Iran

Iranian state media reported on Friday that two oil tankers that were purportedly transporting gasoline smuggling in the Gulf had been captured and their crews detained. “The Revolutionary Guards naval forces seized two ships over the...

Six miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran on Monday, according to official media. According to the official IRNA news agency, the explosion occurred in a tunnel in the northern...

According to local media on Saturday, Iran’s air force has acquired a batch of cutting-edge Russian combat trainer jets to “improve the training and combat capability of the air force.” “A number of Yak-130 training aircraft...

According to a Wednesday media source, the trial for Mahsa Amini’s attorney has started in Iran. Mahsa Amini was a young Iranian Kurd whose death last September sparked a significant protest movement. According to the daily...

State media said on Saturday that a minibus carrying mountaineers in Iran crashed into a ravine, killing ten people. According to state news agency IRNA, the incident happened on Friday in the East Azerbaijan province, close...

Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are among the six nations that the BRICS group is inviting to join. Six more nations have been asked to join the BRICS group of...

The Cannes Film Festival’s organizers condemned “a serious violation of free speech” on Wednesday after Iranian director Saeed Roustaee was jailed for screening a movie in the competition. According to Tuesday’s local media, an Iranian court...

Iran has transferred five Americans from prison to house arrest, according to authorities and family members, in the first step in a sensitive arrangement that would unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian funds and allow the...

Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran has reopened, according to Iranian official media, following a thaw in relations seven years after the mission was closed. Following a deal mediated by China in March, Shiite-majority Iran and Sunni...

A US official said Thursday that the US is prepared to deploy sailors and Marines onboard commercial tankers transiting the Gulf as part of steps to discourage Iran from seizing ships. The security personnel would give...