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Iran issues arrest warrant for President Trump; Interpol promptly dismisses request
June 29, 2020 10:54 AM
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for President Donald Trump over the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in January, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday. According to CNN , President Trump is one of 36 people Iran has issued arrest warrants for in relation to... more » -
Coronavirus cases surpass 1,000 in U.S., continue to spike in Italy and Iran
March 11, 2020 6:06 AM
As of Wednesday, March 11 more than 1,000 people in the United States have been infected with novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, nearly 120,000 people across the globe have tested positive for the illness, and... more » -
Iran detains several in connection with accidental shooting down of passenger plane
January 14, 2020 8:04 AM
IRAN - Iranian leaders say several people have been detained in connection with the accidental shooting down of a Ukranian passenger plane with a missile. According to the BBC , the country's president, Hassan Rouhani, said the investigation into the fatal incident would be headed by a 'special court.'... more » -
U.S. officials respond to Iran's missile attack on two American air bases in Iraq
January 8, 2020 6:14 AM
U.S. officials have been responding to Iran's missile attack on two air bases housing U.S. forces in Iraq. On Tuesday afternoon (CST), after 22 ballistic missiles were fired on bases in Irbil and Al Asad, where Americans were housed in bunkers, President Trump responded by encouraging Americans that "all... more » -
Iranian officials vow revenge against U.S. during memorial services for slain official, Gen. Solemani
January 6, 2020 8:15 AM
TEHRAN, IRAN - On Monday, Iranian streets were crowded in the country's capital city of Tehran as residents paid respect to General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force who was killed last week during a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad. National Public Radio reports that in a... more » -
At least 348 killed, thousands injured in earthquake near Iran-Iraq border
November 13, 2017 8:49 AM
At least 348 people were killed and over 6,000 injured in Iran in a powerful earthquake that struck the Iran-Iraq border region Sunday, Iran's state-run news agency reports. ABC News reports that Iranian state television said at least 341 deaths and more than 5,900 people injured. Officials in Iraq... more » -
Baton Rouge man jailed in Iran released, but can't come home
June 3, 2016 6:47 PM
BATON ROUGE - A friend of a Baton Rouge man who had been in jail in Iran since the fall told WBRZ Chief Investigator Chris Nakamoto Friday, the individual has been released but can't leave the country. Hamed Ghassemi flew with his mother's remains for a burial following her... more » -
Obama summons Americans to compromise and change
January 13, 2016 4:01 AM
WASHINGTON D.C.- President Barack Obama is casting his seven divisive years as a time of positive change, implicitly asking voters to replace him with a Democrat who would continue his hard-won policies on health care, climate change and Iran. Obama used his final State of the Union address to summon... more » -
New details about murdered woman's son locked up in Iran Play Video
September 21, 2015 5:49 PM
BATON ROUGE - New details are emerging tonight about what may have led to the arrest of a man who lives in Baton Rouge but traveled to Iran to bury his mother. Hamed Ghassemi was locked up and never returned home to Baton Rouge months ago. His close family... more » -
Murdered woman's son, BR resident jailed in Iran
September 18, 2015 4:57 PM
BATON ROUGE - A day after an Iranian man was indicted for arranging the murder of his ex-wife, sources confirmed his son, who lives here as an American citizen and is not implicated in the crime, is jailed in Iran. Friends of Hamed Ghassemi, the son, said he left... more »