Tag: Iran
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Iran’s supreme leader killed in major attack by US and Israel
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early today (Sunday), throwing ... -
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war
World leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday that triggered concerns of a broader conflict. European leaders held emergency meetings and ... -
US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’
DUBAI — The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran today (Saturday), and President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control ... -
US and Iran hold hours of nuclear talks as more American forces deploy in region
Iran and the United States held hours of indirect talks yesterday in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear negotiations viewed as a last chance for diplomacy as America ... -
Pezeshkian apologizes over crackdown as nation marks 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution yesterday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from U.S. President Donald Trump who suggested ... -
Iran, US hold nuclear talks as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place today in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain high ... -
Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard listing as terror group
Iran said yesterday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard ... -
A month after protests began, worry pervades Middle East
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East yesterday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, a month since the ... -
Internet shutdown squeezes Iran’s ailing businesses
Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive internet shutdown in the history of the Islamic Republic — one that has ... -
Trump says Tehran wants to negotiate as death toll in protests rises
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, a ... -
Gov’t warns US troops and Israel will be targets if America strikes over protests as death toll rises
Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city into yesterday, crossing the two-week mark as violence surrounding ... -
Protest-hit Iran warily watches the US after its raid on Venezuela
Iran faces a new round of protests challenging the country’s theocracy, but it seems like the only thing people there want to talk about is half ... -
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 ... -
UN imposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on a hungrier, poorer and more anxious Iran
The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran yesterday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Israel targets Iran’s Defense Ministry as Tehran unleashes deadly missile strike
Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran yesterday [Macau time], targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly ... -
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter
Iran’s president said yesterday [Macau time] that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first ... -
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 ... -
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 killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. The killing of ... -
Iranian president accuses Israel of seeking wider regional war
Iran’s new president accused Israel yesterday [Macau time] of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
President, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead yesterday, hours after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region ... -
China, Iran, Russia, show off their ships in a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman
China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials ... -
Islamabad retaliates with airstrikes in Iran after an attack by Tehran, killing 9 people
Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes yesterday in Iran allegedly targeting militant hideouts, an attack that killed at least nine people and further raised tensions between ...
