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Wikinews Iran portal
16 June 2024 –
Extreme heat during Hajj
At least 19
Jordanian and
Iranian pilgrims are killed during a
hajj in
Saudi Arabia , at least 14 dying to
heat stroke .
(Barron's )
2 June 2024 –
Syrian civil war
Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
Israeli airstrikes in the
Aleppo region kill 17 Iranian-backed militia members, including two
Iranian advisors, and three
Hezbollah members.
(SOHR)
2 June 2024 –
2024 Iranian presidential election
Former
president of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that he intends to run again following the
death of
Ebrahim Raisi . Ahmadinejad has been rejected from running in the two previous presidential elections.
(ABC News Australia)
30 May 2024 –
OpenAI removes online
influence operations based in
Russia ,
China ,
Iran , and
Israel , due to the usage of
AI by these operations to generate propaganda and fake content.
(NPR)
29 May 2024 –
Amnesty International says that the number of
executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest since 2015 and up more than 30% from 2022, with
Iran carrying out 74% of the global total. The figures exclude
China , because execution numbers are considered a state secret.
(BBC News)