Iran executes opposition figure Ruhollah Zam
TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, state television said. The broadcaster said…
TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, state television said. The broadcaster said…
TEHRAN: Iran has released Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for spying, state television in the Islamic republic reported Wednesday, in exchange for three Iranians.…
BAGHDAD: Iraq's pro-Tehran factions have welcomed Joe Biden's election as US president, alarming officials and activists in Baghdad who fear a US-Iran deescalation could empower hardliners in their own country.…
TEHRAN: Iran has summoned a senior French envoy, the charge'd affaires, to protest Paris' defense of the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad, the foreign ministry in Tehran said.…
BAGHDAD: Iraq's health ministry said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the country whose threadbare health sector has been battered by the virus. Iraq has…
THE HAGUE: Iran urged the UN's top court on Wednesday to hear its bid to overturn US nuclear sanctions, saying they were destroying the Iranian economy and "ruining millions of…
TEHRAN: The school year in Iran began on Saturday after a near six-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, with parents voicing concerns despite authorities pledging to enforce health…
BAGHDAD: French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first official trip to Iraq on Wednesday, government sources in Baghdad told AFP, to signal solidarity with the crisis-hit country. The one-day…
UNITED NATIONS:The United Nations on Tuesday blocked a controversial bid by the US to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, with the Security Council saying it could not proceed with the…
TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday offered condolences and medical support to Lebanon after a huge blast at Beirut port devastated entire neighbourhoods of the city. Tehran "is ready…
TEHRAN: An accident at a nuclear complex in Iran caused significant damage and could slow the production of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, the country's atomic energy spokesman said. The…
TEHRAN: Iran's president warned Wednesday that the UN nuclear watchdog risks losing its independence after it adopted a resolution urging access to two sites alleged to have hosted past nuclear…
TEHRAN: An Iranian scientist returned home Monday after his release from a US jail in what the Islamic republic said was a prisoner exchange it hopes can be repeated between…
TEHRAN: European leaders at a United Nations' summit in the US said Washington was ready to lift sanctions in exchange for talks on a 2015 nuclear deal, claimed Hassan Rouhani,…
WASHINGTON: The United States announced Friday that it was sending military reinforcements to the Gulf region following attacks on Saudi oil facilities that it attributes to Iran, just hours after…
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that negotiations with the United States would be meaningless as long as sanctions would be in place. "As Iran's government, parliament and people…
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the United States would fail with its "warmongering" because the Islamic Republic was always ready to resist maximum pressure by the enemy…
TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran favours talks with Washington but the United States must first lift sanctions it imposed on the Islamic republic. "The Islamic…
TEHRAN: Iran's Navy Commander Hossein Khanzadi on Tuesday said that Iranian and Russian armed forces have signed a "classified" deal to expand cooperation through a series of projects including military…
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday urged Iran not to give in to emotion and abide by nuclear agreements, a day after Tehran said it had breached limits under a 2015 nuclear…
LONDON: A British-Iranian mother jailed in Tehran since 2016 on sedition charges she denies has ended her hunger strike after 15 days, her husband said Saturday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband, Richard…
TEHRAN: US sanctions against Iranian leaders represent the "permanent closure" of the path to diplomacy with Washington, Iran's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. "Imposing fruitless sanctions against Iran's supreme leader…
TEHRAN: Iran said Monday that no cyber attack against the Islamic republic has ever succeeded, after American media reported the US launched one last week amid a standoff between the…
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has nominated Mark Esper to be the US Secretary of Defense, the White House said late Friday, as Washington navigates a spike in tensions with Iran. The…