With some Iranians still hopping mad about state spending on religious institutions and foreign military ventures, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has green-lighted the siphoning of $2.5 billion from a currency-reserve fund to boost military …
U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, are aimed at blackmailing the European Union, a Russian diplomat said as quoted …
Iran has aggressively pursued its ballistic missile program since agreeing to the 2015 nuclear deal, regularly launching nuclear-capable missiles in what critics consider a violation of the spirit of the deal, according to a report …
Israel’s U.N. ambassador is accusing Iran of attempting to turn Syria into “the largest military base in the world” to destabilize the region, threaten Israel and “terrorize the entire free world,” The Jerusalem Post reports. …
The Iranian military has halted the routine harassment by its armed “fast boats” of U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said, a turnabout that officials welcomed but were at a loss …
Amnesty called on the Iranian government to release an unnamed woman arrested for taking off her headscarf in public to protest the Islamic dress code, Daily Mail reports. A footage showing the woman standing on a …
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that Lebanon must deal with Iran, but added that he would like the best relationship with Iran. Hariri made the statement in Davos during a panel at the World …
Iran and Iraq reached an agreement to jointly develop two shared oilfields in the southwestern Khuzestan Province, a deputy at the National Iranian Oil Company told the news agency ISNA. “Iran and Iraq have signed …
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri warned other countries, especially France, against any interference in Iran’s internal affairs, including the missile and defense program, Iran Front Page reports. “We …
The Iranian Parliament passed a bill that had been submitted to them four years ago and is aimed at joining the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime. The resolution is the main international instrument in …
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