Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. military is "ready to defend" the interests of the country's allies, and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is en route to Saudi Arabia to "discuss our response" to an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend.
Some of the suspects in a major financial corruption case in two Iranian banks bought two ships for themselves using embezzled money, an official at Tehran Prosecutor's Office has announced.
The number of women imprisoned in Iran is swiftly increasing since the appointment of the Islamic Republic's new Judiciary head, says a renowned human rights activist currently behind bars in Iran.
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian national arrested in Iran has been charged and indicted with "spying," a spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary announced on Tuesday September 17.
The United States is taking a wait-and-see approach on whether to tap its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to stabilise oil markets after weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday.
Members of the Taliban political office in Doha have held discussions with Iran’s foreign ministry and high-level officials in Tehran, Tasnim news agency close to the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) reported on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on September 16 that it is increasingly “looking like” Iran was behind an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, but said it was still too early to be sure.
Iran will never hold talks with the United States and Washington's policy of maximum pressure on Tehran will fail, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, according to state TV.
The Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday that the attack on Saudi Arabian oil plants was carried out with Iranian weapons and was not launched from Yemen according to preliminary findings.
The head of the Islamic Republic judiciary on Monday vowed to retaliate against Canada for selling confiscated Iranian assets, giving the proceeds to the victims of Tehran-related terrorism.
A lawmaker in Iran has warned that "unveiling" or taking off hijab among Iranian women has gained momentum.
World oil prices have seen their biggest surge since 1991, with the highly destructive attack on Saudi oil installation two days ago, at one point climbing 19 percent.
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