Thirteen people have been killed in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, officials say, as Iran launched missiles and armed drones at what it said were bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.
A pregnant woman was reportedly among those who died in the (...)
Iran's president has warned that he will not accept "chaos", as authorities continue to crack down on protests that have swept across the country since the death in custody of a young woman.
Ebrahim Raisi said Mahsa Amini's death two weeks ago, (...)
At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists said.
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based organization, accused authorities of using (...)
Iran's president has vowed to take action against protesters after more than a week of anti-government demonstrations.
President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to "deal decisively" with the protests, which have now spread to most of Iran's 31 (...)
JEDDAH — When the recent transformation that's taking place in Saudi Arabia is mentioned, what will quickly come to the people's minds is the digital, economic, labor market, and educational transformation. But one of the things that has witnessed a (...)
The number of people killed in violent protests in Iran over the past six nights shot up on Thursday as unrest spreads across the country in response to a woman's death in police custody.
Official figures announced on state television said at least (...)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said the death of a woman in police custody must be investigated after it sparked widespread protests.
Speaking on a visit to the UN General Assembly in New York, Raisi accused the West of hypocrisy for raising (...)
There have been running battles between Iranian police and anti-government protesters in Tehran, reports say, in the worst unrest there for years.
One person told BBC Persian that her neighborhood resembled a battlefield.
Protests, now in their (...)
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody following her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress, by wearing what (...)
Protests continued throughout Iran for the fifth night in a row over the death of a young woman said to have been severely beaten by the morality police tasked with enforcing a strict dress code for women.
Demonstrators took to the streets in 15 (...)
The European Union has raised concerns about a woman in Iran who died after being stopped for allegedly breaking hijab rules.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained by Iran's morality police last week and later died in custody.
The woman's death has ignited (...)
About 150 world leaders will participate in the high-level General Debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will start next Tuesday at a time when the world is witnessing an unprecedented accumulation of crises (...)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into the death of a young woman who was arrested by the country's "morality police" for wearing an inappropriate headscarf.
Police say 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody from a "heart (...)
China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Ukraine and other "international and regional topics" at their meeting later this week, the Kremlin says.
The two will meet in Uzbekistan at a summit that will show an (...)
Russia has been forced to buy military hardware from North Korea as sanctions squeeze Moscow's ability to supply its military, US media have reported.
According to declassified intelligence obtained by the New York Times, Russia has bought millions (...)
One of the most bizarre breaking news headlines being followed were the negotiations between the Western countries and Iran over the restoration of the nuclear agreement. There prevails strange patience, flexibility and fluidity in dealing with a (...)
Hundreds of Iranian women attended a professional domestic football match in Tehran for the first time in over 40 years, following a ban on women attending sports stadiums.
Five hundred women were granted access into Tehran's Azadi stadium to watch (...)
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday, that the country's ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will resume his duties at the embassy in Tehran in the coming days.
The move comes in line with UAE's efforts to strengthen its (...)
Iran has sent its response to a European Union proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, state news agency IRNA reported, as the country's chief adviser to negotiations tweeted that an agreement was closer than ever, but not yet done.
IRNA reported (...)
Iran has "categorically" denied any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker — instead blamed the writer himself.
Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an event in New York state. He is now able to breathe unaided.
He has (...)
Iran's atomic energy chief says the country has the ability to build a nuclear weapon but has no plan to, an Iranian news agency reports.
Mohammad Eslami's comments echo a similar recent statement by a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader.
Such (...)
At least 59 people have been killed in recent flash floods in different parts of Iran, an official from Iran's Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Saturday.
Yaqub Soleimani, secretary general of the IRCS, told the official IRNA news agency that 30 (...)
The European Union on Thursday stressed that there is no more room left for compromise on the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and called for key decisions to renew it.
"The space for compromise is (...)
The visit of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Greece is the culmination of old relations that took their origin in ancient times and continued throughout successive periods until the present day. And these relations were evident (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran on Tuesday in just his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of Ukraine in February.
Putin will meet Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Turkish President Recep Tayyip (...)
