According to the Pentagon, a US naval ship fires warning shots after 13 warships from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) of Iran approached it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. After a relative lull in such encounters over the last year, a US naval ship fires warning shots […]
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group on Friday expressed his support for Iran talks with Saudi Arabia and the US. In a televised address, Hassan Nasrallah said that Iran talks with Saudi Arabia and the US would benefit Tehran and its allies, while also calming regional tensions. Iran is a top backer of Hezbollah. The […]
Trump’s Policy: Iran slams out at the United States of America (USA); for sticking to the old and failed policies of former president Donald Trump said such a tactic would fail to save a nuclear deal. Moreover, Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter that; “ the US claims it favors diplomacy; […]
Tehran: Iran received 250,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine on Sunday that have been donated by the government of China. “This act and those similar to it by the government and nation of China are admirable and will of course remain in the historical memory of the Iranian nation,” Kianoush Jahanpour, spokesman of the Food […]
Iran began its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on Tuesday to fight the Middle East’s deadliest outbreak of the illness. The first doses were given to doctors and nurses at Imam Khomeini hospital in the capital Tehran. The recipients handed a blue card marked with “Sputnik V” and the date of the injection. However, the son […]
Tehran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-scale military show of force in two weeks amid tensions with the United States. The IRGC on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles; that traveled 1,800km (1,118 miles) and struck artificial targets in the northern part […]
The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthis rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect, Joe Biden takes office the announcement on Sunday could complicate; the new US administration’s efforts to […]
Tehran: Iran has launched human trials of its coronavirus vaccine; health officials are optimistic about tackling the pandemic in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. The start of the trials on Tuesday comes as Iran has managed to bring its COVID-19 fatalities down to a three-month low and as the country continues to face difficulties in […]
An Iranian woman who became known as a “Zombie Angelina Jolie” lookalike has jailed after sharing creepy pictures online. Sahar Tabar, 19, has sentenced to 10 years in prison, her lawyer said. However, the woman, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, became known on social media after sharing distorted pictures of herself in which she […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries “have the right to comment, but Zam was executed upon a court’s ruling,” Rouhani told a televised news conference, noting […]
