London, March 17, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, a judiciary spokesman in the country has said. In Iran, the number of dead from the illness has reached 853 in the country, where a total of 14,991 people have been confirmed infected. READ ALSO: ...

London, March 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Iran has announced plans to mobilize 300,000 soldiers and volunteers as the country battles the covid-19-coronavirus epidemic In Iran, the epidemic has has so far claimed 77 lives among 2,336 confirmed cases that include 23 lawmakers. It wasn’t clear if the order would set the military in motion helping sanitize streets, direct traffic ...

London, Jan. 13, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Iran’s top general. READ ALSO: LIBYA CEASEFIRE ‘BROKEN’ WITHIN HOURS While Esper said he agreed with Trump ...

London, Jan. 10, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner late Tuesday and that the strike “may have been unintentional.” Trudeau says Canadian and allied intelligence supports that conclusion. He declined to get into the specific intelligence, but said it appeared it was a surface-to-air missile that ...

London, Jan. 8, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Iran says the two black boxes from the Ukrainian airliner that crashed outside the capital Tehran were found on Wednesday, Iranian state television reported. An Iranian official was quoted as saying both boxes were damaged but that it was believed their data could still be retrieved. READ ALSO: PASTOR PERFORMS DELIVERANCE ...

London, Jan. 8, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Iranian forces have allegedly launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday evening, marking the most significant Iranian attack in the growing conflict between Iran and the United States. The attack was launched about 5:30 p.m. Washington time, the Pentagon said. READ ...

London, Jan 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A group claiming to be hackers from Iran have breached the website of a little-known US government agency and posted messages vowing revenge for Washington’s killing of top military commander Qassem Suleimani. The website of the Federal Depository Library Program was replaced on Saturday with a page titled “Iranian Hackers!” that displayed images of ...

London, May 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-While abstinence from pornographic material during Ramadan is usual, Moroccans and Iranians have continued to visit pornographic sites during the holy month. Spanish daily news outlet El Espanol reported that pornographic website, Xhamster, has released visitor statistics from the last two months. The data shows traffic from Muslim countries, Moroccans and Iranians as the ...

London, Feb. 25, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A diplomatic row is brewing between Kenya and Iran over allegation that the Iranian ambassador to Kenya has been making secret and illegal move to free two Iranian nationals currently in police custody in Kenya standing trial on terror charges The EastAfrican reports that on Friday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation ...

London, September 25, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Crude oil prices jumped more than two per cent to a four-year high on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia ruled out any immediate increase in production despite calls by United States President Donald Trump for action to raise global supply. But analysts warned that Brent could rise to $90 per ...