Tensions have again flared up in Venezuela as the opposition launches a 24-hour nationwide strike amid ongoing anti-government protests. The opposition called the walkout in protest at President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution. From Caracas, Press TV’s correspondent Jesus Silva brings us the story.
TEHRAN, June 24, YJC -Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been barred from running for presidency in Russia’s 2018 election because he is currently serving a suspended sentence.
TEHRAN, June 22, YJC - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Syria’s opposition groups, which are being sponsored by foreign countries, are progressively losing their power.
TEHRAN, June 15, YJC - South Koreans in a small village near the site of a recently deployed US missile system and their counterparts in Seoul continue to express their opposition . The US stresses the need for the anti-ballistic battery as a top State Department official meets his counterpart in Seoul. Press TV correspondent Frank smith reports from the South Korean capital.
TEHRAN, May 15, YJC - The Syrian military has established control over a district near the capital Damascus after the planned evacuation of foreign-backed armed opposition forces from the area was completed, state media said.
TEHRAN, May 12, YJC - Bahrain’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, decried a trip by an Israeli delegation to the Persian Gulf country, saying the Bahraini people are against normalization of ties with the Zionist regime.
TEHRAN, April 25, YJC -Turkey’s highest administrative court has declined to hear an appeal by the main opposition party against the acceptance of unstamped ballots in the recent referendum on expanding President Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
TEHRAN, April 17, YJC - Turkey’s main opposition , the Republican People's Party (CHP), has called for the annulment of the results of a referendum on changes to the country’s constitution, which would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extensive executive powers.
TEHRAN, April 12, YJC - Iran’s Foreign Ministry voiced backing for Venezuela’s democratically elected government in the wake of recent violent protests in the Latin American nation, saying Tehran supports talks between the Caracas government and the opposition for peaceful resolution of differences.
BEIJING, March 2, 2015 (AFP) - A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party on Monday condemned the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, saying it severely damaged the country's body politic.
MANAMA, Nov 23, 2014 (AFP) - A war of words over Bahrain's legislative election heightened Sunday, with the Sunni leadership and the Shiite opposition , which boycotted the polls, at odds over the turnout rate and trading accusations of malpractice.
MANAMA, Nov 22, 2014 (AFP) - Bahrain holds legislative elections Saturday for the first time since a 2011 uprising, despite a boycott by the Shiite opposition that led the pro-democracy movement.
The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, on Wednesday elected Saudi-based Syrian opposition figure Hadi el-Bahra as its new president.
Bahrain has told a senior US diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition , that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately."
Protests broke out in Caracas Friday after Venezuela's attorney general charged jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with responsibility for anti-government demonstrations that have shaken the country for two months.
The United States on Wednesday accused the Syrian government of undermining the Geneva peace talks by rounding up and arresting the relatives of opposition delegates.
Tehran, YJC. Members of the Majlis have raised voice against the US Department of State for a new statement demanding the release of Iranian opposition leaders.