Iranian ultraconservatives launched strong criticisms against President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday after his comments to NBC News, in which he denied Iran’s intention to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump.
Israel planted explosives in centrifuge technology Iran bought for its nuclear program, veteran diplomat and vice president Mohammad Javad Zarif said, alleging an apparently unknown attempted attack by the Islamic Republic's arch-enemy.
The cost of shipping oil from the Middle East to China surged by over a third in the wake of new US sanctions targeting 183 tankers carrying Russian and Iranian oil on Friday, according to a Reuters report.
The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society said that the United States requested financial assistance from Iran to combat the wildfires ravaging California.
Chinese state oil companies and major private refiners are rushing to secure crude supplies as tighter sanctions on Iran and Russia threaten to disrupt near-term oil flows, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
Italian authorities on Sunday released Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, a 38-year-old Swiss-Iranian wanted on terrorism charges by the US, Iran's Judiciary said, a few days after the Islamic Republic released an Italian journalist detained in Tehran after Abedini's arrest in Milan.
Fatah, the ruling authority in the West Bank, has criticized Hamas for aligning itself with Iran, accusing the group of jeopardizing Palestinian interests and resources.
A senior official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard appears to have acknowledged that a series of direct attacks on Israel did not achieve their intended strategic goals.
Iran’s influence in Lebanon was dealt another blow with the election of US and Arab-backed General Joseph Aoun as the country's new president, months after Tehran's armed ally Hezbollah was mauled by Israel in a 14-month war.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticized Iran for a slew of alleged affronts, in a sign of mounting tension between the neighbors, including a jibe by a preacher accusing Baku of conspiring with Israel.
The number of Starlink satellite internet users in Iran has surpassed 100,000, a senior industry official said on Monday, underscoring the keenness of Iranians to defy curbs on their access to the outside world.
US President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to temporarily halt the extradition of an Iranian detained in Milan, Italian media said on Monday after Iran International reported that Tehran tied an Italian reporter’s release to the Iranian detainee’s freedom.
While Iran's Supreme Leader continues calls for Syrian youth to reject the new leadership, Iran’s foreign ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to Syria’s sovereignty.
The Taliban’s governance in Afghanistan has hindered regional cooperation on critical issues like shared water resources, according to a member of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that diplomacy and battlefield strategies must align as Tehran seeks to maintain its military power despite significant regional setbacks.
A trade dispute between Iran and Turkey has escalated, with both nations imposing retaliatory measures over fuel taxes on trucks. The tensions come amid Turkey's recent strategic gains in Syria and a decline in Iran's regional influence.
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson and prominent critic of Iran, as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.
The US-led coalition against ISIS has begun constructing a military base in Kobani, northern Syria, as clashes continue between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkey-aligned rebel groups.
The 2020 assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani set the Iranian government on the road to imminent collapse, a former UK security minister said.
For the first time since its independence, Armenia has assumed full control over the Agarak border checkpoint along its border with Iran.
Iran’s top military officials have threatened US President-elect Donald Trump, vowing consequences on the fifth anniversary of the killing of the former IRGC Quds Force commander.
Six Iranian citizens have been executed in Saudi Arabia on charges of drug trafficking, Riyadh’s Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday. The ministry did not provide further details regarding the time of arrest, trial, and execution.
Azerbaijan has summoned Iran's interim chargé d'affaires to the Foreign Ministry, demanding an end to what it called "provocative actions" by Tehran, according to a report by Tasnim news agency on Wednesday.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, blamed for the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis and, by many, the rise of the Islamic Republic, has died at the age of 100.
Italy is negotiating for the release of a journalist detained in Iran via a potential exchange for an Iranian citizen arrested in Milan at the request of the United Sates, according to Italian daily La Repubblica.
Iran’s armed forces have threatened a forceful response to any aggression on the country.
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defense system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has drawn parallels between the oppressive system described in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and the systemic control of women in Iranian society.
The world is witnessing a period of significant regional setbacks and retreats for the Islamic Republic. After two decades of massive financial expenditures and international isolation, Tehran’s strongholds and allies are crumbling one by one across the region.
The son of a key figure in Iran's ruling establishment is at the heart of a sanctions-busting secret trade with Russia, in which Iran provides Moscow with weapons in exchange for oil, a report by Bloomberg said.
The pro-Hezbollah Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported that Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have reached an agreement with the Iraqi government to halt attacks on Israel to avoid destabilizing the country.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it had maintained a sustained dialogue with Syrian opposition movements, adding, however, that Tehran is not currently in contact with the forces governing Syria.
Iran has no place in Syria’s future, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara A. Leaf said in response to Iran International during a special online briefing on Friday.
The United States imposed sanctions against entities linked to Iran and its allies the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday just weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is due to herald even harsher pressure on Tehran.
The US State Department said on Wednesday that its ongoing sanctions have played a significant role in the sharp devaluation of the Iranian rial to record lows against the US dollar.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has traveled to Egypt to attend an economic summit in a rare visit that may signal thawing relations between the Islamic Republic and the Arab world's most populous nation.
Two men accused of stabbing an Iran International TV presenter appeared in court on Wednesday in London, a day after being extradited from their native Romania.
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday expressed openness to good relations with a new Syria, turning a page on over a decade of Iranian military support against the rebel groups which now run the country.
Israeli officials announced the arrest on Tuesday of a 23-year-old Jerusalem resident on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting what they called terrorist attacks inside Israel.
Germany and the EU have joined efforts by countries including the US and UK to build relations with Syria’s new ruling Islamist group, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad.