Sources: BBC
At least four people are killed and more than 120 others are injured by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Kashmar, Iran. 2024-06-18
A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb, Croatia, and later dies in hospital. 2024-06-11
Iran surpasses four million cases from COVID-19 after a record 39,957 new cases were reported for the third consecutive day. 2021-08-4
An Iranian man attempts self-immolation in front of the Tehran city hall. 2018-09-5
Former Vice President of Iran Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is arrested after criticizing Iran's judiciary. 2018-03-17
ISIL forces raid an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base in vast desert spaces of eastern Homs Governorate, Syria, manned by between 12 to 18 fighters, all but one of which are killed. 2017-08-11
A Somali asylum seeker sets herself alight in Nauru to protest her detention on the island by Australia, one week after an Iranian asylum seeker did the same thing. 2016-05-2
An Iranian asylum seeker self-immolates himself in Nauru to protest Australia's treatment of refugees. The protest coincides with a visit by representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the island. Instead of admitting refugees into the country, Australia has been sending them to Nauru or Papua New Guinea. 2016-04-27
The Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei accuses the United States of "holding a gun" to Tehran's head to pressure it to hold direct talks and states that it's very unlikely that these talks may take place. 2013-02-7
Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, west of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, injuring at least 117, with 56 serious injuries. 2012-04-21