Iranian hospitals battling coronavirus to stop non-emergency treatment
Iran said on Friday large numbers of coronavirus infections meant its hospitals would not treat non-emergency patients and extended a lockdown in the capital, which...
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Asylum seeker stuck in the buffer zone
A renowned 46-year-old Iranian singer, songwriter and music producer has been stranded in the Ledra Palace buffer zone since Wednesday after the Greek Cypriot authorities...
World must not play politics with Lebanon’s pain, Iran says
The global community should help Lebanon rather than impose its will on the country, Iran’s foreign minister said while in Beirut on Friday, following the...
U.S. fighter jets near Iranian passenger plane over Syrian airspace -pilot
Several passengers on an Iranian airline were injured on Thursday over Syria after the pilot changed altitude to avoid collision with a U.S. fighter jet,...
At least 19 dead, several injured in Iranian naval accident
One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday. The...
Iran quake of magnitude 5.1 kills two, injures 22
Two people died and 22 were injured when they fled their homes in panic following an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 that struck northern Iran in...
Iran’s Rouhani pledges ‘crushing response’ if US extends arms embargo
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened a “crushing response” on Wednesday if the United States goes ahead with plans to extend an embargo on Iranian trade of...
Iranian vessels come dangerously close to American military ships -US military
Eleven vessels from Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf, the U.S. military...
Coronavirus deepens Iran’s isolation, tests Italy and South Korea
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, increasing its international isolation as countries as far apart as South Korea...
Iran’s government teeters on the brink
Both internally and externally forces are poised to undermine the entire system of Iran’s Islamic government By Farid Mirbagheri Iran is pregnant, but the date of...
Iranian MP offers $3 million reward for “whoever kills Trump”
An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had...
Iran social media posts call for more protests after plane disaster
Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day on Wednesday, after public anger erupted following the belated admission...
Iran dismisses Trump’s tweeted support for Iranians (V)
Iran’s police said on Monday officers had not fired at protesters demonstrating over Tehran’s admission that it shot down a passenger plane, as video on...
Protests erupt again in Iran after admission of plane strike (Update)
Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a...
Queen sends message of condolence to Canada after Iran plane crash
The Queen has sent a message of condolence to the Governor-General of Canada following the Ukrainian International Airlines disaster. Iran has admitted unintentionally shooting down...
Iran says military shot down plane in error, after denial drew scrutiny abroad
Iran said on Saturday its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard, saying air defences were fired in error while on...
Iran to probe black boxes after missile blamed for plane crash (Update 2)
By Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi Tehran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner crash that killed...
Cleric fears worse bloodshed in Iraq as U.S.-Iran conflict persists
Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned the U.S.-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and...
Trump pulls back from more military action in Iran crisis, promises new sanctions
President Donald Trump has stepped back from new military action against Iran after its missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops caused no casualties...
Cyprus to shelter US citizens if needed due to conflict with Iran
Cyprus will host a rapid response unit for US diplomatic missions and US citizens in the region if the situation in Iran deteriorates and authorities...
