The small island nation of Bahrain in the southern part of the Persian Gulf is preparing itself to host an international summit this fall on regional maritime and aviation threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Protesters belonging to Iran-based Hezbollahi groups picketed the Nigerian embassy in Tehran demanding the release of a leading Shiite cleric in Nigeria jailed since 2015.
Four days after the mysterious disappearance of an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, it turns out that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has towed the ship to an Iranian island for repairs. However, surprisingly, the crew have not contacted their base in the UAE.
A veteran political activist and heavyweight Reformist in Iran has lamented about an unprecedented division among members of the so-called pro-reform camp in the country.
The Guardian Council in Iran has once again elected hardliner Ahmad Jannati, 93, as the body’s secretary on Wednesday July 17. He has been holding the post since 1992.
The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) closed in red on Tuesday, July 16, as investors were set back by the recovery of the national currency rial in the open forex market.
As the Iranian government supplied cheap hard currencies to businesses, many never repatriate their earnings, leaving the country short of much-needed dollars and euros.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned the United Kingdom on Tuesday July 16 that Iran will take revenge for the detention of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.
Iranian navy vessels came to the assistance of a disabled foreign oil tanker in the Gulf that needed repairs, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the semi-official news agency ISNA.
In a marked sign of a potential change in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policy Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the country’s missile program could be a topic for negotiations with the United States.
The Iranian Human Rights News Agency (HRANA) reported that Iranian security police arrested and jailed MoloudHajizadeh, an Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist in Tehran on July 15.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington’s sanctions have had a strong impact on Iran, and Iran’s behavior has united unlikely allies in the Middle East against Iranian hegemony.
Netanyahu released a video condemning the European response and likening it to the failed diplomacy with Nazi Germany in the months preceding World War Two.
The French Foreign Ministry has announced that a French-Iranian dual national, Fariba Adelkhah, has been arrested and jailed in Iran.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has highlighted the difference between UK and U.S. officials' opinions about Iran and the nuclear deal and how to handle the Iranian crisis.
Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi says the Iranian government has allocated $170 million at subsidized rate to importing tobacco and another $16 million to cigarette paper.
Iranians use more than two metric tons of narcotic drugs per day, a member of Majles (Iran’s parliament) has cited the head of Drug Control Headquarters (DCH), Eskandar Momeni as saying.
President Hassan Rouhani has said once again on Sunday July 14 that Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts the sanctions it has imposed on Iran and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal.
The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Abbas Mousavi, has denied rumors that said the United States had sent a message to Iran via Russia.
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