ISTANBUL: Intelligence agents from Turkey and Israel have thwarted an Iran-led plot to kill an Israeli-Turkish tycoon following a monthslong surveillance operation. The planned victim was Istanbul-based Yair Geller, the 75-year-old owner of CNC Advance Technologies. He was targeted in retaliation for the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020, an act
Three Iranian refugees are facing deportation from Turkey after taking part in a demonstration against Ankara’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on violence against women.
Lily Faraji, Zeinab Sahafi and Ismail Fattahi were arrested after attending the protest in the southern Turkish city of Denizli in March last year.
A fourth Iranian, Mohammad Pourakbari, was detained with them, despite not attending the protests, said Buse Bergamal, their lawyer.
Hundreds of protesters across the country have faced brutal responses from local police for participating in demonstrations against the Turkish government’s withdrawal from the convention, which aims to combat violence against women by supporting survivors
LONDON: A former Iranian air force pilot exiled in Turkey has said he still feels unsafe after a failed kidnapping attempt last month. Mehrdad Abdarbashi, a former helicopter pilot who defected from the military when he was ordered to fight in Syria, had previously tried to resign from the armed forces, but Tehran rejected his resignation and seized his passport. In 2018, he