Iranian president orders probe after man dies from self-immolation in food stand

An Iranian man who set himself on fire after municipal workers shut down his family’s food stand has died from his injuries, prompting the country’s president to order

UN imposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran

Two women walk past a huge banner showing the late commander of the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and two late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah,

Rial currency falls to near-record lows on European ‘snapback’ sanctions

Iran’s rial currency fell to near-record lows yesterday as concerns grew in Tehran that European nations will start a process to reimpose United Nations sanctions on

Supreme leader makes first public appearance since Iran-Israel war started

Iran’ s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began, attending a mourning ceremony on

A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel

The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel. Now its battered theocracy and 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must regroup and rebuild in

Ceasefire must not be delayed-action bomb

With Israel and Iran blaming each other for continuing attacks on Tuesday after agreeing to a ceasefire intended to end their conflict, how the situation in the Middle

Iranian-backed hackers go to work after US strikes

Hackers backing Tehran have targeted U.S. banks, defense contractors and oil industry companies following American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — but so far have not caused

Trump says all of Tehran should evacuate ‘immediately’

U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports he had rushed back

Israel targets Iran’s Defense Ministry as Tehran unleashes deadly missile strike

Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran yesterday , targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly strikes.

Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter

Iran’s president said yesterday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to

Iran’s currency falls to an all-time low as Trump clinches the US presidency

Iran’s currency, the rial, fell yesterday to an all-time low as president-elect Donald Trump clinches the U.S. presidency again. The rial traded at 703,000 rials to the

Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say

A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that  The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran

Iranian president accuses Israel of seeking wider regional war

Iran’s new president accused Israel yesterday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a broader conflict.

Iran Police shot a woman while trying to seize her car over hijab law violation

On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened fire last month on a 31-year-old woman who had tried to speed away likely knowing

Iran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas’ Haniyeh and reiterates vows of retaliation

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack

Supreme leader prays over the coffin of Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war

Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of Palestinian militias he backs prayed yesterday over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in

As presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare

‘Hamster’ crypto craze highlights economic malaise ahead of presidential election

Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile phones as they wait at red lights in the Iranian capital during an early June heatwave.

Iran’s hard-line former President registers for June 28 presidential election

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered yesterday as a possible candidate for the presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of President Raisi in helicopter crash

The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme

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