Iran’s intelligence agency has confiscated large amounts of weapons and ammunition, among which bombs and grenades, an official news agency confirmed. Officials have put the blame for bringing the weapons into the country on Saudi …
South Korea has stopped an investment deal in Iran’s steel industry due to Saudi Arabia’s influence, the latest development in the tug-of-war between Iran and Saudi Arabia has manifested in the kingdom, Financial Tribune reports. …
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani emphasized continued “brotherly ties” and stressed the significance of the Kurdistan Region’s security in a meeting with KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in Tehran, Kurdish media network Rudaw reports. “We …
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged Turkey to protect the territorial integrity of Syria and respect the national sovereignty of the Arab state as Ankara launched a land operation against the Kurdish militants entering Syria’s …
Football’s World Cup in 2022, to be hosted by Qatar, was always billed as a regional event. Other countries in the Gulf offered hotel rooms and training facilities. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said it …
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Israeli regime seeks to create division in Lebanon to advance its own interests but the Lebanese nation and government have managed to foil enemies’ “divisive plots,” Xinhua reports. “Undoubtedly, …
In December 2017, Iran and Iraq signed an oil swap deal, and on Jan. 14, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi announced that Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern Kirkuk fields to Iran before …
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on Tuesday for more solidarity between Muslim countries and for them not to depend on “foreigners” for their development, Times of Israel reports. His comments come after Washington threatened to …
The KRG Representative to Iran predicts that political relations between Erbil and Tehran will return to normal in due time. He added that recent protests in Iran further deteriorated relations between Iran and the Kurdistan …
Afghan officials say the country’s main intelligence agency has arrested a government employee in the western province of Herat for alleged spying for Iran, RFERL reports. Jilani Farhad, the spokesman for Herat’s governor, told RFE/RL …
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