Archive

Iran’s customs data indicates that strategic reserves of animal feed have declined, raising warnings about potential impacts on the country's food security.

A senior Iranian intelligence official and a network of operatives have been identified as key figures in a cyber group that targeted London-based broadcaster Iran International and its staff, according to information obtained by the channel.

Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Armenia has assured Tehran it will uphold all of Iran’s red lines regarding the Zangezur region and that no US forces will be stationed along the Iranian-Armenian border, amid concerns over the US-brokered deal in the South Caucasus.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem warned on Friday that moves to strip the group of its weapons risk plunging Lebanon into war, vowing that the Iran-backed movement would not surrender its arsenal despite a recent government decision to disarm it.

More than 20 members of Iran’s Baha’i minority in the central city of Isfahan have had their homes, assets and vehicles confiscated in recent weeks, in some cases being informed only by text message, the Baha’i International Community (BIC) said on Wednesday.

Iranian officials said on Thursday they are seeking ways to prevent the return of UN sanctions and are ready to hold talks with the United States over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, provided they are not used as a pretext for another military campaign.

Two senior Iranian officials said on Thursday that the Israeli prime minister’s attempt to spark protests in Iran fell flat over what they called popular support for the Islamic Republic, two days after Netanyahu urged Iranians to take to the streets.

A Shi'ite summer school camp in England, known as Camp Wilayah, has been cancelled due to what its organizer described as safety threats, following accusations by a right-wing political party that it has ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Israel’s military chief said on Thursday the army is prepared to launch more strikes on Iran if necessary, after what he described as a successful preemptive war in June that halted an emerging existential threat to Israel.

Iran’s top security official said on Thursday Tehran was open to normalizing its relations with Syria's new government, shortly after reports that Damascus had barred his plane from using the Syrian airspace when flying to Beirut.

The US State Department on Thursday called on Iran to stop its ongoing assaults on journalists and independent media, including threats targeting reporters and their families across the world.

Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says she is receiving death threats that are openly coming from Iran’s intelligence agents.

The average time to save for a home in Tehran is about 80 years, even as the capital witnesses a major wave of price decreases, the head of the Tehran Real Estate Consultants Union said.

Iran’s Supreme Leader and the country’s power structure have reached a consensus to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States, viewing them as vital to the Islamic Republic’s survival, Reuters reported on Thursday citing unnamed Iranian sources.

Pressure is building inside Iran’s political establishment for a fundamental change of course, with former president Hassan Rouhani joining a growing chorus warning that continued rigidity could lead to paralysis or trigger renewed unrest.

Israel’s June airstrike on Tehran’s Evin prison showed no regard for distinguishing between military and civilian targets and is a war crime, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Iranian and Iraqi officials discussed ways to increase pressure on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups during a recent visit to Baghdad by Iran’s National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, sources from Iranian Kurdish parties told Iran International.

Syria’s government barred a plane carrying Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani from using its airspace en route to Lebanon this week, forcing the aircraft to reroute over Iraq and Turkey, Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported on Thursday.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has warned that the ball is in Iran’s court after Britain, France, and Germany signaled readiness to reimpose UN sanctions if Tehran fails to agree to a nuclear deal by the end of August.

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities pose a threat to regional stability, citing concerns raised by United Nations human rights rapporteurs.

A federal court in the United States has rejected multiple motions by Parviz Sabeti, a onetime security chief in pre-revolutionary Iran, to dismiss a landmark lawsuit accusing him of aiding and abetting the torture of dissidents in the 1970s.