Iran

Engaging in negotiations with the US will not solve Tehran’s issues with Washington, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday.Khamenei criticized voices calling for talks with the US to help ease the pressure on…

Iranian courts issued three more death sentences for violence linked to protests over Mahsa Amini’s death, the judiciary said Wednesday, bringing to five the total handed down in three days.One was convicted of attacking…

Iranian activists behind protests over Mahsa Amini’s death called on Saturday for major demonstrations next week, marking three years since a bloody crackdown on unrest sparked by fuel price hikes.The call to…

Iran’s top diplomat has accused Western countries of promoting violence in the Islamic republic. This, he said, was made possible through helping protesters to make weapons and Molotov cocktails.Street violence has flared…

More than 300 people have been reportedly killed in Iran's Mahsa Amini protests.“At least 304 people, including 41 children and 24 women, have been killed in the ongoing nationwide protests,” the Oslo-based rights group Iran…

Iran poses a very real cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and could target key industries such as telecoms, oil, and gas, experts explained.Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco was hacked in 2012 in one…

The US Treasury Department issued fresh sanctions against Iran on Friday, designating Tehran’s minister of intelligence and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) for cyber activities against the United States.“Since…

Iran has halted all flights to Iraq due to the ongoing unrest. Iran closed its borders with Iraq and urged its citizens to avoid traveling there, a senior official said on Tuesday, amid an eruption of violence after Shia cleric…

The United States has carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias, a U.S. military spokesman said.The strikes in oil-rich Deir Ezzor province, which were ordered by President Biden,…

Iran is set to launch mass military drone drills. Iran's armed forces will on Wednesday launch large scale drone drills across the country involving 150 unmanned aerial vehicles to show off its “power”, state media reported…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned Washington against using "language of threat" against the Islamic republic."History ought to have taught the United States that language of threat against Iran and Iranians…

The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues."During the last several weeks, Russian…

Not few than three people including a police officer were reportedly killed as protests erupted in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan over water shortages.According to a report on Wednesday July 21, 2021, anti-government protests…

An Iranian investigator has said that Israel is highly likely to have been behind an attack in the Mediterranean.The investigator stated that the attack damaged an Iranian container ship.Israeli officials have declined comments on the…

Iran has announced closure of all government offices to tighten coronavirus restrictions in the country.While disclosing this in a report on Friday November 27, 2020, Health Ministry spokeswoman, it was stated that all offices will…

An arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council (UNSC) since 2007 has reached its end.Iran’s foreign ministry announced this on 18th October, 2020 on its official website."All restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities…

A gas explosion which hit an Iranian market has flattened a building and shops while killing at least 5 people.The explosion which occurred in Southwest Iran started around midday on Saturday October 11, 2020.Video released on social…

Iran has dismisses an accusation made by Saudi Arabia that it had trained a terrorist cell, which Riyadh said it had taken down.Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman said this on Tuesday September 29, 2020, in a televised report.Saeed…

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President, has accused the U.S. of savagery following fresh sanctions imposed on Tehran on Monday which he said has caused the country millions of dollars damages.Speaking in a televised address on Saturday,…

Iran has lauded the Russian and Chinese support to prevent Security Council from extending the arms’ embargo imposed on Tehran. While disclosing this on Saturday August 15, 2020, the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said it was the first…

Saudi press agency has reported that Saudi Arabia is calling for an extension of the arms embargo on Iran.The report said the Kingdom's UN ambassador, Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel, made the move during a conference held in Geneva on Thursday…

Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, has condemned the ban imposed on Twitter since the “Green Movement” protests in 2009.While expressing his feelings about the ban via his Twitter…

Iranian government has declared that it will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January.While disclosing this on Monday August 10, 2020, the head of Iran's Central Insurance…

An Iranian have been executed for killing an elite soldier during anti-government unrest in 2017.Mostafa Salehi, one of several men sentenced to death for their roles in anti-government protests in recent months, was convicted of shooting…

Iran has announced the arrest of a US-based terrorist leader accused of being behind a 2008 bombing in the city of ShirazWhile disclosing this on Saturday August 1, 2020, Iran stated the leader, Jamshid Sharmahd, was involved in a deadly…

Workers in Iran have taken to the streets demanding payment of overdue wages and the implementation of the job-classification law.Local media radio Farda reported on Saturday August 1, 2020, that the Iranian workers were mainly in the oil…

Iran Intelligence Ministry has said that it has arrested Jamshid Sharmahd, leader of a pro-monarchist group called Tondar, for being the brains behind a deadly bomb attack in 2008, and planning another series of attacks on the country.…

Iran’s Judiciary has said that passengers who were harassed on an airliner by an American fighter jet on Thursday while flying over Syria could sue the U.S military in Iran’s courts for damage caused.Iran’s judiciary made the statement on…

Babak Paknia, one of the attorneys of the Iranian Judiciary has announced that the execution of the three men linked to anti-government protests staged in November will be suspended.This decision was as a result of series of online…

An explosion rocked an Iranian Power plant on Sunday July 18, 2020, in the central Isfahan province, the location of Natanz nuclear facility damaged in an explosion on July 2.According to the manager of the Isfahan power company, the…