Saudi crown prince softens Iran rhetoric in balancing act
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has taken a more conciliatory public stance towards Iran, trying to balance long-held animosity with economic considerations and bridge differences with...
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Iran identifies suspect behind blast at Natanz nuclear site
Iran on Saturday named a man it wants arrested in connection with a recent explosion and power outage at its main Natanz nuclear plant, as...
Iran’s says Israel made ‘very bad gamble’ by sabotaging Natanz site (Update)
Iran’s top diplomat said on Tuesday that an attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel was a “very bad gamble” that...
Iran says Natanz nuclear site hit by Israel’s Mossad, vows revenge (Update)
Iran blames regional arch-foe Israel for a sabotage incident at its key Natanz nuclear site and will exact revenge, state TV quoted its foreign minister...
Nuclear deal with Iran is back on
We’re safe from Iran’s nuclear weapons which never existed anyway, but what about the others? First, the good news. The United States and Iran...
Netanyahu blames Iran for blast on Israeli-owned ship, Tehran denies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, an accusation rejected by...
U.S. conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria (update)
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in...
Iran stops snap nuclear inspections, state-run daily urges caution
An Iranian government newspaper warned on Tuesday that overly radical actions in the nuclear wrangling with the West may lead to the country’s isolation after Tehran...
Iran launches missile drill amid rising tensions with US
Iran’s military launched a short-range naval missile drill on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, at a time of high tension between arch foes Tehran and...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location on Friday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of heightened...
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 50 years on
Dr Yiorghos Leventis The Treaty (NPT) Review Conference held every five years was due to take place this year 2020, but due to the Covid-19...
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting UN inspections
Iran’s watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment...
Iranian MPs seek hardening of nuclear stance after scientist killed
A bill requiring Iran’s government to step up uranium enrichment closer to the level needed for a nuclear weapon, and ignore other restraints on its...
Weapon used in Iran’s top nuclear scientist’s killing was made in Israel
Iran’s English-language Press TV said on Monday that the weapon used in the killing of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist last week was made in...
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...
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...