South Africa probes military disobedience over Iran exercises
By Staff Writer South Africa’s government is engulfed in a row about control of the military, following allegations that the top brass might have ignored orders to sideline Iran from controversial naval exercises. A board of inquiry is due to…
Pressure mounts on EU member states to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorist organisation
By Staff Writer Pressure is mounting on European Union member states to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. Several capitals, including Germany, are publicly pushing for a decision that would place the Guards on the EU’s…
Board of MTN-Irancell fires CEO for “not following security orders”; reported to appoint an IRGC Commander as the new CEO
By Staff Writer In the wake of the lethal repression of civilian protests across Iran, with fatalities now estimated to exceed 15,000, the board of MTN-Irancell dismissed Alireza Rafiei as the company’s chief executive yesterday for “disobeying orders from security…
Iran’s exiled crown prince says “the slaughter of protesters has not stopped” as he urges Trump to act
By Staff Writer Iran’s exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, has warned that “the slaughter has not stopped” inside the country, as the United States withdraws personnel from the region and foreign governments scale back their presence in Tehran. United States…
Iran’s internet blackout tightens information chokehold amid spreading protests
By Asal Abasian, Committee to Protect Journalists Iranian authorities have imposed a near-total internet shutdown as nationwide protests intensify, severely restricting journalists’ ability to report and cutting off communication with the outside world. The blackout began on January 8, more than a week…
The sinister message MTN-Irancell sent to Iranian families
By Staff Writer On the day Iran’s security services moved to tighten their grip on the streets, millions of Iranian families received a stark and unsettling text message on their mobile phones. The message did not address protesters directly. Instead,…
How the MTN Group is linked to the Iranian warships visiting South Africa
By Staff Writer While the Tehran regime is reported to have killed thousands of innocent civilians in recent days, the South African government authorised a joint naval exercise between the South African Navy and the Iranian Navy called “Will for…
Greenland’s future to be thrashed out in White House talks
By Sean Rayment High-level talks over the future of Greenland will take place between the US and Denmark at the White House this week. The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland will meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary…
Tehran’s digital repression: how Iran is weaponising MTN-Irancell to crush the protests
By Staff Writer When protests erupt in Iran, the regime’s response is predictable: batons, bullets, mass arrests, and bandwidth cuts. Since 08 January, the Supreme Leader has implemented a near-complete internet blackout across the country. According to real-time network monitoring…
Trump weighs up attack options against Iran
By Sean Rayment Iran has insisted that communication channels with Washington remain open even as President Trump considers his response to a deadly crackdown on protests that have become the gravest challenge to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution….
