
Tehran, Ottawa Trade Barbs As UN Condemns Iran Over Human Rights
Iran slammed a critical human rights resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly Thursday, accusing Canada and the United States worse of violations.

Iran slammed a critical human rights resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly Thursday, accusing Canada and the United States worse of violations.

A member of the Iranian women’s handball team has confirmed that after a tournament in Spain she broke away from the team and will not return to the country.

A bipartisan legislation was introduced Thursday at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to prevent Iran and its proxy groups from acquiring lethal drones.

The US State Department says Iran continues to harbor al Qaeda leaders and sponsor terrorism acts, in its 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism published Thursday.

The hardliner Jalili brothers, opposed to the 2015 nuclear agreement, JCPOA, are expanding their influence in the Iranian government, some media in Tehran say.

The remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal plan to meet on Friday at 1300 GMT to adjourn talks on salvaging the deal, three diplomats said on Thursday.

Iran’s atomic energy spokesman said Thursday that Tehran and the IAEA had agreed to reinstall cameras at the Karaj plant after examination by Iranian experts.

Four countries whose citizens were killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner last year have demanded that Tehran should clarify the issue of reparations.

A British warplane in a US-led coalition shot down a drone this week near a base where US troops are stationed in southern Syria, officials said on Thursday.

Iran’s vice president Mohammad Mokhber has revealed that COVID vaccine production equipment was brought into the country using an ambassador’s diplomatic pouch.

The US Department of Commerce Thursday designated several Chinese and other companies that have aided Iran’s conventional weapons’ development to Entity List for acting against US interests.

Rejecting a bill passed Wednesday offering some pay increases, teachers in Iran vow to continue protests if by Sunday parliament does not amend its legislation.

All sanctions on Iran should be lifted, Kayhan newspaper said Thursday after Tehran’s agreement over UN inspections raised hopes for the Vienna nuclear talks.

Some of Iran's conservatives are said to be thinking of distancing themselves from President Ebrahim Raisi to guarantee their electability in future elections.

Israel fired missiles at targets in southern Syria early Thursday near its frontier where it is concerned about deployments of Iran-backed forces, Syria said.

A dangerous Iranian state-sponsored hackers’ group has exploited a new cybersecurity flaw, reportedly targeting Israeli entities and potentially others.

Following weeks of reports of Israeli preparations for attacking Iran's nuclear installations, the Tehran Times warned Wednesday of a strong Iranian response.

Iran has called on Gulf countries Wednesday to avoid repetitive accusations, a day after a Gulf Arab summit accused Tehran of stalling regional talks.

The US Navy announced Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast.

The UN nuclear watchdog reached a deal with Iran on replacing its cameras at a nuclear workshop, easing a months-long standoff impacting wider nuclear talks.

Iran has allowed the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, to replace its cameras at a centrifuge parts workshop, according to a website affiliated to Iran's top security body.