The governor of Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan Province has warned that electricity consumption in the province has reached an “alert” level and that it could be necessary to at least partially shut down the cities for 20 to 30 days during the summer to tackle the problem.
Iran threatened to reciprocate Kuwait's decision to expel most of its diplomats on Thursday, saying the accusations that Tehran was behind a terrorist cell in the country were "baseless".
Kuwait says it has called on Iran to reduce the number of its diplomats stationed in the Persian Gulf state and close down some of its offices, including its cultural mission.
U.S. President Donald Trump decided a month ago to halt the CIA's covert program to equip and train rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army, media reported on July 19.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Iran to halt all executions for drug-related offenses while the parliament discusses amendments to reform the country’s drug law.
The top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has reacted strongly to the latest U.S. sanctions, saying that if IRGC comes under American sanctions, the U.S. has to close down all its bases within one thousand kilometers of Iran
Iran continued to be the "foremost state sponsor of terrorism" in 2016, with groups supported by the country maintaining their ability to threaten the United States and its allies, a new report by the U.S. State Department says.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday new U.S. new U.S. sanctions against Iran contravened the country's nuclear accord with world powers and he vowed that Tehran would "resist" them, state television reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused U.S. President Donald Trump's administration of trying to "poison the atmosphere" with new sanctions despite Tehran's adherence to the 2015 nuclear accord.
President Hassan Rouhani's brother and confidant, Hossein Fereidoun has reportedly been freed from prison after posting a huge bail, by Iranian standards.
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