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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

President Ebrahim Raisi spoke in Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislation prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality

The assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released Monday says Iran has moved to increase its capacity to produce an atomic bomb since 2020 but has stopped short of that so far

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant described the ‘extensive’ operation as Israel’s first to target the Hezbollah militant group and the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force

The Latvian authorities are systematically deporting Middle Eastern migrants, who have been encouraged – or forced – by the government in Minsk to leave Belarus and try to enter an EU nation

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says U.S. intelligence officials believe a plant in Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone could be operational early next year

This latest incident comes after a series of maritime incidents involving Iran following the U.S. unilaterally withdrawing from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in 2018

The recording is incriminating evidence in the investigation into classified documents kept by the former president in his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida

The new law applies to land near military installations and critical infrastructure and also affects citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea

The Justice Department is tracing the illegal flow of sensitive technology, including Apple’s software code for self-driving cars and materials used for missiles, to foreign adversaries

The Biden administration last year publicized satellite imagery and intelligence findings that it said indicated Iran sold hundreds of attack drones to Russia

Yemeni and Saudi officials say the talks in Sanaa came after Saudi Arabia and the Houthis reached a draft agreement to revive a cease-fire deal that expired in October. They want to relaunch Yemeni political talks after months of Oman-brokered negotiations

‘It is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and is deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability,’ Commander Timothy Hawkins said

The agreement was reached in Beijing during a meeting between the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers, a month after China had brokered an initial reconciliation agreement

The Pentagon says a strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria