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 …
The cause of death of Iran’s former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is once again stirring controversy after his son Yasser announced that President Hassan Rouhani rejected a report by the Supreme National Security Council …
Iran’s foreign minister on Monday warned neighboring countries against fomenting unrest after anti-government protests roiled the country over the past two weeks, The Washington Post reports. The remarks by Mohammad Javad Zarif at a security …
An Iranian reformist lawmaker says some 3,700 people were arrested in the days of protests and unrest that roiled Iran over the past two weeks. The official news website of the Iranian parliament, icana.ir, quoted …
The Trump administration is planning to impose blanket sanctions on Iranian state television, as part of measures to punish those involved in the crackdown of protesters following the recent unrest, Tasnim News reports. The Islamic …
Iran’s top nuclear official said Monday that his country might rethink its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency if President Trump scrapped American participation in the 2015 agreement limiting Iranian nuclear activities, The New …
The KRG Department of Foreign Relations has expressed its objection and concern with Iranian accusations of Erbil being complicit in the anti-government Iranian protests, calling the accusations “baseless” and contradictory to “good-neighborly relations,” Kurdish media …
The death of a young Iranian in custody for allegedly taking part in anti-establishment protests has heightened fears of brutal official reprisals against detained protesters and other perceived dissidents following the worst street demonstrations Iran …
The director of the CIA bluntly denied Iranian officials’ accusations that the United States was behind deadly protests that spread across the Islamic Republic. “False. It was the Iranian people, started by them, created by …
The minister of Iranian intelligence has issued a harsh warning to “anti-revolutionary forces,” promising revenge after the death of three members of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Kurdish media network Rudaw reports. “Iranian security forces will soon …
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