UN denounces 鈥榤ore serious鈥� Iran crackdown on women without veils
The United Nations said on Friday that it was concerned by reports of new efforts to track and punish Iranian women, some as young as 15, who refuse to...
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Iran president slates West in Sri Lanka visit
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a power and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, but arrived in the country without his interior minister, who is...
Iran: last nation standing
BY NOT responding to decades of Israel鈥檚 provocations with an attack on Israeli soil, Iran displayed patience. The Islamic Republic rulers realised the provocations were becoming harsher, more damaging, and without stopping; it was time...
Iran retaliation
ON THE night of April 13, Iran attacked Israel for the first time in history with drones and missiles. Israel claimed that Iran had launched 170 drones, more than 309 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles. Iran did not specify the...
Iran president arrives in Sri Lanka, inaugurates power, irrigation project
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday and inaugurated a power and irrigation project, unaccompanied by his interior minister who is being sought for arrest over a deadly 1994 bombing...
Iran鈥檚 strategic patience is spent
BY ALL accounts Iran鈥檚 retaliatory attack on Israel was unprecedented. It wasn鈥檛 US 鈥榮hock and awe鈥� but it was massive, sophisticated and dazzlingly theatrical...
Iran footballer suspended for embracing female fan
A goalkeeper with one of Iran's top football clubs has been suspended after he embraced a woman supporter during a championship match, sports daily Khabar Varzeshi reported on Monday.
Iran鈥檚 president in Pakistan to mend ties after January strikes
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani leader Shebaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday, in what experts said was a 鈥榮ignificant鈥� visit aimed at mending ties after the neighbours traded deadly cross-border strikes earlier this year...
Iranians make first umrah pilgrimage since Saudi ties restored
Iranian Muslims travelled on Monday to Saudi Arabia for umrah, a year-round pilgrimage they had been barred from for almost a decade over a rift between Tehran and Riyadh, Iranian state media said...
Khamenei praises 鈥榮uccess鈥� of military after Israel attack
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country鈥檚 armed forces for their 鈥榮uccess鈥� in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week...
Iran, Israel appear to pull back from brink of war
Iran has dismissed as akin to child鈥檚 play the reported Israeli retaliation for an unprecedented Iranian strike, as both sides on Saturday appeared to...
Politics of self-defence
ISRAEL鈥橲 April 1 attack on Iran鈥檚 diplomatic compound in Damascus 鈥� which killed senior Iranian military commanders 鈥� was a clear and unprecedented...
Global calls for calm after Israeli strike on Iran
World leaders appealed for calm on Friday after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with...
Iran blasts rattle global stocks
Reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran rattled markets on Friday, with oil prices briefly surging and equities...
Oil prices briefly surge, stocks slide on blasts in Iran
Oil prices briefly surged and stock markets slid Friday on reports Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran, boosting investments deemed safer such as gold.聽....
What we know about reported strike on central Iran
Explosions rocked Iran's central Isfahan province on Friday, according to state media, while United States officials told American news outlets that Israel carried out a retaliatory strike on the Islamic republic....
US embassy in Israel asks employees to limit movement
The United States embassy in Israel on Friday told its employees and their families to restrict their movements after reports that Israel conducted a strike inside Iran.....
Tehran airports resume flights: state media
Tehran's two major airports resumed flights on Friday, state media reported, following a brief suspension after explosions were heard in central Iran....
US had advance warning of Israel attack on Iran: United States media
The United States received advance notice of Israel鈥檚 reported strike on Iran but did not endorse the operation or play any part in its execution, US media quoted officials as saying.....
Explosions in Iran, US media reports strikes by Israel
Iran鈥檚 state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan on Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival......
US, UK impose widespread sanctions on Iran鈥檚 drone program
The United States and Britain聽announced widespread sanctions against Iran鈥檚 military drone program on Thursday, in response to its weekend attack against Israel.....
Iran warns Israel against attacking nuclear sites
A senior Revolutionary Guards general threatened on Thursday to target Israel鈥檚 鈥榥uclear facilities鈥� if it strikes Iranian atomic sites, state media reported, anticipating retaliation for Tehran鈥檚 unprecedented weekend attack.....
EU to impose new sanctions on drone, missile producers in Iran
European Union leaders agreed on Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Iran's drone and missile producers over Tehran's unprecedented weekend attack on Israel, EU chief Charles Michel said.聽....
Israel under pressure to refrain from striking Iran
Israel faced pressure from its allies on Wednesday to refrain from striking back at Iran for its unprecedented missile and drone attack as Washington and Brussels vowed to ramp up sanctions against...
Israel has a choice
IN AN article titled 鈥業srael vows to retaliate against Iran for missile attacks鈥�, Axios鈥� Barak Ravid reports that the Israeli defence minister has informed his American counterpart that Israel 鈥榟as no choice鈥� but to attack...
Better protection for Iranian journalists in UK demanded
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday urged the UK government to better protect Iranian journalists being targeted with 鈥榗hilling鈥� repression by Tehran...
New sanctions on Iran coming soon: US
The United States said on Tuesday that it would soon impose new sanctions on Iran鈥檚 missile and drone program after its weekend attack on Israel, and that it expects its allies and partners to follow with parallel measures.....
Israel pledges response to聽Iran strikes
Israel鈥檚 armed forces chief has vowed to respond to Iran鈥檚 unprecedented attack against the country, even after appeals for restraint poured in from world leaders fearing...
Iran closed nuclear facilities in wake of Israel attack: IAEA
Iran temporarily closed its nuclear facilities over 鈥榮ecurity considerations鈥� in the wake of its massive missile and drone attack on Israel over the...