In reaction to recent questions raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Iran's nuclear program the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that Iran has no obligation to answer questioned based on "empty claims".
Iran's Revolutionary Guard affiliated Fars News Agency on March 21 published a list of senior officials and politicians who have tested positive or died from coronavirus (COVID-19). First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri is included among those who have tested positive and in isolation.
The commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), Marine Corps General Kenneth Franklin "Frank" McKenzie Jr., accused Tehran of threatening free navigation and trade in the Middle East.
The United States has called on Iran to “immediately release on humanitarian grounds” all U.S. citizens who are “wrongfully” detained in the country.
The deadly novel coronavirus epidemic will continue to expand in Iran at least until April 8 and then will begin to ebb.
An appeals court in Iran has sentenced a civil rights activist to six years in jail for signing a letter last year asking Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to step down.
Iranian doctors on March 10 called on President Rouhani to reassign the management of the coronavirus crisis to a more authoritative council or take the responsibility himself.
The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran said on Tuesday he had asked Tehran to free all prisoners temporarily.
In a statement on March 9 which marked 13 years since Robert Levinson went missing in Iran's Kish Island, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Iranian government's denial of knowledge of the former FBI agent's whereabouts or condition "defies credibility".
The Wall Street Jounal is reporting that the United States has begun withdrawing troops it deployed to the Middle East after the killing of IRGC commander General Qassem Soleilmani.
The Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has canceled his Iranian New Year speech in the midst of a serious coronavirus crisis in the country, his office announced on Monday, March 9.
The Trump administration will soon issue advisories warning shippers, port officials and insurance companies against the practice of storing Iranian oil and avoiding U.S. sanctions.
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