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Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:32:34 GMT
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have killed two high-ranking members of Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:21:22 GMT
Vahid Jalalzadeh, the head of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, has criticized Jordan's recent role in intercepting Iranian drones destined for Israel.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:07:52 GMT
The International Crisis Group has retained Mercury Public Affairs to lobby on its behalf, according to filings alerting the US Justice Department.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:31:17 GMT
Hossein Hosseini, the captain of Iran’s Esteghlal FC and renowned goalkeeper, has been summoned to the Culture and Media Court.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:18:16 GMT
Belgian MP of Iranian descent Darya Safai announced the country’s government supports her proposal to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization within the EU.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:31:40 GMT
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Pakistan's army chief, Syed Asim Munir, during a three-day visit to Pakistan as the two countries aim to deepen ties after a year marked by conflict.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:42 GMT
Around 4 am on April 19, Isfahan province was jolted by three powerful explosions. Israel's missiles had reached far into Iranian territory, a mere six days after Tehran's own drone and missile attack on Israel.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:57:12 GMT
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization has reiterated plans to expand the number of nuclear power plants, aiming to reach a production capacity of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear electricity.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:29:12 GMT
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticized the European Union's recent decision to expand sanctions against Iran, labeling them "unlawful".
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:52:05 GMT
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a new report revealing instances of rape, torture, and sexual assault by Iranian state security forces against detainees during nationwide protests in 2022.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:02:00 GMT
In assessing the statements of analysts and commentators about Iran’s foreign policy and human rights record, it is essential to be aware of their relationship with the government in Tehran.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:26:00 GMT
Mehdi Toghyani, the spokesperson for the Economic Committee of the Iranian Parliament, has pointed to currency instability as a factor contributing to national insecurity.
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:56:00 GMT
Iranian lawmaker Javad Karimi Ghoddusi says there is only "a one-week gap from the issuance of the order to the first test" of a nuclear bomb, despite previous assertions of peaceful intentions.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:00 GMT
As Iran's Islamic government tightens its grip on enforcing mandatory hijab, reports of extortion and abuse of Iranian women at the hands of hijab enforcement officers have surfaced.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:26:07 GMT
The US State Department on Monday released its annual report on Iran's human rights situation, stressing that the country's "already severe restrictions on human rights worsened in a number of areas" during 2023.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:24:22 GMT
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry denied Monday that the Swiss ambassador in Tehran was summoned by the Revolutionary Guards over recent tensions between Iran and Israel.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:55:40 GMT
For the first time in nine years, Iran has resumed sending Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, after receiving approval from Riyadh.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:44:44 GMT
The European Union has reached an agreement to bolster sanctions against Iran in response to Tehran’s attack on Israel this month, following a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:19:45 GMT
April 13, 2024, Iran’s attempted retaliation against Israel marks a watershed moment in the history of contemporary Middle East that might bring Arab monarchies and Israel ever closer than before.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:25:07 GMT
The Iranian foreign ministry claimed on Monday that nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:37:26 GMT
US forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and US officials told Reuters on Monday, the first reported after a near three-month pause.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:45:44 GMT
Iran’s Judiciary has mandated provincial justice departments to cease registering legal complaints against state officials, a move widely seen as a way to further shield government and military officials from facing accountability.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:58:17 GMT
Over a dozen Iranian Baha'i women were summoned to the Islamic Revolutionary Court, over arbitrary charges of propaganda against the Islamic Republic and participating in activities contrary to Islamic law.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:48:14 GMT
He is an attention seeker, always trying to grab attention, sometimes by making too much noise and at other times by keeping silent. Former populist Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is currently in the latter mode.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:46:53 GMT
Criticism of Iran’s Central Bank is continuing as one lawmaker takes aim at its failure to provide necessary foreign currency for raw material imports, exacerbating the country’s currency crisis.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:37:09 GMT
The chairman of Iran's Medical Council has warned about the state of healthcare in the country as significant gaps in critical residency positions threaten the already battered sector.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:25:59 GMT
Conflicting reports from sources affiliated with Iran and its proxies have raised questions about their intentions, as a US base in Syria was targeted on Sunday for the first time in more than two months.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:11:58 GMT
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day official visit, his first after unprecedented tit-for-tat military strikes this year.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:35:19 GMT
Recent floods have devastated the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, causing massive infrastructural damage leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without critical supplies.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:09:47 GMT
Iran is grappling with soaring food prices amidst economic turmoil and the devaluation of the rial compounded by Iran-Israel tensions.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:23:00 GMT
Many students at Amir Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran embarked on a strike on Sunday, after morality police banned over 200 students from entering the campus.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:15:00 GMT
On Sunday, the death sentences of 9 prisoners convicted of drug-related charges were carried out in Iran in three different prisons, bringing the total to nearly 900 hangings in the past 12 months.
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:19 GMT
At least five rockets were launched from Iraq's town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, two Iraqi security sources told Reuters.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:13:44 GMT
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says the low success rate of missiles launched at Israel in the April 13 attacks is a "secondary issue," downplayingthe failure of the attack.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:08:48 GMT
As Iranian women continue to defy the Islamic government in Tehran by shunning the hijab in ever-greater numbers, officials cling to the theory of foreign conspiracies to justify their crackdown.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 14:51:45 GMT
Hossein Hosseini, goalkeeper for Iran's Esteghlal football club, has been called to the Football Federation's disciplinary committee to explain an incident in which he embraced a female fan.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:52:10 GMT
Experts are warning that mismanagement could threaten ancient Iranian heritage after the Deputy Minister of Iran's Cultural Heritage expressed concern about a lack of funds for maintaining critical sites.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:48:52 GMT
The Vice President of Iran's National Saffron Council revealed that an estimated 10 tons of saffron are smuggled out of Iran each month due to export complications.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 12:40:17 GMT
Journalist and student Dina Ghalibaf was transferred to the women's ward of Evin Prison on Saturday following the completion of her interrogations after being arrested for non-compliance with mandatory hijab.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:30:51 GMT
A factory in Iran’s Isfahan producing polyester and acrylic yarn is on the verge of bankruptcy and complete shutdown.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 10:35:42 GMT
The head of the Civil Aviation Organization has announced that the sale of seven-seater jets is now open to all citizens as Iran's aviation industry struggles to stay afloat while one third live below the poverty line.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 10:05:06 GMT
Following an alleged operation by Israel on Friday on targets in Esfahan, local media fears the fallout of the ongoing tit for tat attacks between Israel and Iran will have severe outcomes for the Iranian people.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 09:10:11 GMT
A member of the Iranian Parliament has warned that Iranians' financial reserves have reached breaking point, stating that the government can no longer continue to drain resources from them.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:19:26 GMT
Analysis on satellite imagery obtained by Iran International confirms media reports that a central part of an air defense system at an Iranian air base in Isfahan was hit by an Israeli attack on Friday.
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:54:00 GMT
During an unusual Saturday session, the US House of Representatives passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine and Israel, which also incorporated three bills targeting the Iranian government.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:45:00 GMT
Iranian news outlets have been actively praising the recent visit of Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to the United Nations headquarters in New York as a successful diplomatic effort.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:30:00 GMT
A hardline Iranian lawmaker has said Tehran will punish Israel over its recent attack on air defense systems in Isfahan as the tit-for-tat conflict continues to escalate.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 18:32:00 GMT
Amid massive public disapproval of last week's air attack on Israel, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has expressed gratitude towards the Iranian people for what it called their 'support'.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 17:30:00 GMT
Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in a message from prison sent to Iran International says the struggle of Iranian women against forced hijab is “resistance against the government's oppression.”
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:44:00 GMT
Conservative officials and media outlets have scrambled to play down this week's crackdown on women as hijab enforcement police have flooded the streets of Tehran and other cities.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:31:00 GMT
Despite Iran’s attempts to downplay Israel’s Friday strike on an airbase in Esfahan (Isfahan), evidence indicates that the attack damaged a major defense system near Iran's nuclear facilities.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:18:24 GMT
At least 18 people have died in flash floods that have swept the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan with several villages destroyed and power and water cut to around 300 more.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:38:00 GMT
It is almost clear why so many Iranian lawmakers want to become the speaker of the parliament (Majles). What is not clear is why they want a position that has proved to have no future.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:48:00 GMT
Mowlavi Abdulhamid, a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric has criticized the Iranian government for violent encounters between its morality police agents and women who defy mandatory hijab.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:56:00 GMT
A court in Tehran has ruled that the US government should pay over one billion dollars in damages for what it called "US support for the Pahlavi dynasty."
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:02:00 GMT
Responding to overnight attacks on the positions of an Iran-backed group in Iraq, an analyst told Iran International that Israel is trying to stop Tehran’s proxies from joining the conflict.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:44:00 GMT
With the recent steep fall in the value of Iran's currency, rial, and surging inflation, fares have surged in public transport in Tehran, with taxi fares increasing as much as 45%.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:12:00 GMT
The dangers facing Iranian cross-border porters, known as Kolbars, have intensified with numerous reports of fatalities and injuries at the hands of Iranian border guards.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:43:27 GMT
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian refrained from acknowledging that Israel had a part in the Friday attack on a airbase in Iran as Tehran attempts to quell war talk.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:48:00 GMT
US and Iraqi companies have signed two deals, seemingly aiming to make the country independent from Iranian gas and electricity imports that provide billions of dollars to Tehran.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:12:28 GMT
State-sponsored anti-Israeli rallies took place in multiple cities in Iran after Friday prayers.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:55:09 GMT
The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi has warned that Iran has significantly moved towards the threshold of being able to produce a nuclear bomb.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:33:12 GMT
Almost a week after Iran attacked Israel, Iran’s former foreign minister is speaking out about the strikes, suggesting that “inaction” by the UN Security Council forced Tehran to act.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:23:47 GMT
An air defense facility in southern Syria was targeted early Friday with a missile purportedly fired from Israel, causing material damage.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:06:07 GMT
Explosions were heard near the central-western city of Isfahan early Friday as Israel reportedly launched a widely anticipated strike in retaliation to an Iranian attack over the weekend.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:53:30 GMT
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi avoided addressing Israel’s attack on the country on Friday, opting instead to praise Tehran’s own attack on Israel last week.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:07:00 GMT
Group of Seven (G7) major powers warned China on Friday to stop Russia’s war on Ukraine, while urging de-escalation in the Middle East after a suspected Israeli attack on an Iranian military base.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:07:25 GMT
Traffic analysis on X reveals that Iranians have significantly tweeted more about the recent escalation of the hijab crackdown than about the heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:54:01 GMT
A man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran's consulate in Paris was arrested by police, a police source said.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:42:50 GMT
Iranian Central Bank officials are denying that the government is considering introducing a large-denomination bill into its circulation.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:06:28 GMT
Amidst global media attention on tensions between Israel and Iran, the Supreme Leader's representative in Gilan province suggests that the state should "seize the opportunity" to enforce the country's Islamic hijab laws.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:36:42 GMT
The head of Revayat-e Fath Foundation, an IRGC-affiliated cultural center, said the foundation is going to produce cinematic works on Iran’s offensive against Israel.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:23:24 GMT
Iran is preparing to sue a sanctioned Turkish businessman and broker over a dispute involving $263 million in debts related to electricity imports.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:09:10 GMT
The fundamental policy of the Islamic Republic has traditionally been to avoid direct confrontation with Israel, instead strategically maneuvering its proxy groups across the Middle East like pieces on a chessboard.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:51:47 GMT
Israeli media cited foreign reports of an strike on Iran on Friday in the absence of official public comment, while Iranian officials and media played down the attack.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:56:17 GMT
Aida Shakarami, the older sister of the slain teen protester Nika Shakarmi, has been transferred to Shahr-e Rey women's prison after her arrest by security forces for refusing to wear the hijab.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 08:53:13 GMT
Following Israel’s airstrike on Iran, Iranian Parliamentarian Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini is warning the country for having made “a very dangerous and strategic mistake by playing with the lion's tail".
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:22:57 GMT
Several prominent ‘reformist’ figures have lambasted the Iranian government’s new wave of crackdown on women defying mandatory hijab.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:24:16 GMT
British investigators believe that the three suspects sought in connection with the stabbing of Iran International's presenter are from Eastern Europe.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:24:10 GMT
Mashallah Karami, the jailed father of executed protester Mohammad Mehdi Karami, was abruptly transferred from prison to an undisclosed location this week and was returned to prison Thursday.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:46:43 GMT
A senior IRGC commander warned Thursday that Tehran could change its nuclear policies if Israel continues to threaten to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, tacitly suggesting no cooperation with world bodies and building a nuclear bomb.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:33:33 GMT
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the UN secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril."
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:33:10 GMT
The Israeli army on Tuesday pulled out an 11-meter (36-foot) long remnant of one of the Iranian ballistic missiles that had crashed into the Dead Sea following the large-scale Sunday attack and showed it to reporters.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:27:24 GMT
Multiple women arrested by the morality police in the latest crackdown since the weekend have informed Iran International about severe violence including severe physical assault as well as sexual verbal abuse.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:57:36 GMT
Aida Shakarami, the older sister of the slain 16-year-old Iranian protester Nika Shakarmi, was arrested in Tehran yesterday by the Islamic Republic's guidance patrol for not wearing the hijab.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:32:02 GMT
The United States and Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its military and unarmed aerial vehicle production after its attack on Israel.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:04:36 GMT
The commander of the Aerospace Force of the IRGC has claimed the aerial attack on Israel was carried out with old weapons and minimal military strength amid backlash over the operation’s ineffectiveness.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:45:35 GMT
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) summoned the Swiss ambassador during the attack on Israel, a New York Times report on Wednesday confirmed.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:20:50 GMT
The Mahsa Act looks set to be incorporated into a wide scale aid package in Washington on Saturday, aiming to weaken Iran and its allies.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:55:26 GMT
Heavy rainfalls and flooding of local rivers have so far claimed the lives of at least eight people in Sistan-Baluchestan, dealing a heavy blow to the infrastructure of the southeastern Iranian province.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:33:28 GMT
Activist and Islamic scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi, imprisoned for her opposition to the mandatory hijab in Iran, was sent to hospital from Tehran's notorious Evin prison on Monday without a headscarf.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:08:31 GMT
The finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) condemned Iran’s “unprecedented attack” against Israeli territory, vowing close cooperation to impose new sanctions on Tehran.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:42:37 GMT
A Kurdish political prisoner who self-immolated at the Central Prison of Orumieh, was transferred to solitary confinement after going on hunger strike.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:57:00 GMT
The United States could get into war with Iran if Tehran launches a major attack on Israel, Joe Biden has said, amid a cacophony of threats and counter-threats from officials in Tehran and Jerusalem.
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:36:21 GMT
After a meeting with the British and German foreign ministers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will make its own decisions regarding its response to Iran's missile and drone attacks.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:53:33 GMT
Iran's recent crackdown on hijab rules has sparked outrage and drawn condemnation from women's rights advocates and prominent Iranian figures.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:36:56 GMT
In response to impending US and EU sanctions against Tehran, Tasnim, a news outlet affiliated with the IRGC, asserted that Iran will continue to evade the sanctions.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:36:17 GMT
European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran's recent attack on Israel left world powers scrambling to prevent a wider conflict in the Middle East.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:05:14 GMT
Many believe that the current "state of war" with Israel may provide the Islamic Republic with an opportune window to more effectively deal with its ongoing domestic challenge of quashing dissent.
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:55:26 GMT
After Iran's missile and drone attack aimed at Israel over the weekend, the country is bracing for possible retaliatory attacks either on its territories or proxies.