Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of deploying missiles in Yemen and elsewhere with the intention of attacking Israel.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday the United States would increase economic pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, making the pledge during a Middle East trip that includes visits to U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Security forces in Iran have closed major routes leading to historic Pasargadae, the site of Cyrus the Great’s tomb in anticipation of spontaneous gatherings of people.
Hundreds of people suffering from respiratory problems have visited the medical centers in the city of Ahvaz in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, southwest Iran, after first seasonal rains that were mixed with air pollutants.
Iran said on Sunday the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will not mean the end of the group and its ideology, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei tweeted.
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.
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