Iran

An Iranian government-backed hacking team allegedly stole and leaked private customer data belonging to French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, security researchers at Microsoft said on Friday, Reuters reports. The...

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab, have caused outrage...

French naval forces have seized thousands of assault rifles and other arms in the Gulf of Oman originating in Iran, in the latest Iranian arms shipment to be intercepted...

The head of Iran's nuclear agency, on Wednesday, dismissed a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into the Fordow nuclear plant, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking at...

Azerbaijan has carried out a mass arrest of 39 people as part of an ongoing operation against an alleged Iranian "espionage network". An announcement was made yesterday by the...

Two Iranian Instagram stars have been jailed for 10.5 years each after dancing in front of a national monument for the Iranian Revolution. The couple, Astiaj Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, were thought to have shown support for the recent women's right protest movement by dancing while the hair of Astiaj was uncovered.

The Iranian parliament is planning to introduce new articles to the Islamic Penal Code which would criminalise "expressing opinions on social networks". If approved, this will further limit freedom...

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday rejected "anti-Iran remarks" made by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing them as "ridiculous". The...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that an agreement has been reached regarding Iran's participation in the process of improving relations between Turkiye and Syria, Anadolu Agency reported....

The United States, on Tuesday, added seven Iranian entities to its trade blacklist for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, according a posting by the US Department...

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the West Bank on Tuesday on a tour where he is appealing for a halt to violence and reaffirming Washington's backing for...

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein has reiterated the importance of building close relations with regional countries, stressing that Baghdad needs the Gulf Arab states. In an interview with Saudi...

Unidentified drones attacked, on Sunday night, a convoy of refrigerated trucks in Al-Herri village in Al-Bukamal countryside in eastern Deir Ez-Zor, eastern Syria, destroying the trucks and killing and...

The war in Syria remains ongoing after twelve years, a consequence of the Arab Spring and the subsequent rise of anti-government, pro-democracy protests throughout the Middle East and North...

Iran and Russia have connected their inter-bank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for holding meetings between Ankara, Russia, Syria and Iran with the aim of achieving stability in northern Syria. Speaking in Bilecik, central Turkiye,...

Israel carried out a drone attack against Iran's alleged nuclear facilities in Isfahan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Iran announced that its air defences shot down one...

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has been invited by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to visit Tehran. According to the movement, the invitation was made...

Amnesty International has warned that many young Iranians, including teenagers, detained over their participation in anti-government protests, are at risk of execution and have been tortured, Bloomberg reported yesterday....

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran that Qatar has relayed messages from other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at resuming the stalled talks, Anadolu news agency...

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has insisted that diplomatic relations between Tehran and Azerbaijan will not be undermined following an attack carried out at Baku's embassy in the Iranian capital...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake left at least two people dead Saturday in Iran's northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, according to emergency officials

A huge explosion occurred early Sunday at a military facility in central Iran, according to media reports, says Anadolu Agency. The blast was at an ammunition production facility of...

At least one person was killed and two others injured after an armed assailant attacked Azerbaijan's Embassy in Tehran on Friday using an automatic weapon

Iraq is reportedly looking to host the 2027 Asian Cup football tournament, following the successful hosting of the Arabian Gulf Cup, which the home side went onto win for...

It's only been a few days since General Herzl "Herzi" Halevy was appointed Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), succeeding Aviv Kochavi, whose four difficult years...

An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, in...

In a tit-for-tat move, Iran on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities affiliated with the European Union and the UK, Anadolu News Agency reports. In...

We are discussing contemporary Sufi movements in Iran, how followers translate Sufi teachings into their everyday lives and how Iranian authorities deal with them.

Demand on candles has grown due to severe power shortage in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and other areas under the Assad regime's control amid a fuel crisis that disrupted...

This led to Iran being placed second on the list of the world’s worst countries for internet censorship last year, according to research by internet watchdog Surfshark published on Monday

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed, on Monday, the Saudi "positive" position towards restoring relations with Tehran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said in a press conference,...