About 160 killed in Paris gunfire, explosions
About 160 people have been killed and over 200 others injured in the French capital Paris in the deadliest attacks to hit the…
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Politics and rivalry shape Iranian response to Paris attack
(Reuters) – The deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on the offices of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo drew a somewhat unexpected response from…
Cameron defends ‘reasonable’ letter to mosques
The Prime Minister says that anyone opposing a letter sent to UK mosques after the Paris terror attacks “really has a problem”.…
Citizens of Muslim countries are ‘primary victims’
Tehran, Jan 15, IRNA — Turkey’s Deputy PM Yalcin Akdogan said Monday that citizens of Muslim countries were the primary victims following…
Turkey prime minister likens Netanyahu to Paris gunmen
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the gunmen in the recent attacks in the French…
Iranian foreign minister voices concern about anti-Muslim protests in Europe
GENEVA — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed concern Wednesday about “extremely dangerous” anti-Muslim demonstrations taking place in Europe and called for…
Basij commander: Massacre of children in Gaza more painful than Paris terrorist attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- Although the terrorist attack in Paris was painful, it wasn’t more horrible than the massacre of over 500 Palestinian children…
Yemen’s Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Paris attack
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly attack on a Paris satirical newspaper, with one…
Netanyahu’s Paris appearance was a PR disaster
Benjamin Netanyahu finds out he missed the bus: An uncomfortable look at the prime minister’s embarrassing trip to France. The Paris trip…
Basij commander: Paris attacks aimed at stopping Europeans’ enthusiasm for Islam
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi blasted the masterminds of the recent terrorist attack in…
Hollande reportedly walks out during Netanyahu speech
Tehran, Jan 12, IRNA — French President Francois Hollande has reportedly left a memorial session in a Paris synagogue when the visiting…
Turkish PM expects a similar reaction to attacks on Muslims as Paris rally
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu praised the rally against terror in Paris, adding that he would expect a similar reaction to attacks…
German minister: Religious terrorism, Islam are quite different
Berlin, Jan 12, IRNA – German Interior Minister Thomas de Mariziere said extremism and religious terrorism are different from Islam and making…
Press campaigners condemn presence of certain world leaders at Paris rally
Press freedom campaigners have condemned the presence at a mass unity rally in Paris of certain world leaders who hold poor human…
Italian daily hails Iran President for condemning violence in France
Rome, Jan 11, IRNA – Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday hailed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for condemning terrorism and violence…
Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march
Absence sought as part of attempt to keep Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of European show of unity; After Netanyahu insisted on coming, French…
Iran’s coverage: Paris attacks necessitate global action on extremism: Zarif
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Double standards in fight against terror must end, says Iran foreign minister…
World leaders head for Paris to attend rally in solidarity with recent attacks victims
Leaders from the four corners of the world are set to join a mass demonstration in France in solidarity with the victims…
Hollande: French attacks have nothing to do with Islam
TEHRAN (ISNA)- French President Francois Hollande rejected any links between the perpetrators of the recent terror attacks around the capital Paris with…
Iranian cartoonists slam Paris attacks
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – In the wake of the deadly attack on the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in…
Iran daily: “West’s intervention in Syria to blame for mass killing in France”
Iran’s Speaker of President Ali Larijani (pictured) has blamed this week’s killing of 12 people at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Western intervention in Syria.…
Muslim unions, leaders condemn Paris attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- In the aftermath of Wednesday’s extremist attack in Paris, Muslim unions and leaders expressed outrage at the “barbaric” targeting of…
Anonymous declares #OpCharlieHebdo campaign against ISIL, Qaeda
A Belgian branch of the hacker group Anonymous has declared a war on ISIL and al-Qaeda terrorist groups in revenge for a…
US warns of more terrorist attacks after French incidents
The US State Department has warned Americans residing worldwide to prepare for “terrorist actions and violence”, following the recent attacks in Paris.…
Larijani: France incidents result of west’s behavior in Syria
Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said what is happening in France now is the result of west’s behavior…
Terrorists threaten Islam, Prophet, Quran: Nasrallah
The leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says terrorist groups threaten Islam, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the holy Quran by committing…
France police kill 3 suspects involved in separate hostage-taking dramas
Two separate hostage dramas have ended in France after three hostage-takers along with four hostages were killed in a town northeast of…
Two dead in Paris shoot-out
A shootout, followed by a hostage-taking at a kosher grocery shop northeast of Paris, has left at least two dead amid police attempts to hunt…
Terrorism, violence in name of Islam reprehensible: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has censured terrorism and violence in the name of Islam in any part of the world. “We condemn…
ISIL claims responsibility for Paris attack, warns US, UK
The ISIL Takfiri group has claimed responsibility for the recent terrorist attack on a satirical French weekly in the French capital, Paris,…
Paris attack Suspect Trained with Al-Qaeda in Yemen: US Officials
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Said Kouachi, one of the two brothers being sought by French authorities in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine,…
Top Iranian cleric condemns Paris shooting
A top Iranian cleric has decried a recent deadly gun attack on the office of a satirical French weekly in Paris. “We strongly…
Hostage-taking underway in Paris amid manhunt: Sources
A hostage situation has allegedly developed in Paris amid the police’s pursuit of the suspects of the recent deadly terror attack in the…
Syria: Paris attack price of French politics
Syria says the recent terror attack in Paris was carried out by terrorists who previously enjoyed the backing of Western and French officials. Speaking to…
Iran’s coverage: Iran, OPEC states pursuing sliding oil prices, Zanganeh says
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran, OPEC states pursuing sliding oil prices: Minister Iran and other members of…
Paris shooting: French far-right leader Le Pen calls for death penalty
The leader of France’s rightwing Front National (FN), Marine Le Pen, has announced she would reintroduce the death penalty if she wins…
Iran press says France must review policy after deadly attack
France must review its policy towards the Middle East and the Muslim world following the deadly attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical…
New shooting in Paris leaves one dead, one wounded
One policewoman has succumbed to injuries she sustained in a new shooting in the southern part of the French capital, Paris, just a…
One of 3 Paris gunman surrenders after attack on Charlie Hebdo
The youngest of the three gunmen engaged in an attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris has surrendered to police, a…
Iran condemns deadly attack on French weekly in Paris
Iran has condemned a deadly attack on a weekly magazine in the French capital city of Paris, describing any terrorist action against…