Naveed Akram. one of the alleged shooters One of the gunmen who opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach has been named as Naveed Akram. A driver’s license found at the scene lists his address as Bonnyrigg, in Sydney’s south-west, where police raided on Sunday evening. The 24-year-old suspect, who was shot dead … Read more
Goli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10 billion tomans in diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being killed by the Islamic regime. Goli Koukhan, a child bride and victim of domestic violence, was spared the death penalty in Iran after she was able to collect enough diyah (blood money) to compensate … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For Googoosh, Iran’s most famous singer, life has always been a balancing act of one kind or another. She started as a child, and performed with her acrobat father who balanced her on a chair on another chair resting only on her chin. Then later, as an icon of … Read more
Officials in a major Middle Eastern capital are contemplating drastic measures to manage severe drought-driven water shortages. What’s going on? The BBC reported that the Iranian capital of Tehran is on the brink of running out of water. The lack of rain has caused the dams that supply the city to drop to less than … Read more
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, you begin with only the occasional glimpse — a passenger in a speeding car or a pedestrian trying to outrun Tehran’s notorious traffic. But as you reach the cooler heights of Tehran’s northern neighborhoods along the city’s sycamore-lined Vali-e Asr Street, they are almost everywhere, women … Read more
LF-35s that participated in US attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities flew deep into its airspace. The fighter jets escorted the B-2 stealth bombers and were the last to leave Iranian airspace. Commanders involved in Operation Midnight Hammer said the mission validated the capabilities of the F-35. The US F-35 stealth fighters that participated in the … Read more