Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed General Ali Fadavi as the deputy to the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards corps (IRGC).
In a statement issued on Thursday 16 May, Iran's Writers' Association (IWA), a civil society union, has protested for three Iranian writers receiving a total of 18 years in prison.
Iran says it has "successfully" tested a firewall it calls the country's “cyber-defense shield", after announcing plans for a test several times before.
Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister, Khalid bin Salman, on Thursday accused Iran of ordering drone attacks on its oil pumping stations that were claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
Iran’s Permanent Mission to The United Nations has dismissed Washington’s reasoning for withdrawing non-essential employees of the U.S. embassy in Iraq
The Chief of Staff of the Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani says the 60-day deadline set for withdrawing from the agreement is non-negotiable.
Iranian hardliner journalists and analysts have been suggesting this week that Iran should attack Saudi and UAE interests in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, attributing the UAE and Saudi attacks to "Islamic Resistance".
The UAE says it will show restraint after attacks on tankers off its coast, while UN Secretary General condemns recent violence and calls for investigations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Iran should stay in the nuclear agreement and should not take the first step to withdraw.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) says it is monitoring the situation of world oil supplies following the attack on tankers at Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and drome attacks on Saudi oil installations.
Several Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have demanded more information form the Trump administration on current tensions with Iran on May 14.
An Iranian nuclear official has warned against taking Iran's case back to the U.N. and has urged Europe to expedite its trade arrangements with Iran.
A prominent Iranian physicist and human rights activists, Nargess Mohammadi, who is a political prisoner, has been taken from prison to hospital to undergo surgery.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says a war with America is not likely to happen. He also reiterates that Iran is not going to negotiate with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program.
ran's foreign ministry on Tuesday May 14 denied reports that Tehran will stay in the nuclear deal with the West only if it can export at least 1.5 million barrels of oil per day.
The prosecutor of Isfahan in Iran has banned women's cycling in public by pronouncing it "a prohibited act" which will entail punishment based on the "Islamic Penal Code."
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Iran is concerned about the U.S. cutting off internet connection to the country and is mulling "drills" to make sure its banking and other vital services could work in such an environment.
The White House is reviewing military plans that could see the deployment of up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack U.S. forces or accelerated work on nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump today warned that there will "be a bad problem for Iran if something happens".
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