Iran

Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday. All non-essential businesses and offices...

In a landmark case that is sure to fuel tensions in Iran, an Iranian official accused of complicity in the 1988 murder of hundreds of political dissidents goes on trial in Sweden on Tuesday. While working...

Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s newly-elected President, has praised Bangladesh’s strong economic growth under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership. On Friday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam met with President Raisi for a...

With Iran’s economy ravaged by US sanctions, a grinding health crisis, and difficult nuclear deal negotiations, new President Ebrahim Raisi takes the oath before parliament on Thursday. After being inaugurated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

Israel has accused Iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker in which two crew members – a British national and a Romanian citizen – were killed, reports BBC. The MV Mercer Street, operated...

The International Atomic Energy Agency is in a “uncomfortable position” due to a hiatus in discussions to save Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, according to its head, who spoke to AFP on Monday. Following the...

Iran on Monday unveiled an Islamic dating application aimed at facilitating “lasting and informed marriage” for its youth, state television reported. Called Hamdam — Farsi for “companion” — the service allows users to “search for and...

Iran’s only nuclear power plant has been brought back online, its manager said early Monday, after two weeks off-grid amid conflicting reports over an apparent regular maintenance operation. The “technical fault” that shut down the Bushehr...

UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacekeeping Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo on Wednesday called for the lifting or waiver of sanctions imposed by the United States on the Iran Nuclear Agreement, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)....

The US says it has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks on its forces in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman said the strikes targeted “operational and weapons...