U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed as “fake news” a report in The New York Times that said the White House is reviewing plans to possibly deploy up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack U.S. forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons.
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."
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in New Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart after India halted imports of Iranian oil in the wake of renewed U.S. sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump today warned that there will "be a bad problem for Iran if something happens".
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that a conflict could break out "by accident" between the United States and Iran amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Recent remarks by Iran’s education minister about 14 million schoolchildren being ready to go to war, has led to public outcry and condemnations among Iranians.
Iran said on May 13 that it has sentenced an Iranian citizen who works for the British Council to 10 years in prison on charges of "spying."
At meeting in Brussels of EU foreign ministers the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt appealed for calm after recent an escalation of tensions with Iran over its nuclear program and maritime security in the Persian Gulf.
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeesi says officials in a meeting last week have discussed the Iranian Parliament's bill to prevent violence against women. However, he added it takes a few weeks before the bill is finalized.
Amid heightened tensions with Iran, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says eight alleged terrorists have been killed in a shootout with security forces in the predominantly Shiite eastern region of Qatif.
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday four merchant vessels had been targeted by "acts of sabotage" in Gulf waters off its coast, amid rising tensions between neighboring Iran and the US.
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