Iran on Saturday said it would retaliate against new U.S. sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the head of Iran’s judiciary and others. It also rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani mocked Donald Trump for failing to kill off the Iran nuclear deal despite the U.S. leader’s 2016 election promise to do so. says the United States has failed to undermine a …
Inflation, poverty, unemployment, and “mismanagement by state officials.” are to blame for the country’s recent outbreak of violent protests, an Iranian teachers’ organization has said. The Teachers Trade Unions Coordination Council (TTUC) said in a …
Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern Kirkuk fields to Iran before the end of January, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi told reporters last week in Baghdad, RFE/RL reported. About 30,000 barrels per day …
Iran’s supreme leader accuses the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Israel of orchestrating the anti-regime campaign against Tehran, The Tower reported. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the U.S. and the UK for the …
The citizens’ anger that fueled the nationwide Iran demonstrations will continue to linger and could erupt again at any time despite the protests winding down at the moment, experts say. Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of the …
Almost 40 years ago, the Iranian Islamic revolution toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who led the country for 37 years. In 1979, the late Shah’s eldest son was a high school student slowly getting ready …
A top Iranian nuclear official has warned that if the nuclear agreement is ditched Tehran will increase its uranium enrichment activities with a speed far much higher than the conclusion of the nuclear deal, Tehran …
The lives of more than 5,000 prisoners on death row in Iran could be spared as a change in the law abolishes capital punishment for some drug-trafficking offenses, The Guardian reports. Iran is second only …
The leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said a tripartite plot was behind the recent violent unrest in some Iranian cities, stressing that a distinction should be made between legitimate demands of …
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