Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to visit Iran on Tuesday to discuss Syria, Tasnim says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran on Tuesday to discuss Syrian developments with his Iranian counterpart, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. Russia and Iran were the main allies of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Khamenei vows 'resistance' to Israel as Iran officials attend Nasrallah funeral
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed "resistance" against Israel as Tehran-backed Hezbollah held a funeral Sunday in Beirut for its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli strike last year.
Iran warns Israel and US 'can't do a damn thing' to thwart Tehran nuclear ambitions as tensions escalate
A senior Iranian official said Monday the U.S. and Israel, "cannot do a damn thing," to stop Tehran from advancing its nuclear program after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli officials.
Tourist couple Craig, Lindsay Foreman detained in Iran, charged with espionage
Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage after they allegedly gathered information in different parts of the country, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran says Israel, US 'cannot do a damn thing' against Tehran
Iran said on Monday that U.S. and Israeli threats against it were a blatant violation of international law and that they could not "do a damn thing" to hurt Tehran. The comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.
A glimpse at Picasso and Pollock masterpieces kept in Tehran vault
According to estimates in 2018, the collection is worth as much as $3bn. Only a small portion of the work has been exhibited since the 1979 Iranian Revolution but in recent years, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has been showcasing some of its most captivating pieces.
President Trump can stop Iran's march to nuclear weapons: 're-establish credible military threat', report says
A new report from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies provides recommendations for how the Trump administration can stop Tehran's march to produce a nuclear bomb.
Rubio speaks alongside Netanyahu In Jerusalem, comments on Trump’s Gaza proposal, Syria and Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is kicking of a Mideast tour in Israel on Sunday as Arab leaders reel from President Donald Trump's proposal to transfer the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip to other countries and redevelop it under U.
Iran's vice-president orders probe into killing of university student during a robbery
Iran’s vice-president, Mohammad Reza Aref, has ordered a probe into the killing of a university student during a robbery, after a protest gathering by students at Tehran University
Iran's Oscar-Nominated Filmmakers Could Miss Ceremony as Government Pulls Campaign Funding: ‘We Are More Than Furious Towards Our Country'
Iranian filmmakers Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani, the creative duo behind the Oscar-nominated animated short "In the Shadow of the Cypress," find themselves grappling with geopolitical hurdles that have cast a shadow over their historical achievement and may prevent them from attending this year's Academy Awards.
‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.
Israel Seen as Likely to Attack Iran by Midyear, Washington Post Reports
U.S. intelligence warns that Israel is likely to launch a preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear program by midyear, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing multiple intelligence reports. Such an attack would set back Iran's nuclear program by weeks or months while escalating tension in the region and risking a wider conflict,