Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the country, including travel restrictions, will apply for only two to three weeks Continue Reading
The United States sent Iran a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronavirus will not save it from U.S. sanctions that are choking off its oil revenues and Continue Reading
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year, praised Iranians for their “dazzling” sacrifices in fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the Continue Reading
The Trump administration this week sent a stark message to Iran in three new rounds of sanctions: The U.S. won’t ease its economic pressure campaign even as the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was still looking at how it may respond to any attack on American forces, days after three American troops were wounded in a rocket Continue Reading
Iranian worshippers have attempted to break into holy shrines and mosques, defying Iran’s leaders who are trying to bar access to religious sites as they struggle to stem a soaring Continue Reading
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Iran has responded, and will respond, to America’s assassination of Major-General Qassem Soleimani, the Revolutionary Guards commander killed in a U.S. drone strike in Continue Reading
Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, a spokesman for its judiciary said on Tuesday, in response to the coronavirus epidemic. “Some 50% of those released are Continue Reading
America’s simmering confrontation with Iran heated up again this week, with an exchange of deadly attacks between an Iranian-backed militia and U.S. forces in Iraq. U.S. commanders warn that the conflict Continue Reading
Multiple rockets fell on Saturday morning inside Iraq’s Taji military base that houses U.S.-led coalition troops, for the second time in a week, security sources told Reuters. An Iraqi colonel Continue Reading
Iraq condemned overnight U.S. airstrikes on Friday, saying they killed six people and warning of dangerous consequences for what it called a violation of sovereignty and targeted aggression against the Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia is flooding markets with oil at prices as low as $25 per barrel, specifically targeting big refiners of Russian oil in Europe and Asia, in an escalation of Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesday’s rocket attack by Iran-backed militia in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member, Continue Reading
The run-up to Persian new year should be one of the busiest periods for shopkeepers in the vaulted streets of Tehran’s grand bazaar, the centre of commerce in the Iranian Continue Reading
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe: Iran’s information and communications technology minister has tweeted a map of Iran that shows the virus affecting almost the entire country. Continue Reading
Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency funding to help it fight the coronavirus outbreak, which has hit the Islamic Republic hard, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Continue Reading
Two Americans and one other coalition member were killed in a rocket attack on a base in Iraq on Wednesday night, a U.S. military spokesman said, potentially spiking tensions with Continue Reading
The U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector are impacting the Islamic Republic’s ability to potentially increase production in the long term if the U.S.-Iran tensions subside and sanctions ease. Iran Continue Reading
At least a quarter of Iran’s oil rigs are out of action as U.S. sanctions strangle the Islamic Republic’s vital oil industry, according to a Reuters review of financial documents Continue Reading
Iran has had 237 deaths from coronavirus and 7,161 infections, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV on Monday. The figures included 595 new infections and 43 new Continue Reading
Iran is positioning itself to benefit from the fallout from Saudi Arabia’s latest disastrous handling of the global oil markets. The Kingdom’s ability to metaphorically shoot itself in the foot Continue Reading
Washington has plans to issue warnings to oil shippers , insurers, and port authorities that storing Iranian crude oil will bring the wrath of US sanctions, a US State Department Continue Reading
Iraq has closed five land borders with Iran, Iran’s Irna news agency reported. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced Sunday that this is a temporary closure Continue Reading
The northwestern Chinese province of Gansu has confirmed 17 new coronavirus cases imported from Iran, bringing the total imported cases to 28, the province’s health authorities said late on Friday. Continue Reading
The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through Iran has delivered a jarring blow to the senior ranks of its government, infecting about two dozen members of parliament and at least 15 other Continue Reading
Iran is dramatically ramping up production of enriched uranium in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed Tuesday while Continue Reading
The outbreak of Covid-19 in Iran has killed at least 77 people in less than two weeks Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat Continue Reading
Koosha Mahshid Falahi/Mizan News Agency, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Nearly three dozen Iranian government officials and members of parliament are infected and a senior adviser to the supreme Continue Reading
Iran’s growing stockpile of nuclear fuel recently crossed a critical threshold, according to a report issued Tuesday by international inspectors: For the first time since President Trump abandoned the 2015 Continue Reading
In less than two weeks the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran has jumped from two to more than 2,300, shaking public trust in the Iranian regime’s capacity Continue Reading
Balancing its ability to cause chaos in the global oil markets by closing/disrupting the Strait of Hormuz (through which flows around 35 per cent of the world’s oil supplies) with Continue Reading
Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54, Health Ministry spokesman told state TV, adding that the number of people infected had reached 978. Iran has had the Continue Reading
A man disinfects the shrine of Fatima Masumeh, in Qom, Iran, against coronavirus. Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, was pale and drenched in sweat during a press conference on Continue Reading
Iran’s health ministry said a further four people infected with the coronavirus have died, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 12 as neighboring states shut their Continue Reading
Ever since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was agreed in principle in 2015 by Iran and the P5+1 group of nations (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, and China plus Continue Reading
As the death toll of those infected by the new coronavirus reached 16, Iran’s health ministry on Tuesday urged Iranians to stay at home, a ministry spokesman told state TV. Continue Reading
Iran on Sunday announced a 42% turnout in its parliamentary election, the lowest rate since the 1979 Islamic revolution, while its top leader said Tehran’s enemies played up the new Continue Reading
Early results show Iran’s hardliners are on track for a sweeping victory in the parliamentary election after many voters stayed away due to the absence of prominent reformist candidates and Continue Reading
Hardliners loyal to Iran’s supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over Continue Reading
An international agency monitoring terrorism funding announced tough new financial scrutiny of Iran on Friday and added seven countries to a watch list. Pakistan, meanwhile, won a reprieve from the Continue Reading
Middle-aged men have been plastered on campaign posters and online adverts this week ahead of Iran’s parliamentary election, even though women and young people make up the majority of voters. Continue Reading
When Iranians go to the polls on Friday they will be taking part in what may be the least representative and least fair election in the Islamic Republic’s history. While Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said authorities in Washington were prepared to talk to Iran “anytime”, but that it needed to “fundamentally” change its behavior and that Continue Reading
Businesses and homes alike in the Iranian city of Tehran—along with several other cities—are in the dark—and in the cold–on Monday, the spokesman for the Iran Electrical Power Industry, Mostafa Continue Reading
Given the gaps available to Iran in the current U.S. sanctions environment to continue to export its oil – principally via rebranding as Iraq oil and various shipping scams – Continue Reading
Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, adding that Tehran’s help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East. Continue Reading
Hardliners are set to tighten control of Iran this week in a parliamentary election stacked in their favor, as the leadership closes ranks in a deepening confrontation with Washington. Big Continue Reading
Iran will refuse to negotiate with the U.S. as long as Washington maintains its campaign of “maximum pressure”—even if President Trump is re-elected, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday. Mr. Continue Reading
In late September, a plane carrying senior Iranian officials touched down in Abu Dhabi, the gleaming capital of the United Arab Emirates. The Middle East had witnessed a summer of Continue Reading
Iran is ready to strike the United States and Israel if they give it any reason to do so, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said in a live Continue Reading
