour the Grammy's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//02//07//iran-protest-song-baraye-wins-new-grammy-award-for-sparking-social-change/">new song for social change special merit award<\/strong><\/a> during the ceremony last year and stated: \u201cThis song became the anthem of the Mahsa Amini protests, a powerful and poetic call for freedom and women\u2019s rights. Shervin was arrested, but this song continues to resonate around the world with its powerful theme: Women, life, freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//0th9_v-BbUI/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The protests quickly escalated into calls to overthrow Iran\u2019s clerical rulers. A subsequent security crackdown killed more than 500 people, with more than 22,000 detained.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned and commuted the sentences of 2,887 prisoners. It is unclear whether Hajipour's case was part of the amnesty order.<\/p>\n<p>Last week was the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//16//cake-figs-how-the-spirit-of-mahsa-amini-lives-on-in-two-iranian-films-challenging-state-de/">two year anniversary of Mahsa Amini\u2019s death<\/strong><\/a>, who was detained for allegedly violating the dress code for women. Protests continue, even if currently limited and methodically crushed by the government. 34 female political\u00a0prisoners went on hunger strike in Teheran\u2019s Evin Prison to mark the tragic anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Two years after the death of Amini, two Iranian films which dare to defy state censorship and expose the crimes of the Islamic State have begun their European rollouts in cinemas. 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Saturday night killed at least 52 workers and injured 17 others, state media said, making it one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history.\n\nA search and rescue operation was also underway for 11 miners who are missing, and believed to be trapped in tunnels 200 metres below the surface.\n\nVideo posted online showed weeping miners stood alongside mine cars that brought up the bodies of their colleagues, all covered in coal dust. \n\nAround 70 people had been working at the time of the blast. State television later said that 17 were believed to be trapped at a depth of 200 metres down a 700-metre tunnel. However, figures kept changing throughout Sunday regarding the disaster in the rural area with some reports suggesting the death toll was higher.\n\nAuthorities blamed the blast on a leak of methane gas. Such gases are common in mining, though modern safety measures call for ventilation and other measures to protect workers. \n\nIt wasn't immediately clear what safety procedures were in place at the privately owned Mandanjoo Co., which operated the Tabas Parvadeh 5 mine. \n\nIran\u2019s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, preparing to travel to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, said that he ordered all efforts be made to rescue those trapped and aid their families. He also said an investigation into the explosion had begun. \n\n\u201cI spoke with the ministers of health, interior and security and ordered that the issues of the families of the victims and the injured be quickly resolved,\u201d Pezeshkian said, according to a statement from his office. \u201cI also requested to take measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents by improving work standards in the country\u2019s mines.\u201d \n\nBut Iran\u2019s mining industry has been struck by disasters before. In 2017, a coal mine explosion killed at least 42 people. Then-President Hassan Rouhani, campaigning ahead of winning re-election, visited the site in Iran\u2019s northern Golestan province and angry miners besieged the SUV he rode in, kicking and beating the armoured vehicle in a rage. \n\nIn 2013, 11 workers were killed in two separate mining incidents. In 2009, 20 workers were killed in several incidents. Lax safety standards and inadequate emergency services in mining areas were often blamed for the fatalities.\n\nOil-producing Iran is also rich in a variety of minerals. Iran annually consumes around 3.5 million tons of coal, but only extracts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per year. The rest is imported, often consumed in the country\u2019s steel mills.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The explosion at the coal mine in Tabas in eastern Iran on Saturday night killed at least 52 workers and injured 17 others, state media said, making it one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history.<\/p>\n<p>A search and rescue operation was also underway for 11 miners who are missing, and believed to be trapped in tunnels 200 metres below the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted online showed weeping miners stood alongside mine cars that brought up the bodies of their colleagues, all covered in coal dust. <\/p>\n<p>Around 70 people had been working at the time of the blast. State television later said that 17 were believed to be trapped at a depth of 200 metres down a 700-metre tunnel. However, figures kept changing throughout Sunday regarding the disaster in the rural area with some reports suggesting the death toll was higher.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities blamed the blast on a leak of methane gas. Such gases are common in mining, though modern safety measures call for ventilation and other measures to protect workers. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn't immediately clear what safety procedures were in place at the privately owned Mandanjoo Co., which operated the Tabas Parvadeh 5 mine. <\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s new reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, preparing to travel to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, said that he ordered all efforts be made to rescue those trapped and aid their families. He also said an investigation into the explosion had begun. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke with the ministers of health, interior and security and ordered that the issues of the families of the victims and the injured be quickly resolved,\u201d Pezeshkian said, according to a statement from his office. \u201cI also requested to take measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents by improving work standards in the country\u2019s mines.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But Iran\u2019s mining industry has been struck by disasters before. In 2017, a coal mine explosion killed at least 42 people. Then-President Hassan Rouhani, campaigning ahead of winning re-election, visited the site in Iran\u2019s northern Golestan province and angry miners besieged the SUV he rode in, kicking and beating the armoured vehicle in a rage. <\/p>\n<p>In 2013, 11 workers were killed in two separate mining incidents. In 2009, 20 workers were killed in several incidents. Lax safety standards and inadequate emergency services in mining areas were often blamed for the fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>Oil-producing Iran is also rich in a variety of minerals. Iran annually consumes around 3.5 million tons of coal, but only extracts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per year. The rest is imported, often consumed in the country\u2019s steel mills.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726994416,"updatedAt":1727010185,"publishedAt":1726996303,"firstPublishedAt":1726996303,"lastPublishedAt":1727002230,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/74\/77\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d08d1814-555b-5cb3-89b9-8d9242771cb5-8747756.jpg","altText":"Miners and police officers at coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 540 kilometres southeast of Tehran, Iran","caption":"Miners and police officers at coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 540 kilometres southeast of Tehran, 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MAHSA AMINI SECOND YEAR COMMEMORATION","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Does Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian remember Mahsa Amini's death?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Does Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian remember Mahsa Amini's death?","titleListing2":"Opinion | More than ever, Iran needs to rebuild its image and identity \u2014 an identity that has been unfairly sacrificed for the ambitions of a select few, Babak Kamiar writes.","leadin":"More than ever, Iran needs to rebuild its image and identity \u2014 an identity that has been unfairly sacrificed for the ambitions of a select few, Babak Kamiar writes.","summary":"More than ever, Iran needs to rebuild its image and identity \u2014 an identity that has been unfairly sacrificed for the ambitions of a select few, Babak Kamiar writes.","keySentence":"","url":"does-irans-president-masoud-pezeshkian-remember-mahsa-aminis-death","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/09\/16\/does-irans-president-masoud-pezeshkian-remember-mahsa-aminis-death","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Monday marks the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the young woman who died after arrest by Iran's morality police, an event that ignited widespread unrest across the country for weeks and months on end. \n\nProtests began simultaneously with her funeral in her hometown of Saqqez, located in Iran's Kurdish region, and quickly spread to other cities.\n\nThis time, it wasn\u2019t only Tehran and the larger cities that saw unrest. Smaller towns, typically more conservative and closed-off, also erupted. \n\nDay by day, the number of demonstrators \u2014 mainly from Generation Z \u2014 grew. The pace of events was so rapid that few could have anticipated it. Some even went so far as to predict the imminent fall of the regime. Opposition groups, led by prominent political figures and celebrities, formed a coalition and united to conceive a plan for governing Iran's future.\n\nSolidarity marches and street protests in support of Iranian women and girls gained momentum, compelling the government to retreat, at least temporarily, from enforcing certain regulations. Meanwhile, young people's demands grew more serious and focused.\n\nHowever, after several months, the movement \u2014 lacking real unity among opposition forces and substantial field support from foreign powers, particularly the US \u2014 waned. The regime gradually regained control, launching waves of arbitrary arrests, politically motivated expulsion and show trials. \n\nSudden shift in power sparks sense of hope\n\nDespite international pressure and human rights condemnations, the Iranian regime executed dozens of protesters and handed down heavy sentences to many others. \n\nMonths later, Iran's ultra-conservative parliament, in line with Ebrahim Raisi's government, voted in favour of the \"Hijab and chastity bill,\" which faced significant opposition from the beginning.\n\nIran's military support for the Kremlin in the Ukraine war further isolated Ebrahim Raisi's government, which eventually collapsed following his death on what some claim was an orchestrated \"accident\".\n\nNuclear negotiations had reached an impasse, Iran's relations with the West, particularly the EU, deteriorated to their worst point in years, and ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) became strained.\n\nAmidst a deepening economic crisis and surging inflation affecting the daily lives of most Iranians, the country seemed poised for further unrest. However, Raisi's sudden death and the subsequent early presidential election sparked a renewed sense of hope in parts of the population. \n\nThe approval of the former reformist health minister, particularly his decisive victory over the staunch conservative Saeed Jalili in the runoff, brought a fresh wave of optimism to Iran's disillusioned youth.\n\nNow, weeks after Massoud Pezeshkian has assumed office, and on the eve of the second anniversary of Amini's death, many of his supporters are eagerly awaiting him to fulfil his promises. \n\nCan Pezeshkian turn things around?\n\nHistory will ultimately judge Pezeshkian, but what matters now is the level of support he receives from Iran\u2019s parallel power structures. Many believe his presidency is part of a calculated strategy to maintain the regime's grip on power. \n\nWhether Pezeshkian, seen by some as a \"safety valve\" for the system, can successfully navigate this path and win the trust of the youth and women remains uncertain.\n\nThe international community and the Iranian populace are keenly observing whether Pezeshkian's presidency will mark a turning point or merely continue the established patterns of the Islamic Republic.\n\nFinally, Iran\u2019s standing on the international stage will undoubtedly improve not through warmongering and alliances with aggressors but through peacebuilding and a return to the \u201cdialogue among civilisations\u201d paradigm. \n\nMore than ever, Iran needs to rebuild its image and identity \u2014 an identity that has been unfairly sacrificed for the ambitions of a select few.\n\nWe need to observe how and under what circumstances the resumption of \"dignified and respectful\" dialogue, as described by Abbas Araghchi, will unfold. \n\nThis is especially crucial for Europe, where relations with Iran have become increasingly complicated due to the Ukraine war, as noted by Iran's foreign minister.\n\nThe key question is whether Pezeshkian's visit to New York will present a new gesture of friendship toward concerned countries or simply echo the positions of the Islamic Republic's leaders in recent years. The world will be watching.\n\n'Woman Life Freedom' lives on\n\nMeanwhile, in the run-up to the anniversary of Amini's death, major Kurdish parties have called for a general strike. Businesses in many Kurdish cities have closed in support of the protest.\n\nThis comes amid severe security measures in the Kurdish regions of Iran, with some reports indicating that Amini's family has been prevented from leaving their home.\n\nThe behaviour of men in families has changed, and women are no longer the subordinates they were once expected to be.\u00a0\n\nDespite brutal repression and various forms of governmental pressure, from fines and social restrictions to the widespread presence of officers in metro stations, courageous young women continue to resist mandatory hijab requirements whenever possible.\u00a0\n\nThe \u201cWoman Life Freedom\u201d movement has not died; it has not even faded away. Instead, it continues its natural course in a new form.\n\nBabak Kamiar is the Head of the Persian\u00a0Service at Euronews.\n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Monday marks the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the young woman who died after arrest by Iran's morality police, an event that ignited widespread unrest across the country for weeks and months on end. <\/p>\n<p>Protests began simultaneously with her funeral in her hometown of Saqqez, located in Iran's Kurdish region, and quickly spread to other cities.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it wasn\u2019t only Tehran and the larger cities that saw unrest. Smaller towns, typically more conservative and closed-off, also erupted. <\/p>\n<p>Day by day, the number of demonstrators \u2014 mainly from Generation Z \u2014 grew. The pace of events was so rapid that few could have anticipated it. Some even went so far as to predict the imminent fall of the regime. Opposition groups, led by prominent political figures and celebrities, formed a coalition and united to conceive a plan for governing Iran's future.<\/p>\n<p>Solidarity marches and street protests in support of Iranian women and girls gained momentum, compelling the government to retreat, at least temporarily, from enforcing certain regulations. Meanwhile, young people's demands grew more serious and focused.<\/p>\n<p>However, after several months, the movement \u2014 lacking real unity among opposition forces and substantial field support from foreign powers, particularly the US \u2014 waned. The regime gradually regained control, launching waves of arbitrary arrests, politically motivated expulsion and show trials. <\/p>\n<h2>Sudden shift in power sparks sense of hope<\/h2><p>Despite international pressure and human rights condemnations, the Iranian regime executed dozens of protesters and handed down heavy sentences to many others. <\/p>\n<p>Months later, Iran's ultra-conservative parliament, in line with Ebrahim Raisi's government, voted in favour of the \"Hijab and chastity bill,\" which faced significant opposition from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Iran's military support for the Kremlin in the Ukraine war further isolated Ebrahim Raisi's government, which eventually collapsed following his death on what some claim was an orchestrated \"accident\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//73//42//34//808x539_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg/" alt=\"A missile on display at an entrance of the Quds town west of the capital Tehran, April 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/640x426_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/828x551_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1080x719_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1200x799_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1920x1279_cmsv2_20f2e4a5-ee00-5eae-9648-d06c9c5f59a7-8734234.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A missile on display at an entrance of the Quds town west of the capital Tehran, April 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Vahid Salemi<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nuclear negotiations had reached an impasse, Iran's relations with the West, particularly the EU, deteriorated to their worst point in years, and ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) became strained.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst a deepening economic crisis and surging inflation affecting the daily lives of most Iranians, the country seemed poised for further unrest. However, Raisi's sudden death and the subsequent early presidential election sparked a renewed sense of hope in parts of the population. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7785510,7903640\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//09//18//the-women-of-iran-deserve-a-tough-eu-line/">The women of Iran deserve a tough EU line \u2014 and Mahsa Amini the Sakharov Prize<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//28//the-west-turned-its-gaze-away-from-iran-but-the-regimes-cruelties-are-far-from-over/">The West turned its gaze away from Iran, but the regime's cruelties are far from over<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The approval of the former reformist health minister, particularly his decisive victory over the staunch conservative Saeed Jalili in the runoff, brought a fresh wave of optimism to Iran's disillusioned youth.<\/p>\n<p>Now, weeks after Massoud Pezeshkian has assumed office, and on the eve of the second anniversary of Amini's death, many of his supporters are eagerly awaiting him to fulfil his promises. <\/p>\n<h2>Can Pezeshkian turn things around?<\/h2><p>History will ultimately judge Pezeshkian, but what matters now is the level of support he receives from Iran\u2019s parallel power structures. Many believe his presidency is part of a calculated strategy to maintain the regime's grip on power. <\/p>\n<p>Whether Pezeshkian, seen by some as a \"safety valve\" for the system, can successfully navigate this path and win the trust of the youth and women remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The international community and the Iranian populace are keenly observing whether Pezeshkian's presidency will mark a turning point or merely continue the established patterns of the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Iran\u2019s standing on the international stage will undoubtedly improve not through warmongering and alliances with aggressors but through peacebuilding and a return to the \u201cdialogue among civilisations\u201d paradigm. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The key question is whether Pezeshkian's visit to New York will present a new gesture of friendship toward concerned countries or simply echo the positions of the Islamic Republic's leaders in recent years. The world will be watching.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//73//42//34//808x539_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg/" alt=\"Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits the holy shrine of Imam Ali, in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, September 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/384x256_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/640x427_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/750x500_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/828x552_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1080x720_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1200x800_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/1920x1281_cmsv2_bf7e14a5-2551-5e12-80d9-a8ec6481429c-8734234.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits the holy shrine of Imam Ali, in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, September 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Anmar Khalil<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>More than ever, Iran needs to rebuild its image and identity \u2014 an identity that has been unfairly sacrificed for the ambitions of a select few.<\/p>\n<p>We need to observe how and under what circumstances the resumption of \"dignified and respectful\" dialogue, as described by Abbas Araghchi, will unfold. <\/p>\n<p>This is especially crucial for Europe, where relations with Iran have become increasingly complicated due to the Ukraine war, as noted by Iran's foreign minister.<\/p>\n<p>The key question is whether Pezeshkian's visit to New York will present a new gesture of friendship toward concerned countries or simply echo the positions of the Islamic Republic's leaders in recent years. The world will be watching.<\/p>\n<h2>'Woman Life Freedom' lives on<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, in the run-up to the anniversary of Amini's death, major Kurdish parties have called for a general strike. Businesses in many Kurdish cities have closed in support of the protest.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid severe security measures in the Kurdish regions of Iran, with some reports indicating that Amini's family has been prevented from leaving their home.<\/p>\n<p>The behaviour of men in families has changed, and women are no longer the subordinates they were once expected to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite brutal repression and various forms of governmental pressure, from fines and social restrictions to the widespread presence of officers in metro stations, courageous young women continue to resist mandatory hijab requirements whenever possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWoman Life Freedom\u201d movement has not died; it has not even faded away. Instead, it continues its natural course in a new form.<\/p>\n<p><em>Babak Kamiar is the Head of the Persian\u00a0Service at Euronews.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726470990,"updatedAt":1726496630,"publishedAt":1726480530,"firstPublishedAt":1726480530,"lastPublishedAt":1726496630,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/73\/42\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2294b645-8db0-5eb4-b756-7ce4a3bd7513-8734234.jpg","altText":"Demonstrators hold placards outside the Iranian Embassy in London, September 2022","caption":"Demonstrators hold placards outside the Iranian Embassy in London, September 2022","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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MISSILES AND SATELLITES","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran says it successfully launched domestic-made satellite into space","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran says it successfully launched domestic-made satellite into space","titleListing2":"Worrying the West, Iran says it's launched a satellite into space","leadin":"The West is concerned that Tehran might be advancing its ballistic missile systems and that this development could also help its nuclear weapons programme.","summary":"The West is concerned that Tehran might be advancing its ballistic missile systems and that this development could also help its nuclear weapons programme.","keySentence":"","url":"worrying-the-west-iran-says-its-launched-a-satellite-into-space","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/09\/14\/worrying-the-west-iran-says-its-launched-a-satellite-into-space","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran said it launched a satellite into space on Saturday in a rocket built by the country\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.\u00a0\n\nIt's the latest update in a programme that the West fears is helping Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.\u00a0\n\nIran described the launch as a success, making it the second time Tehran had launched a satellite into orbit with a rocket.\u00a0\n\nHowever, the launch wasn't immediately independently confirmed, and the Iranian authorities didn't immediately provide video or other evidence of the launch, as it has done previously.\n\nIt comes amid heightened tensions gripping the Middle East over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, during which Tehran launched an unprecedent missile-and-drone attack on Israel.\u00a0\n\nIran has continued to enrich uranium to nearly weapon-grade levels, prompting fear among non-proliferation experts about Tehran\u2019s programme.\u00a0\n\nIn the past, the US said Iran\u2019s satellite launches defy a UN resolution and urged Tehran not to undertake activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.\u00a0\n\nUN sanctions related to Iran\u2019s ballistic missile programme expired last October.\u00a0\n\nUnder Iran\u2019s relatively moderate former President Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic slowed its space programme for fear of escalating Western tensions.\u00a0\n\nHowever, hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi pushed the programme forward before dying in a helicopter crash in May.\u00a0\n\nIt\u2019s unclear what Masoud Pezeshkian, the country\u2019s new president, wants for the programme as he was silent on the issue during the election campaign.\u00a0\n\nAccording to a US intelligence assessment, the development of satellite launch vehicles \u201cwould shorten the timeline\u201d for Iran to develop an intercontinental missile because it uses similar technology.\u00a0\n\nIntercontinental ballistic missiles can be used to deliver nuclear weapons, with the International Atomic Energy Agency 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Masoud Pezeshkian, the country\u2019s new president, wants for the programme as he was silent on the issue during the election campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a US intelligence assessment, the development of satellite launch vehicles \u201cwould shorten the timeline\u201d for Iran to develop an intercontinental missile because it uses similar technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Intercontinental ballistic missiles can be used to deliver nuclear weapons, with the International Atomic Energy Agency warning that Tehran has enough enriched uranium for \u201cseveral\u201d nuclear weapons if it chooses to produce them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8686192,8507718\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul 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between the West and Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Putin held talks with a top Iranian security official in Saint Petersburg \u2013 thanking Tehran for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//09//08//us-informs-allies-iran-transferred-ballistic-missiles-to-russia-to-use-in-ukraine-war/">maintaining cooperation with Russia.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//73//07//42//808x539_cmsv2_9be81391-d3f3-5240-84e2-b2ed5e591eb2-8730742.jpg/" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Akbar 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- Isabella Nefar on combining cooking with acting for 'My English Persian Kitchen'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Isabella Nefar on combining cooking with acting for 'My English Persian Kitchen'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How 'My English Persian Kitchen' brings the taste of Iran to the stage","titleListing2":"Isabella Nefar on combining cooking with acting for 'My English Persian Kitchen'","leadin":"Euronews Culture sat down with actor Isabella Nefar to discuss how she brought Atoosa Sepehr's story of escaping Iran to the stage, while also feeding an entire audience.","summary":"Euronews Culture sat down with actor Isabella Nefar to discuss how she brought Atoosa Sepehr's story of escaping Iran to the stage, while also feeding an entire 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Marcel Proust knew that when the scent of a madeleine sent him time-travelling back to his childhood. Likewise for the restaurant critic in Ratatouille. A new show takes that idea and transports the audience to the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of Iran every night. \n\nMany shows these days come with a content warning. This is a rare one with an allergy warning. \n\nWritten by Hannah Khalil, \u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 tells the true story of Atoosa Sepehr, an Iranian woman who fled her Tehran home to escape domestic violence. Now in London, Sepehr\u2019s past and present are brought together through the medium of cooking. \n\nIn Khalil\u2019s play, this act of Persian nostalgia is told through an outstanding performance from solo actor Isabella Nefar who doesn\u2019t just explain, but takes the audience to the streets of Tehran via a live cooking demo. \n\n\u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 debuted at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe where its sold-out run played to great acclaim. We named it one of our top recommendations for the Fringe. Now, the show is about to transfer to London for a three-week run at the Soho Theatre. \n\nAhead of its London transfer, we sat down with actor Isabella Nefar to discuss bringing Persian culture to the stage and the kitchen. \n\nPart of what makes \u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 such an impressive piece of theatre is the way it seamlessly blends together Sepehr\u2019s fraught personal story of leaving her family behind to escape her violent husband with a celebration of Persian culture.\n\nNefar\u2019s narrator brings Iran to life for the audience as she depicts the joys of Sepehr\u2019s familial and friendly interaction, the satisfaction of her business career in Tehran, and the oppression of her marriage and her struggle to free herself from Iran\u2019s patriarchal bureaucratic tyranny. \n\nBalanced more finely than her diced garlic, Nefar also brings a pot of ash-e-reshteh to life. The Persian noodle stew is filled with herbs, mint oil, and saffron, giving the audience a strong sense of the streets of Iran. \n\nIt\u2019s incredible that neither the food cooking element of the show nor the narrative ever overshadow the other. Nor does the narrative ever lead to burning the onions and garlic simmering away in a pan throughout her monologues. \n\n\u201cI had to trust that I can leave the dish by itself,\u201d Nefar says. When you watch the play, Nefar goes from one topic to another as she goes on a non-linear journey through memory and her present life. \u201cThe difficult part was to leave the kitchen and go somewhere else and come back and just be sure that that exact temperature was the right temperature for the garlic and the onions.\u201d \n\nThis took a lot of experimentation with getting the heat of the pans exactly right for the sections Nefar is away from the stove. Ash-e-reshteh was chosen by Sepehr \u2013 who is now a practising nutritional therapist and is writing her second cookbook \u2013 because of its relative simplicity. The stew can be left bubbling away for long periods of time. \n\nAsh-e-reshteh is also a perfect encapsulation of Persian cooking. It features all the staples of the region, from saffron to turmeric, but it also captures a detail of the migrant experience. In Tehran, ash-e-reshteh isn\u2019t a dish you\u2019d cook at home. It\u2019s one you\u2019d buy on the streets while socialising with friends. To recreate it at home is a purposeful act of bringing Persian culture to her English life by habits that she didn\u2019t even have back home. \n\n\u201cI left Iran in a way knowing that I couldn't go back,\u201d Nefar says, although noting it was maybe not in as dramatic circumstances as for Sepehr. \n\nWhile Sepehr preferred computers to kitchens in Iran, Nefar has always loved cooking. \u201cSo when I came to the UK, I realised that those smells and those ingredients really reminded me of home.\u201d \n\nNefar didn\u2019t take long to find herself in Khalil\u2019s script. \u201cI know what it means not to be able to go back, not to be able to go back to visit family.\u201d But the often verbatim piece was more than just about escape to her. \u201cThis play was more about talking about how resilient someone can be in a new country, and how food reconnects you with your home.\u201d\n\nDomestic violence is at the forefront of the play, but Nefar and the creative team behind it were conscious that this \u2013 and the escape narrative \u2013 play into a set of stereotypes around Iran. \u201cThe conversations we were having were mostly about giving a sense of awareness,\u201d Nefar says. \u201cWe live very freely in some countries and forget about all the rights we have and the power of a passport.\u201d \n\nThroughout the show, Nefar always paints Iran with a frank but generous brush. Yes, women\u2019s passports are often controlled by their husbands. But they\u2019re also frequently the breadwinners, going to university and learning skilled trades. \n\nNefar carries the same enthusiasm for life \u2013 and Persia \u2013 that her character has in the show. It\u2019s an enthusiasm that the show has marinated in and has connected with its audience. At the end of the show, when Nefar hands around bowls of the ash-e-reshteh, people take the opportunity to share the ways they\u2019ve connected with the story. \n\n\u201cI think that\u2019s probably my favourite thing is the part where I'm there at the end of the play, so people can come and immediately share their first thoughts,\u201d Nefar says. She\u2019s been hugged, others have cried, some laugh, and the rest ask for ingredients. \n\n\u201cPeople that had connections with Iran, like in the 70s, tell me how I've opened up a whole box of memories of how Iran was and how they were taken in people's houses and offered food, and they've given all this hospitality.\u201d Others from the diaspora who have never visited tell stories of their parents\u2019 cooking. \n\nYou don\u2019t need a connection to Iran to connect with this play though. Sepehr has said that, to her, the play is about how \u201ceven in our lowest moments life sometimes offers a way out,\u201d and that when someone migrates, bringing part of their culture with them is an empowering and uplifting act. \u201cCulture truly has no borders\u201d, she said. \n\nNefar agrees. As the play prepares for its London transfer, she\u2019s looking forward to making that cultural connection with new audiences through weeks of telling Sepehr\u2019s story and cooking ash-e-reshteh, the dish that encapsulates so much of the Persian diaspora experience. \u201cIt is a dish that they get for free in the street sometimes. So for us to then share it to the audience for free, without them having to give anything back, it\u2019s just the perfect, perfect dish,\u201d she says. \n\n'My English Persian Kitchen' is at the Soho Theatre, London from 16 September to 5 October. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Food has always had a transcendent quality. Marcel Proust knew that when the scent of a madeleine sent him time-travelling back to his childhood. Likewise for the restaurant critic in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//01//30//famous-parisian-restaurant-that-inspired-ratatouille-loses-more-than-15m-worth-of-wine/">Ratatouille. A new show takes that idea and transports the audience to the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of Iran every night. <\/p>\n<p>Many shows these days come with a content warning. This is a rare one with an allergy warning. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8668538,8721592\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//09//11//a-pour-decision-sangria-with-120000-worth-of-petrus-anyone/">A pour decision: Sangria with \u20ac120,000 worth of Petrus, anyone?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//22//edinburgh-fringe-highlights-euronews-cultures-five-alternative-show-picks/">Edinburgh Fringe highlights: Euronews Culture's five alternative show picks<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Written by Hannah Khalil, \u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 tells the true story of Atoosa Sepehr, an Iranian woman who fled her Tehran home to escape domestic violence. Now in London, Sepehr\u2019s past and present are brought together through the medium of cooking. <\/p>\n<p>In Khalil\u2019s play, this act of Persian nostalgia is told through an outstanding performance from solo actor Isabella Nefar who doesn\u2019t just explain, but takes the audience to the streets of Tehran via a live cooking demo. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 debuted at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe where its sold-out run played to great acclaim. We named it one of our <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//08//22//edinburgh-fringe-highlights-euronews-cultures-five-alternative-show-picks/">top recommendations<\/strong><\/a> for the Fringe. Now, the show is about to transfer to London for a three-week run at the Soho Theatre. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of its London transfer, we sat down with actor Isabella Nefar to discuss bringing Persian culture to the stage and the kitchen. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//66//85//38//808x539_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg/" alt=\"Performing at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/85\/38\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f8fd1b10-9d7c-555a-a344-419965d54ec1-8668538.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Performing at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ellie Kurttz\/www.elliekurttz.com<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Part of what makes \u2018My English Persian Kitchen\u2019 such an impressive piece of theatre is the way it seamlessly blends together Sepehr\u2019s fraught personal story of leaving her family behind to escape her violent husband with a celebration of Persian culture.<\/p>\n<p>Nefar\u2019s narrator brings Iran to life for the audience as she depicts the joys of Sepehr\u2019s familial and friendly interaction, the satisfaction of her business career in Tehran, and the oppression of her marriage and her struggle to free herself from Iran\u2019s patriarchal bureaucratic tyranny. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8458566\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//25//cannes-2024-review-the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig-a-powerful-rebellion-in-the-name-of-art-free/">Cannes 2024 review: 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - A powerful rebellion in the name of art & freedom<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Balanced more finely than her diced garlic, Nefar also brings a pot of ash-e-reshteh to life. The Persian noodle stew is filled with herbs, mint oil, and saffron, giving the audience a strong sense of the streets of Iran. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s incredible that neither the food cooking element of the show nor the narrative ever overshadow the other. Nor does the narrative ever lead to burning the onions and garlic simmering away in a pan throughout her monologues. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to trust that I can leave the dish by itself,\u201d Nefar says. When you watch the play, Nefar goes from one topic to another as she goes on a non-linear journey through memory and her present life. \u201cThe difficult part was to leave the kitchen and go somewhere else and come back and just be sure that that exact temperature was the right temperature for the garlic and the onions.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//72//76//98//808x539_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg/" alt=\"\u201cI had to trust that I can leave the dish by itself\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/384x256_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/640x427_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/750x500_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/828x552_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1080x720_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1200x800_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f93e78eb-7426-5721-8be9-3c92a6196437-8727698.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u201cI had to trust that I can leave the dish by itself\u201d<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ellie Kurttz\/www.elliekurttz.com <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This took a lot of experimentation with getting the heat of the pans exactly right for the sections Nefar is away from the stove. Ash-e-reshteh was chosen by Sepehr \u2013 who is now a practising nutritional therapist and is writing her second cookbook \u2013 because of its relative simplicity. The stew can be left bubbling away for long periods of time. <\/p>\n<p>Ash-e-reshteh is also a perfect encapsulation of Persian cooking. It features all the staples of the region, from saffron to turmeric, but it also captures a detail of the migrant experience. In Tehran, ash-e-reshteh isn\u2019t a dish you\u2019d cook at home. It\u2019s one you\u2019d buy on the streets while socialising with friends. To recreate it at home is a purposeful act of bringing Persian culture to her English life by habits that she didn\u2019t even have back home. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI left Iran in a way knowing that I couldn't go back,\u201d Nefar says, although noting it was maybe not in as dramatic circumstances as for Sepehr. <\/p>\n<p>While Sepehr preferred computers to kitchens in Iran, Nefar has always loved cooking. \u201cSo when I came to the UK, I realised that those smells and those ingredients really reminded me of home.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nefar didn\u2019t take long to find herself in Khalil\u2019s script. \u201cI know what it means not to be able to go back, not to be able to go back to visit family.\u201d But the often verbatim piece was more than just about escape to her. \u201cThis play was more about talking about how resilient someone can be in a new country, and how food reconnects you with your home.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//72//76//98//808x539_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg/" alt=\"\u201cI know what it means not to be able to go back, not to be able to go back to visit family.\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/384x256_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/640x427_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/750x500_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/828x552_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1080x720_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1200x800_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1920x1280_cmsv2_8d51149b-c362-5619-be22-5bc71472d9f6-8727698.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u201cI know what it means not to be able to go back, not to be able to go back to visit family.\u201d<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ellie Kurttz\/www.elliekurttz.com<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Domestic violence is at the forefront of the play, but Nefar and the creative team behind it were conscious that this \u2013 and the escape narrative \u2013 play into a set of stereotypes around Iran. \u201cThe conversations we were having were mostly about giving a sense of awareness,\u201d Nefar says. \u201cWe live very freely in some countries and forget about all the rights we have and the power of a passport.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Throughout the show, Nefar always paints Iran with a frank but generous brush. Yes, women\u2019s passports are often controlled by their husbands. But they\u2019re also frequently the breadwinners, going to university and learning skilled trades. <\/p>\n<p>Nefar carries the same enthusiasm for life \u2013 and Persia \u2013 that her character has in the show. It\u2019s an enthusiasm that the show has marinated in and has connected with its audience. At the end of the show, when Nefar hands around bowls of the ash-e-reshteh, people take the opportunity to share the ways they\u2019ve connected with the story. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s probably my favourite thing is the part where I'm there at the end of the play, so people can come and immediately share their first thoughts,\u201d Nefar says. She\u2019s been hugged, others have cried, some laugh, and the rest ask for ingredients. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople that had connections with Iran, like in the 70s, tell me how I've opened up a whole box of memories of how Iran was and how they were taken in people's houses and offered food, and they've given all this hospitality.\u201d Others from the diaspora who have never visited tell stories of their parents\u2019 cooking. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.4983164983164983\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//72//76//98//808x1206_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg/" alt=\"Atoosa Sepehr\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/384x575_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/640x959_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/750x1124_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/828x1241_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1080x1618_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1200x1798_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/76\/98\/1920x2877_cmsv2_7a11bf66-47c3-5478-83f4-57e41efb0fe0-8727698.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Atoosa Sepehr<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Brian Kavanagh<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need a connection to Iran to connect with this play though. Sepehr has said that, to her, the play is about how \u201ceven in our lowest moments life sometimes offers a way out,\u201d and that when someone migrates, bringing part of their culture with them is an empowering and uplifting act. \u201cCulture truly has no borders\u201d, she said. <\/p>\n<p>Nefar agrees. As the play prepares for its London transfer, she\u2019s looking forward to making that cultural connection with new audiences through weeks of telling Sepehr\u2019s story and cooking ash-e-reshteh, the dish that encapsulates so much of the Persian diaspora experience. \u201cIt is a dish that they get for free in the street sometimes. 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from a celebration to mark Australia's LGBTQ+ national day, posted on the embassy's social media accounts.\n\nThe photo, showing Ambassador Ian McConville and his colleagues wearing colourful outfits and holding cupcakes, was posted together with a caption saying, \"Today, and every day, we\u2019re dedicated to creating a supportive environment, where everyone, especially LGBTQIA+ youth, can feel proud to be themselves.\"\n\nAn Iranian foreign ministry official condemned the publication of photos on social media, calling it \"insulting and contrary to Iranian and Islamic culture, as well as international norms,\" according to the state-run IRNA news agency.\n\nThe unnamed Iranian official claimed that the post contravened international law and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, stating that the two demand respect for the host country\u2019s laws and regulations.\n\nIn response, McConville said that his country had not insulted Iran or Iranian culture, adding there was no 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And I\u2019m very concerned to see an overseas government seemingly take action against an Australian embassy that is upholding Australian values.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran has summoned the Australian ambassador in Tehran over a \u201cdisrespectful\u201d photo from a celebration to mark Australia's LGBTQ+ national day, posted on the embassy's social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The photo, showing Ambassador Ian McConville and his colleagues wearing colourful outfits and holding cupcakes, was posted together with a caption saying, \"Today, and every day, we\u2019re dedicated to creating a supportive environment, where everyone, especially LGBTQIA+ youth, can feel proud to be themselves.\"<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian foreign ministry official condemned the publication of photos on social media, calling it \"insulting and contrary to Iranian and Islamic culture, as well as international norms,\" according to the state-run IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed Iranian official claimed that the post contravened international law and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, stating that the two demand respect for the host country\u2019s laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>In response, McConville said that his country had not insulted Iran or Iranian culture, adding there was no reference to Iran in the post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//plugins//post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAustraliaInIran%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0eT4dLPHTY7qHmJnsLLPKq3tuiKRtrKmvYgn2WoyZbgNwTZZ56hgTmxr7MJFBpPFXl&show_text=true&width=500\%22 width=\"500\" height=\"729\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The embassy's post is still present on its social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, but under a religious decree issued 30 years ago, transgender people are allowed to seek gender transition surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Australia's federal workplace relations minister, Murray Watt, told the domestic media he was \u201cconcerned to see this reaction from the Iranian government to the activities of the Australian embassy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"2580908,3052128\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2018//01//12//iran-s-transgender-community-legally-recognised-yet-socially-ostracised/">Iran's transgender community: Legally recognised yet socially ostracised<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2015//10//14//in-iran-you-can-t-be-gay-but-you-can-be-transgender/">In Iran, you can't be gay but you can be transgender<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very proud about the fact that our embassies promote Australian values internationally. And I\u2019m very concerned to see an overseas government seemingly take action against an Australian embassy that is upholding Australian values.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1725437050,"updatedAt":1725449455,"publishedAt":1725449112,"firstPublishedAt":1725446112,"lastPublishedAt":1725449454,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/70\/20\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5826d659-496b-595a-b450-ee741357d48d-8702090.jpg","altText":"Australian Ambassador to Iran Ian McConville (centre) in the post on social media celebrating Australia's Wear Purple Day","caption":"Australian Ambassador to Iran Ian McConville (centre) in the post on social media celebrating Australia's Wear Purple Day","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Australian Embassy in Iran Facebook 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Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Bus carrying Pakistani Shiite pilgrims crashes in Iran, killing at least 28","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least 28 killed in Pakistani Shiite pilgrims bus crash in Iran","titleListing2":"Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people","leadin":"A bus carrying 51 Pakistani Shiite pilgrims to Iraq crashed in Yazd province on Tuesday night, killing at least 28 people and injuring 23, 14 of whom are in serious condition.","summary":"A bus carrying 51 Pakistani Shiite pilgrims to Iraq crashed in Yazd province on Tuesday night, killing at least 28 people and injuring 23, 14 of whom are in serious condition.","keySentence":"","url":"bus-carrying-pakistani-shiite-pilgrims-crashes-in-iran-killing-at-least-28","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/08\/21\/bus-carrying-pakistani-shiite-pilgrims-crashes-in-iran-killing-at-least-28","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least 28 people were killed when a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, an official said Wednesday. \n\nThe crash happened on Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official.\n\nAnother 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious, he added.\n\nAt the time of the crash, there were 51 people on board, all of whom were from Pakistan.\n\nPakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed his condolences over the deaths. \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives in the bus accident in Iran,\u201d he said.\n\nIranian state television later broadcast images of the bus turned upside down on the highway with its roof smashed in and all its doors open. \n\nRescuers carefully made their way through the road, avoiding the broken glass and debris scattered around.\n\nThe pilgrims had been on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen \u2014 Arabic for the number 40 \u2014 which marks the death of the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s grandson, Hussein, during the tumultuous first century of Islam\u2019s history. \n\nPilgrims gather in Karbala, Iraq, in what\u2019s regarded as the largest annual public gathering in the world. \n\nThe event draws tens of millions of people each year. Already, Iranian police said 3 million pilgrims had left the country's borders for Karbala.\n\nThe cause of the crash has not yet been determined.\n\nA separate bus crash early Wednesday in Iran\u2019s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province killed six people and injured 18, authorities said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least 28 people were killed when a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, an official said Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official.<\/p>\n<p>Another 23 people suffered injuries in the crash, 14 of them serious, he added.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the crash, there were 51 people on board, all of whom were from Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed his condolences over the deaths. \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the loss of precious human lives in the bus accident in Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian state television later broadcast images of the bus turned upside down on the highway with its roof smashed in and all its doors open. <\/p>\n<p>Rescuers carefully made their way through the road, avoiding the broken glass and debris scattered around.<\/p>\n<p>The pilgrims had been on their way to Iraq to commemorate Arbaeen \u2014 Arabic for the number 40 \u2014 which marks the death of the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s grandson, Hussein, during the tumultuous first century of Islam\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>Pilgrims gather in Karbala, Iraq, in what\u2019s regarded as the largest annual public gathering in the world. <\/p>\n<p>The event draws tens of millions of people each year. Already, Iranian police said 3 million pilgrims had left the country's borders for Karbala.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8518690\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//06//20//self-driving-cars-are-generally-safer-than-human-driven-ones-research-shows/">Self-driving cars are generally safer than human-driven ones, research shows<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p>A separate bus crash early Wednesday in Iran\u2019s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province killed six people and injured 18, authorities said. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1724244818,"updatedAt":1724257877,"publishedAt":1724251209,"firstPublishedAt":1724251209,"lastPublishedAt":1724251209,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/66\/72\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6f1d1758-39f8-58fc-a349-5d2dfa332c29-8667288.jpg","altText":"This image taken from a video released by Iranian state television shows the aftermath of a bus crash near Taft, Iran, early Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. 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minister.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-dismisses-european-leaders-call-to-refrain-from-retaliating-for-hamas-leaders-killing","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/08\/13\/iran-dismisses-european-leaders-call-to-refrain-from-retaliating-for-hamas-leaders-killing","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Tehran rejected the three European countries' call asking it to refrain from any retaliatory strikes against Israel that would further escalate regional tensions.\n\nIran\u2019s president told the UK prime minister that the regime in Tehran considers retaliation against Israel over the July killing of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh a right and a way to discourage future aggression.\n\nPresident Masoud Pezeshkian, in a late Monday phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said that a punishing response to an aggressor is \"a right of nations and a solution for stopping crimes and aggression,\u201d according to the state-run news agency IRNA.\n\nThe West's silence about \u201cunprecedented inhumane crime\u201d in Gaza and Israeli attacks elsewhere in the Middle East was \u201cirresponsible\u201d and encouraged Israel to put regional and global security at risk, Pezeshkian added.\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a joint statement Monday endorsing the latest push by mediators Qatar, Egypt and the US to broker an agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war.\n\nThe European leaders also called for the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas and the \u201cunfettered\u201d delivery of humanitarian aid and asked that Iran and its allies refrain from retaliation that would further escalate regional tensions after the late-July killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.\n\nIsrael has not confirmed nor denied its role in the assassination, but it earlier pledged to kill him and other Hamas leaders over the group\u2019s 7 October attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. \n\n'Lacking political logic'\n\nIn a further rejection of the three leaders' request, the government in Tehran said Iran doesn't need permission to retaliate for Haniyeh's death. \n\n\u201cSuch demands lack political logic, are entirely contrary to the principles and rules of international law, and represent an excessive request,\u201d Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said.\n\nIran does not recognize Israel and supports anti-Israeli militant groups, including Hamas and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah.\n\nMediators have spent months trying to get the sides to agree to a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the remaining hostages captured in its 7 October attack in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and Israel would withdraw from Gaza. \n\nTalks were expected to resume Thursday. \n\nAfter more than 10 months of fighting, the Palestinian death toll is nearing 40,000 in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry there.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tehran rejected the three European countries' call asking it to refrain from any retaliatory strikes against Israel that would further escalate regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s president told the UK prime minister that the regime in Tehran considers retaliation against Israel over the July killing of Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh a right and a way to discourage future aggression.<\/p>\n<p>President Masoud Pezeshkian, in a late Monday phone conversation with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said that a punishing response to an aggressor is \"a right of nations and a solution for stopping crimes and aggression,\u201d according to the state-run news agency IRNA.<\/p>\n<p>The West's silence about \u201cunprecedented inhumane crime\u201d in Gaza and Israeli attacks elsewhere in the Middle East was \u201cirresponsible\u201d and encouraged Israel to put regional and global security at risk, Pezeshkian added.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime 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retaliate for Haniyeh's death. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch demands lack political logic, are entirely contrary to the principles and rules of international law, and represent an excessive request,\u201d Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8647536,8645864\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//11//israeli-military-orders-more-evacuations-in-southern-gaza-city-of-khan-younis/">Israeli military orders more evacuations in southern Gaza city of Khan Younis<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" 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INFLUENCE US ELECTION","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Iran accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence US election, Microsoft says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Iran accelerating activity to influence US election, says Microsoft","titleListing2":"Iran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US election, Microsoft says","leadin":"In their newest threat intelligence report, Microsoft said Iran was accelerating online activity which appears intended to influence the upcoming US election.","summary":"In their newest threat intelligence report, Microsoft said Iran was accelerating online activity which appears intended to influence the upcoming US election.","keySentence":"","url":"iran-accelerating-cyber-activity-that-appears-meant-to-influence-us-election-microsoft-say","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/08\/10\/iran-accelerating-cyber-activity-that-appears-meant-to-influence-us-election-microsoft-say","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Iran is accelerating online activity which appears intended to influence the upcoming US election, Microsoft said on Friday.\u00a0\n\nIranian actors have spent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially sway voters, the technology megacorporation found.\u00a0\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s most recent threat intelligence report shows how Iran is evolving its tactics for the impending election likely to have global implications. \u00a0\n\nThe report goes a step beyond anything U.S. intelligence officials have disclosed, giving specific examples of Iranian groups and the actions they have taken so far. However, it does not specify Iran\u2019s intension beyond sowing chaos.\u00a0\n\nIran denied it had plans to interfere or launch cyberattacks in the U.S. presidential election.\u00a0\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s report also described how both Russia and China are exploiting the political polarisation within the US to advance their own divisive messaging in a massively consequential election year.\u00a0\n\nTheir report identified four examples of recent Iranian activity that the company expects to increase as November\u2019s election draws closer.\u00a0\n\nFirst, a group linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard targeted a high-ranking US presidential campaign official with a phishing email in June. \u00a0\n\nDays later, the Iranian group tried to log into an account belonging to a former presidential candidate but weren\u2019t successfully, the report said. The company notified those targeted.\u00a0\n\nAnother example included an Iranian group creating websites posing as US news sites, targeting voters on opposite sides of the political spectrum.\u00a0\n\nOne fake news site insulted US presidential candidate Donald Trump by calling him \u201craving mad\u201d and insinuating that he uses drugs.\u00a0\n\nIn a statement, Iran\u2019s UN mission said the following.\u00a0\n\n\u201cIran has been the victim of numerous offensive cyber operations targeting its infrastructure, public service centres, and industries. Iran\u2019s cyber capabilities are defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces. Iran has neither the intention nor plans to launch cyber-attacks. The US presidential election is an internal matter in which Iran does not interfere.\u201d\u00a0\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s findings report with recent warnings from US intelligence officials, who say foreign actors are determined to spread false claims ahead of November\u2019s vote.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Iran is accelerating online activity which appears intended to influence the upcoming US election, Microsoft said on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iranian actors have spent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially sway voters, the technology megacorporation found.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s most recent threat intelligence report shows how Iran is evolving its tactics for the impending election likely to have global implications. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report goes a step beyond anything U.S. intelligence officials have disclosed, giving specific examples of Iranian groups and the actions they have taken so far. However, it does not specify Iran\u2019s intension beyond sowing chaos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran denied it had plans to interfere or launch cyberattacks in the U.S. presidential election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s report also described how both Russia and China are exploiting the political polarisation within the US to advance their own divisive messaging in a massively consequential election year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their report identified four examples of recent Iranian activity that the company expects to increase as November\u2019s election draws closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First, a group linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard targeted a high-ranking US presidential campaign official with a phishing email in June. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Days later, the Iranian group tried to log into an account belonging to a former presidential candidate but weren\u2019t successfully, the report said. The company notified those targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another example included an Iranian group creating websites posing as US news sites, targeting voters on opposite sides of the political spectrum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fake news site insulted US presidential candidate Donald Trump by calling him \u201craving mad\u201d and insinuating that he uses drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Iran\u2019s UN mission said the following.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran has been the victim of numerous offensive cyber operations targeting its infrastructure, public service centres, and industries. Iran\u2019s cyber capabilities are defensive and proportionate to the threats it faces. Iran has neither the intention nor plans to launch cyber-attacks. 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