A key member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body that will select the country’s next Supreme Leader to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says “it is not prudent and expedient” to reveal the names of […]
Deployment of 1,000 troops to Middle East shows US on ‘a conscious course to provoke war’ with Iran, Moscow says. The United States is “pumping up tensions” and could open a “Pandora’s box” in the Middle […]
The US military will send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East as tensions build with Iran. Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the deployment was in response to “hostile behaviour” by Iranian forces. […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies, after the United States blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a vital oil shipping route that have raised […]
British-Iranian mother was arrested for allegedly plotting against the Iranian government, charges she denies. A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for more than three years on sedition charges has begun a new hunger strike to protest against […]
Two tankers have been damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman, a strategic waterway crucial to global energy supplies. It is the second time in the past few weeks that tankers appear to have […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on Iran to play a role in ensuring peace in the Middle East. Mr Abe is in Tehran, hoping to ease tensions between Iran and the US. He […]
Media captionSecurity correspondent Frank Gardner looks at the evidence the US says proves Iran’s involvement in Thursday’s attacks US President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s insistence it had no involvement with the attacks on two […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to dismiss damning allegations about its involvement in attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, regardless of condemnation of the attacks by UN Security […]
By RFE/RL Iranian President Hassan Rohani says his country “has made a decision to terminate the implementation of some of its obligations” under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Rohani made the remarks on […]