Schools in Tehran were ordered to be closed on Wednesday after the Iranian capital was cloaked in dangerously high levels of air pollution, authorities said.
Governor Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpey said kindergartens, preschools and primary schools...
Related topics: Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The acting director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Cornel Feruta, said on Monday that he informed the IAEA Board of Governors about the Tehran's resumption of uranium enrichment at the Fordow...
Related topics: Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy...
Related topics: Iran
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) announced on Saturday that Tehran had raised the uranium enrichment level to five percent as part of the scaling back of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal following the re-imposition of...
Related topics: Russia, Iran
Iranian officials fear their influence is at risk and are pressing the Iraqi government to crack down.
Related topics: Iraq, Baghdad, Iran
Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran on Thursday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant’s...
Related topics: Iran
Anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon and Iraq have resulted in the resignation of both countries’ prime ministers. Despite these changes in leadership, one expert argues that a resolution - for Iraq in particular - may not come as soon as it...
Related topics: Iraq, Lebanon, Iran
On 5 November, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the Fordow nuclear site to start enriching uranium up to a 5% level from the previous 2% mark, which was in compliance with the Iran nuclear deal negotiated in 2015. The move is Tehran's fourth...
Related topics: Iran
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The United States wants to buy Iran's heavy water used in the nuclear industry, which they had previously abandoned, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the country's vice president,...
Related topics: Iran
The statement comes just one day after the head of Iran's nuclear programme, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced that the country is now operating 60 IR-6 advanced centrifuges, a violation of the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Related topics: Iran
Fox News’ Brit Hume interviewed Barry Rosen, one of the survivors of the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis, Monday, on its 40th anniversary.
“Today is the 40th anniversary of the time when Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran...
Related topics: Anniversaries, Iran
On Nov. 4, 1979, radical Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, ultimately holding 52 American diplomats hostage for 444 days. I covered the incident in detail in Dancing with the Devil, a history of U.S. diplomacy with rogue regimes,...
Related topics: Iran
In 1979, fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were taken hostage at the US embassy in Tehran by Iranian college students belonging to a group that supported the Iranian Revolution.
Related topics: World Photos, Iran
The new sanctions were announced on Monday, 4 November, on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of US Embassy in Tehran which marked the beginning of the 444-day Iran hostage crisis.
Related topics: Anniversaries, Iran
While Michelle Obama argued that there’s plenty of places around the world which would’ve been eager to host the Obama Presidential Center, many social media users either seemed reluctant to agree with her or offered the ex-FLOTUS some sarcastic...
Related topics: Iran, Social Media
On the 40th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, events in both countries will showcase the enduring symbolism of the hostage crisis.
Related topics: Iran, Anniversaries
Earlier, the Israeli prime minister accused Iran of building missiles capable of reaching anywhere in the Middle East and deploying them in Yemen. In the past, Tehran has repeatedly denied supplying weapons to Yemen, which is currently embroiled in...
Related topics: Iran, Yemen
WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of seeking means to launch missiles at Israel from Yemen, where Tehran supports Houthi rebels. Netanyahu made the remark during a visit by a U.S. delegation, including...
Related topics: Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Yemen
Albanian police have announced that they “thwarted an attack allegedly planned by a Tehran-backed ‘terrorist cell’ against opponents of the Iranian regime in the Balkan country last year. The cell belonged to the Quds Force, an...
Related topics: Albania, Police, Iran, Terrorism
Referring to Tehran's previous pledge to obliterate Israel, the Jewish state’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned earlier this year that Iran is within range of Israeli warplanes.
Related topics: Israel, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu