
EU ponders new sanctions on Iran over missile transfers to Russia
The European Union is weighing sanctions on Iran's aviation sector in response to Tehran's supply of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the conflict in Ukraine.

The European Union is weighing sanctions on Iran's aviation sector in response to Tehran's supply of ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the conflict in Ukraine.

US federal authorities are moving to charge individuals allegedly connected to the Iranian government for a hack-and-leak operation against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Washington Post reports.

Three border guards were killed in an attack in southeastern Iran on Thursday, an assault claimed by the Sunni Islamist militant group Jaish al-Adl, according to Iran's state news agency.

The Iranian government has introduced a new €10 fee on international flights from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran leading to allegations of government profiteering.

Former presidential daughter turned dissident, Faezeh Hashemi, has sparked controversy with her recent letter from Evin Prison. She accused "leftist and monarchist" prisoners of creating "an atmosphere of fear" and labeled their actions as "tyranny."

Russian president Vladimir Putin and senior defence official Sergei Shoigu received Iran’s national security council chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian in St. Petersburg on Thursday in a sign of deepening ties between the heavily sanctioned powers.

Afghanistan International, a news television channel, has issued a strong condemnation of the Taliban's satellite jamming activities, describing them as a direct assault on press freedom and the public's right to access information.

Israeli ground forces reportedly conducted a raid on an IRGC weapons facility in Syria earlier this week, marking the first known operation by Israeli troops in the country, according to news reports.

Iran has expanded its tactics of silencing critics by turning to criminal organizations like the Hells Angels to avoid detection of security services monitoring Iranian intelligence and security operatives, a report by The Washington Post says.

During his visit to Iraq, the Iranian president advocated for the formation of a European style borderless Islamic union while the very borders he suggests opening are hotbeds of smuggling and extremist infiltration.

Iran's government has admitted that the price of bread in Iran has increased by 40 to 66 percent, but more rises are predicted ahead amid the country's economic crisis.

Iranian filmmaker Maryam Moghadam has criticized Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, accusing him of leading society into a “swamp of hypocrisy” rather than towards growth and reform.

In an interview with Iran International, an Israeli security chief criticized the Biden administration for putting Israel at risk after years of taking a soft approach on Iran.

Iran's reactions to US and European condemnation and sanctions following revelations of its ballistic missile sales to Russia have been restrained, primarily consisting of official statements from officials.

Iranian judicial authorities have taken legal action against actress Sahar Dolatshahi for allegedly “dancing” in a scene from a drama series, Dariush, as the government continues its crackdown on personal freedoms.

Iran, North Korea and Russia are part of an entente increasingly coordinating in Moscow's war in Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Wednesday, a day after new Western sanctions were imposed on the Islamic Republic over alleged missile transfers to Russia.

An alleged representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in Germany has been deported, the local interior ministry said, as part of a crackdown on institutions linked to the Islamic Republic.

Lacking any credible peaceful purpose, Tehran's expanding nuclear program blatantly defies international concerns, the latest US mission statement to the UN nuclear watchdog warned.

Twenty-three years after the world was shaken by devastating Islamic terrorist attacks in the United States, it's challenging to view the current Middle East crisis as a direct outcome of that "day of infamy," to quote President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In a new twist in the diplomatic standoff over the Arash field, a top Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard general claims Kuwait has begun exploiting disputed oil and gas reserves in the Persian Gulf.

In their first presidential debate, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris not only traded barbs but also revealed their sharply contrasting approaches to handling Iran and Middle Eastern conflicts.