UN Official ‘Deeply Alarmed’ By Condition Of Iranian Prison Protesters

A United Nations human rights investigator has urged Iran to find a “prompt solution” to a prolonged hunger strike by prisoners protesting their conditions and their unexplained transfer to a high-security section of a prison outside Tehran.

UN Says Iran Remains In Compliance With 2015 Nuclear Accord

Pilgrims Gather On Mt. Arafat For Peak Of Hajj Pilgrimage

Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Iranian Dissident Politician

Hundreds of Iranians attended the funeral of Ebrahim Yazdi, one of the country's most influential dissident politicians and a former foreign minister.

Iran Displeased With Kurdish Vote

Iran Calls Inspection Of Its Military Bases "A Dream"

Trump Says 'All Options Are On Table' After North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan

President Donald Trump has said that "all options are on the table" in terms of a U.S. response to North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan.

Suicide Bombing Kills Five At Bank In Kabul

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has blown himself up at a bank in the center of Kabul, killing at least five people and wounding eight others.

Fifty Tons Of Narcotics Seized In Kerman Province In "Four Months"

Iranian Dissident, Former Foreign Minister Yazdi Dies At 86

Ebrahim Yazdi, the prominent Iranian dissident and former foreign minister who was close to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has died following a long illness, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reports.

Iraqi Military Says Troops Poised To Declare Victory In Tal Afar

The Iraqi military says its forces have taken nearly all of Tal Afar, the Islamic State (IS) extremists’ stronghold in the northwest of the country, but commanders say some militants continue to hold out in a nearby region.