The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iranian-backed militias, claimed responsibility for the attacks and said it ‘heralds more operations’ against the ‘American occupation’
The invasion announced by the Israeli army to ‘completely destroy’ Hamas will involve urban warfare that favors the Islamist militia and will entail large numbers of casualties
The leaders of the EU-27 will hold an emergency summit Tuesday to address the next steps in a conflict that could affect the bloc economically, socially and politically
Biden is expected to hold a series of high-level meetings with aides on Israel and the growing humanitarian concerns in Gaza. The president is weighing a decision to visit the region in what would be a striking symbol of support for Israel
The move follows the deadly attacks by Hamas on Israel and continued Republican criticism of the Biden administration’s deal with Iran, in which $6 billion was unfrozen in exchange for the release of five detained Americans
The former president pointed to intelligence failures ahead of last weekend’s onslaught, saying Israel had to ‘strengthen themselves up.’ He further criticized the country’s defense minister, calling him ‘this jerk’
The remarks complicate the public’s understanding of an event that still resonates, as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its aiding of militia groups across the Mideast
‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ will be published April 16 in the U.S. by Random House. Rushdie said the book was ‘a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art’
The director of the SOAS Middle East Institute says that the Palestinian militia does not have the capacity to act without the support of Iran
Tehran had opposed the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab states and is now gaining notoriety for its alleged support for Hamas
The conflict threatens wider consequences such as the cooling of the Israeli-Saudi dialogue, new tensions between the West and Iran, and accusations of double standards leveled at Israel’s supporters
Mohammadi, an engineer by training, has been imprisoned 13 times and sentenced to 31 years in prison. She has remained a leading light for nationwide, women-led protests, sparked by the death last year of a 22-year-old woman in police custody
Western nations fear that Iran could use its space technology to expand its nuclear program, which has steadily advanced since the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement
The prisoners were freed as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of $5.9 billion in frozen Iranian assets
Ronaldo arrived on his first visit to Iran with the Saudi football club Al Nassr, which is set to play Iran’s Persepolis in Tehran on Sept. 19
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani was the first to acknowledge the swap would take place Monday
The Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed the sanctions as a joke
The moves by both Tehran and Washington appear to signal the prisoner swap is progressing as the money once held in South Korean is converted into euros and moved to Qatar
The theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of nationwide protests over the country’s mandatory headscarf law and tamp down on any possibility of more unrest
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant displayed satellite photographs that he said showed the site, where the Iranian national flag and the flag of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group could be seen
Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the move last week but Congress was not notified of the decision until Monday
The report comes as Iran and the United States are negotiating a prisoner swap and the release of billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korea
The coup unseating Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was highlighted as a symbol of Western imperialism by Iran’s theocracy, but it appeared backed at the time by the country’s leading Shiite clergy
The United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia were also set to enter BRICS from Jan. 1, 2024, joining current members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to make an 11-nation bloc
IRNA said the drone is able to fly up to 24,000 feet with a speed of 210 kph (130 mph), carrying a bomb payload of up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). It also said the drone could carry electronic surveillance equipment and a camera
The visit by Hossein Amirabdollahian comes as both Saudi Arabia and Iran try to ease tensions between their nations, which long have viewed each other as archrivals for influence across the wider Middle East
The complex, multi-country deal was announced on Thursday when Iran moved four of the five Americans from prison to house arrest
