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
Iran acknowledged that the deal with the United States involved $6 billion to $7 billion that were frozen as a result of sanctions
Authorities have started raiding companies where women without headscarves have been photographed
Filmmakers like Asghar Farhadi and Ali Abbasi, TV series like ‘Happiness,’ and writers like Sadeq Hedayat and Kamand Kojouri portray an unfamiliar society plagued by negative stereotypes
If implemented, it would be an extraordinary step by the Pentagon as it grapples with a renewed effort by Iran to harass and seize ships traveling in the strait
With two months to go to the anniversary of the start of anti-regime protests, authorities intensify their crackdown on Iranian women who disobey hijab law
Practices such as arbitrary detention, torture, or the use of artificial intelligence to control dissidents are common in most authoritarian regimes, according to activists gathered at the Oslo Freedom Forum
