Officials in the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf say 15 young men and women were arrested in a “mixed-gender night party” at a beach resort.
Iran is banning the import of more than 1,500 “non-essential” items, amid U.S. sanctions on its oil exports, shortage of foreign currency and economic crisis.
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a U.S. military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said on Sunday.
The head of Iran’s Tax Organization has said existing information from banks indicates that half of the country’s high-income tax subjects do not pay taxes, according to the government news website IRNA.
In an unexpected development six political prisoners have been freed on bail in Iran on Saturday, October 26, including labor activist Sepideh Qolian who ended a week-long hunger strike yesterday.
A powerful hardliner ayatollah in an obvious attack on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that what elicits respect for Iran is shooting down U.S. drones and seizing British ships, not signing agreements.
The United States on Friday asked foreign governments to submit detailed reports on humanitarian exports to Iran, a step observers said could have a chilling effect and cast a pall over European efforts to allow trade.
A young labor rights activist, Sepideh Qolyan has ended her hunger strike behind bars, her father told Radio Farda on Friday, October 25.
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has said that America’s weakness is the result of not having a “clerical” political leader.
Iraqi police fired live shots into the air as well as rubber bullets and dozens of tear gas canisters on Friday to disperse thousands of protesters on the streets of Baghdad.
A 64-year resident of Central Ohio was sentenced to a 20-month sentence for violating U.S. sanction by supplying industrial and oil technology to Iran, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The United States is committed to reinforcing its military position in Syria with additional assets to prevent oilfields from being taken over by remnants of the Islamic State militant group or others, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday.
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