Iran's foreign minister accuses US of giving Israel 'green light' to attack consulate in Syria
Iranโs foreign minister has accused the United States of giving Israel the โgreen lightโ for a strike on its consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials, including two generals.
US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions
The United States and allies are warning Iran that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an emerging plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine.
Iran is responsible for the 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds
A U.N. fact-finding mission says Iran is responsible for the โphysical violenceโ that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the countryโs mandatory headscarf laws and its ruling theocracy.
US promises new sanctions on Iran for its support of Russia's war in Ukraine, potential missile sale
The White House is promising to unveil new sanctions on Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its arm sales that have bolstered Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine, and threatening a โswiftโ and โsevereโ response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic missiles to Moscow.
Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Meta has removed Instagram and Facebook accounts run on behalf of Iranโs Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after criticism over his support for Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the monthslong war still raging in the Gaza Strip.
US warned Iran that ISIS-K was preparing attack ahead of deadly Kerman blasts, a US official says
The U.S. government privately warned Iran that the Islamic State groupโs affiliate in Afghanistan was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack before bombings in Kerman earlier this month killed 95 people.
3 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 drones
The U.S. military says three commercial ships in the Red Sea were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen, and a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault.
IAEA head says the barring of several nuclear inspectors by Iran is a โserious blowโ to monitoring
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says that Iranโs decision in September to bar several experienced U_N_ inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program is constituting โa very serious blowโ to the agencyโs ability to do its job โto the best possible level."
Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize
Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the countryโs conservative Islamic theocracy, has been awarded the European Unionโs top human rights prize.
Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an โalarmingโ number of executions.
Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iranโs capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
Iran's president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
Iranโs President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right โto have peaceful nuclear energyโ and urged the United States โto demonstrate in a verifiable fashionโ that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard runs drill on disputed islands as US military presence in region grows
Iranโs paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a surprise military drill on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent ship seizures by Tehran.
West clashes with Russia and Iran at UN over Tehran's uranium enrichment and drones for Russia
The United States and its Western allies clashed with Russia and Iran at the U.N. Security Council over Tehranโs advancing uranium enrichment and its reported supply of combat drones to Moscow used to attack Ukraine.
UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet
The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine have launched a case against Iran at the United Nationsโ highest court over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 on board.
Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz share fiction Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for fiction was awarded Monday to two class-conscious novels: โDemon Copperhead,โ Barbara Kingsolverโs modern recasting of the Dickens classic โDavid Copperfield,โ and Hernan Diazโs โTrust,โ an innovative narrative of wealth and deceit set in 1920s New York.
New caucus in Congress condemns poisoning of Iranian girls
A new bipartisan caucus in Congress is condemning the Iranian government over the recent poisoning of school girls in the country, amplifying the growing criticism in Washington against the Islamic Republic and its disregard for human rights.
Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US
The United Nationsโ top court has rejected Tehranโs legal bid to free up some $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets frozen by U.S. authorities to be paid in compensation to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran.