Recent comments from an Afghan Shiite leader that were complementary to the Iranian and Syrian regimes are likely to attract regional sectarian rivalries to Afghanistan and incite further violence, according to analysts quoted by Iran …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on all the Muslims on Tuesday to rattle what he called a plot by some countries in the region to build and improve ties with Israel. He provided no more …
Iran may be ready to resume previous levels of trade with the Kurdistan Region and reopen shared border crossings. “Our borders with Iraqi Kurdistan are reopening one by one, and the situation is being returned …
In a fluorescent-lit, indoor cemetery on the edge of Beirut’s southern suburbs, Batool Zein al-Din touches her forehead to the stone-cold marble of the grave of her friend, Ali – a Hezbollah fighter. He was …
Ousted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has asked Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group to help contain his dispute with Shia Houthi rebels, source told Middle East Monitor. There was no immediate comment from Iran …
The Iranian embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa was attacked with a rocket shell which caused it to burn after clashes erupted between Houthi militia and former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh supporters from the …
India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made an unexpected visit to Iran on Saturday and had a luncheon meeting with Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif. The leaders talked about matters of mutual interest, Hindustan Times reports. …
Turkish prosecutors ordered on Friday that Turkish-Iranian billionaire Reza Zarrab’s assets be seized, Deutsche Welle reports. Zarrab is a U.S. government witness in a New York trial concerning an Iran sanctions busting scheme. According to …
The Iranian oil minister told Rudaw on Thursday that Iran and Iraq will sign a contract to send up to 60,000 bpd of oil by truck from Kirkuk oil fields to Iran, and that it …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally intervened in a scheme that allowed Iran to dodge U.S. and UN sanctions, a gold trader with ties to the Turkish government claimed in explosive court testimony in New …
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