‘Pick up the phone’: IRGC appears to rebuff US Strait of Hormuz ‘hotline’ | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps News

‘Pick up the phone’: IRGC appears to rebuff US Strait of Hormuz ‘hotline’ | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps News

Tehran, Iran – Iran has indicated that there will be no direct communication between US and Iranian military officials as part of a hotline proposed by Washington designed to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebi downplayed reports on Friday of direct communications being established between the…

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Iran appears to cut internet connectivity in capital as deadly protests reach a possible tipping point

Iran appears to cut internet connectivity in capital as deadly protests reach a possible tipping point

Iranian authorities appeared to be cutting off internet access Thursday in the capital and some other regions of the country as mass protests and chanting against the government continue. Two sources in Tehran told CBS News the internet was down in the capital. The NetBlocks monitoring organization said Thursday, at about 8 p.m. local time, that its…

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Video appears to show alleged thieves escaping

Video appears to show alleged thieves escaping

Video has emerged appearing to show the alleged thieves behind the Louvre heist making their escape on a mechanical ladder in broad daylight. Two people can be seen looking around frantically as they slowly descend, minutes after the famed Paris museum was broken into and €88m-worth (£77m) of France’s crown jewels were stolen. The gang…

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