Recent News Headlines : Iran
IN IRAN CONFUSION OVER VISA CRACKDOWN
Passport-holders from those countries, who have American visas but are outside the United States, will not be permitted to return... READ MORE›
LEADERS WARN OF RISING XENOPHOBIA ON HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Elderly Auschwitz survivors visited the former death camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, while leaders warned of widening divisions around the world... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S ORDER TO BAN REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS TRIGGERS FEARS ACROSS THE GLOBE
Some Sudanese refugees in Cairo have spent years in Egypt seeking resettlement to the United States and Europe... READ MORE›
IRAN ACTRESS TO BOYCOTT OSCARS OVER 'RACIST' TRUMP VISA BAN
The Iranian star of Oscar-nominated film The Salesman said Thursday she would boycott the awards in protest at President Donald Trump's racist ban on M... READ MORE›
#ALLVIEWS: WHY DONALD TRUMP WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT
Why the Iran nuclear deal will likely survive President Trump... READ MORE›
THE HARD FACTS TEAM TRUMP SHOULD FACE ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Continue supporting the Kurds, but cease operations against the Islamic State within Syria... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S EXPECTED BAN ON REFUGEES, WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED?
Most refugees in 2016 came to the U.S. from countries that are at war or under the control of repressive governments... READ MORE›
UK WOMAN IMPRISONED IN IRAN HAS CONVICTION UPHELD IN APPEALS COURT
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, is serving her prison term in the women's ward of Tehran's notorious Evin prison alongside other Iranians behind bars on political or religious grounds... READ MORE›
IRAN SENTENCES DUAL CITIZEN BRIT CHARITY WORKER TO FIVE YEARS ON SECURITY CHARGES
British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns about Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case during a phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last August... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU PLANS TO DISCUSS 'IRAN THREAT' WITH TRUMP
In December, Netanyahu said there were many ways of undoing the Iran nuclear deal and that he would discuss that with Trump... READ MORE›
'WE ARE PREPARED': IRAN'S NUCLEAR CHIEF ON TRUMP'S ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS COUNTRY
Salehi says he watched the inauguration with the expectation that Trump would mention Iran or its nuclear deal... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S FAILED 'REAGAN' EFFORT, TRUMP'S CHANCE TO TRIANGULATE AND OTHER COMMENTS
But Reagan left his party holding more seats than it held when he was elected... READ MORE›
30 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN COLLAPSE OF HIGH-RISE IN IRAN
A high-rise building in Tehran, Iran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze... READ MORE›
IRAN SAYS 30 TEHRAN FIREFIGHTERS KILLED AS BURNING HIGHRISE COLLAPSES
Local Iranian state television said 30 civilians were injured in the disaster, while the state-run IRNA news agency said 45 firefighters had been injured... READ MORE›
IRAN'S ROUHANI SAYS TALK OF RENEGOTIATING NUCLEAR DEAL 'MEANINGLESS'
The president-elect has shown he is not happy about the nuclear deal, calling it the worst deal ever signed... READ MORE›
ISRAELI MOVES TO RAZE BEDOUIN VILLAGE SPARK DESERT CLASHES; 1 POLICEMAN KILLED
The site of the unrest, Umm al-Hiran, is one of hundreds of unrecognized Bedouin communities in Israel's Negev desert... READ MORE›
POLICE OFFICER AND ISRAELI ARAB MAN KILLED IN HOME DEMOLITION CLASHES
Wednesday's evacuation plans involve a long-running dispute between Israel and the formerly nomadic Bedouins of Umm al-Hiran village... READ MORE›
IRAN OPPOSES U.S. PARTICIPATION IN RUSSIAN-BACKED SYRIA TALKS
The military conquests have cemented Iran's role as a dominant player in Syria, making Iranian cooperation essential if any peace deal is to stick... READ MORE›
OBAMA WARNS AGAINST DITCHING IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
"There is no question, however, that the challenges we face with Iran would be much worse if Iran were also on the threshold of building a nuclear weapon."... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN EXECUTES THREE SHIITES OVER POLICE KILLINGS
Brian Dooley, head of the Washington-based Human Rights Defenders, said the executions would be a new, enormously alarming step from Bahrain's regime ... READ MORE›
BAHRAIN EXECUTES THREE SHI'ITES FOR BOMBING, SPARKS OUTCRY
The last similar case involving a Shi'ite Bahraini occurred in 1996... READ MORE›
A BOLDER, STRONGER IRAN: OBAMA'S TRUE LEGACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAS YET TO BE WRITTEN
A bolder, stronger Iran Obama's true legacy in the Middle East has yet to be written -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›
US SPIES 'WARNED ISRAEL NOT TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE WITH TRUMP'
The Yedioth Ahronoth story, written by the investigative journalist Ronen Bergman, claimed to have details about a recent meeting between American and Israeli intelligence officials... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL IS IN THE CROSSHAIRS AND MAY NOT SURVIVE A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
During the campaign, Trump regularly denigrated the Iran agreement... READ MORE›
SECRETARY OF STATE PICK TILLERSON EXPRESSED INTEREST IN IRAN DEALS IN 2016
Such business ties are possible following the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal negotiated by Iran, the Obama administration and five other world powers... READ MORE›
IRANIANS REBEL AT FORMER PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI'S FUNERAL
The funeral of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has presented a rare occasion for Iranians to express public resistance... READ MORE›
IRAN MOURNS "A GREAT MAN OF THE REVOLUTION"
Iran has begun three days of national mourning following the death of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani... READ MORE›
RAFSANJANI DEATH A BLOW TO IRAN REFORMERS AS TRUMP PRESIDENCY LOOMS IN U.S.
Following Khomeini's death, he played a role in the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, Iran's most powerful figure... READ MORE›
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE DISSENT IN IRAN AS THOUSANDS MOURN RAFSANJANI
Iran's establishment was out in full force, including Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds force, the external arm of the powerful Revolutionary Guards... READ MORE›
MOURNERS ATTEND FUNERAL OF FORMER IRANIAN LEADER RAFSANJANI
Iranians carry the coffin of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani during his funeral in Tehran, Iran Jan. 10, 2017... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Iran
'I WILL NOT WEAR A HIJAB'
Nazi Paikidze says Iran's hijab law is oppressive. But one of the country's top chess players says a boycott will only hurt women's sports in Iran... READ MORE›
RETIRED GENERALS AND ADMIRALS URGE CONGRESS TO REJECT IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
The letter by 195 former top military officers follows one last week that supported the nuclear agreement... READ MORE›
HOMA HOODFAR, CONCORDIA PROFESSOR, RELEASED FROM TEHRAN JAIL
The Iranian-Canadian anthropology professor Hoodfar was arrested while on a personal and research visit to Iran, her family said... READ MORE›
IRAN WARNS OF WORLD WAR III IF TRUMP REVAMPS NUCLEAR PACT
During the 2016 election, Trump promised to redo the nuclear pact with Iran, calling it a "disastrous" deal... READ MORE›
29 US SCIENTISTS PRAISE IRAN DEAL IN LETTER TO OBAMA
The letter notes criticism that the Iran accord, after 10 years, will let Tehran potentially develop nuclear arms without constraint... READ MORE›
DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME
Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE›
IRAN LEADER BLASTS TRUMP, CLINTON, SAYS CANDIDATES ARE 'BAD' AND 'WORSE'
The choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is one between bad or worse, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said during a rally Sunday in Iran... READ MORE›
BOLLYWOOD STARS GIVE THEIR NEWBORN SON THE CONTROVERSIAL NAME OF A BRUTAL ISLAMIC CONQUEROR
Taimur the Lame, often known as Timur or Tamerlane, was a brutal Mongol invader who conquered many parts of Persia and central Asia... READ MORE›
HEAD OF GROUP OPPOSING IRAN ACCORD QUITS POST SAYING HE BACKS DEAL
The aim was to strengthen the international economic sanctions against Iran, which Mr. Samore was convinced had been mounting a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
AFGHANISTAN: NEW ATTACK KILLS 14 WORSHIPPERS AT MOSQUE
An ISIL attack on the ethnic minority on July 23 in Kabul killed 84 people and wounded 130 others... READ MORE›
IRANIAN LEADER TWEETS GRAPHIC OF OBAMA WITH GUN TO HEAD
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also has an unverified Twitter account, HassanRouhani... READ MORE›
INFLUENTIAL FORMER IRANIAN LEADER RAFSANJANI DIES
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who remained among the ruling elite despite moderate views, died Sunday, state TV reported... READ MORE›
MAN WRONGLY ARRESTED OVER BERLIN ATTACK SAYS HE FEARS FOR HIS LIFE
Despite this, he said, he was arrested and tortured by Pakistani forces in Balochistan last year, after which he left for Germany... READ MORE›
U.S. $38B MILITARY AID PACKAGE TO ISRAEL SENDS A MESSAGE
WASHINGTON -- The United States agreed Wednesday to provide Israel a record 3.8 billion a year in new military aid over the next decade... READ MORE›
COULD TRUMP TRASH THE IRAN DEAL? YES, BUT IT'S COMPLICATED
President-elect Donald Trump has mocked and decried the nuclear deal the Obama administration negotiated with Iran ever since he started running for president... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN OBAMA MAKES HIS CASE
We have cut off every pathway for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon... READ MORE›
IRANS SUPREME LEADER SAYS ISRAEL WONT EXIST IN 25 YEARS
Iranians must not forget that the United States is the Great Satan, Ayatollah Khamenei warned, criticizing those calling for better relations... READ MORE›
US SENT PLANE WITH $400 MILLION IN CASH TO IRAN
That sort of ransom payment as part of the Iran deal is an outrage, said Republican Sen... READ MORE›
U.S. NAVY SHIP FIRED WARNING SHOTS AT IRANIAN VESSELS
In September, Trump vowed that any Iranian vessels that harassed the U.S. Navy in the Gulf would be shot out of the water... READ MORE›
THE ORDEAL OF POST REPORTER JASON REZAIAN
Iran released Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, according to U.S. officials... READ MORE›
'IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HOME,' HOMA HOODFAR SAYS AFTER LANDING IN MONTREAL
Homa Hoodfar arrived in Montreal this morning to hugs and cheers after being detained in an Iranian prison since June... READ MORE›
IRANIAN MEDIA SAYS POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN CONVICTED
State-run TV and the Iranian Students News Agency both quoted Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei a spokesman for Tehran's Revolutionary Court as saying Rezaian 39 had been found guilty... READ MORE›
IRAN AGREES TO DETAILED NUCLEAR OUTLINE FIRST STEP TOWARD A WIDER DEAL
Mr. Zarif and other Iranian officials may have an even harder political argument to win... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT
Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›
FRANCE WON'T DINE WITH IRAN UNLESS WINE IS SERVED
A food spat between Iran and France ahead of Hassan Rouhani's European trip threatens rapprochement... READ MORE›
WOMAN CONVICTED AS JUVENILE FACES DEATH IN IRAN
On October 2014, a criminal judge sentenced the once child bride to death by hanging, Amnesty International says... READ MORE›
IRAQ SUICIDE BOMB: SHIA PILGRIMS AMONG NEARLY 80 DEAD
Nearly 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road stop in Iraq, a security official says... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN ACCUSE EACH OTHER OF NOT REALLY BEING MUSLIM
A day later, Saudi Arabia's top cleric, Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, fired back, dismissing Khamenei's criticism as a feature of supposed Iranian hatred toward Sunnis... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI CONDEMNS UK AFTER PM MAY'S COMMENTS
Comments by ayatollah ali khamenei come after prime minister theresa may called tehran a threat to the middle east... READ MORE›
DESTRUCTIVE HACKS STRIKE SAUDI ARABIA, POSING CHALLENGE TO TRUMP
Saudi Arabia Has Just Suffered a Series of Major Cyber Hack Attacks... READ MORE›
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OBAMA MADE KENYAN ARTIST'S NAME, BUT TRUMP PORTRAITS FIZZLE
NAIROBI, Kenya AP -- Kenyan artist Evans Yegon is sad to see President Barack Obama leave office... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBEL GROUPS SAY THEY WILL ATTEND ASTANA PEACE TALKS
In 2013, the Syrian military used chemical weapons in an attack against rebel-controlled areas of Damascus, killing nearly 1,500 civilians, including more than 400 children... READ MORE›
UK RUSSIAN EMBASSY TROLLS PRESIDENT OBAMA ON TWITTER, CALLING HIM A 'LAME DUCK'
The UK Russian Embassy has sparked controversy after attacking Barack Obama from its Twitter account... READ MORE›
U.S. SURPASSES SYRIAN REFUGEE GOAL SET BY OBAMA, EXPECTS MORE NEXT YEAR
Since the conflict broke out following anti-government protests in 2011, the United States has provided 5.9 billion in humanitarian aid for Syrians, including the latest contribution... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S FINAL SPEECH TO UN CALLS FOR WORLD 'COURSE CORRECTION'
It's a theme that Democrat Hillary Clinton has put at the forefront of her campaign for president, casting herself as the natural continuation of Obama's legacy... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA SAYS 'AMERICA IS NOT AS DIVIDED AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED' IN THE WAKE OF DALLAS POLICE SHOOTINGS
The black community is much closer to the police than in other cities... READ MORE›
OBAMA TRIES TO LIMIT FALLOUT FROM BRITISH EU EXIT VOTE
We would have preferred a different outcome, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, traveling in Ireland, said on Friday... READ MORE›
OBAMA, SAUDI PRINCE FOCUS ON IRAQ AND SYRIA IN WASHINGTON MEETING
The President expressed appreciation for Saudi Arabia's contributions to the campaign against ISIL, the White House said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group... READ MORE›
OBAMA RULES OUT GROUND TROOPS FOR SYRIA
US President Barack Obama rules out US ground troops for Syria and tells the BBC military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems... READ MORE›
IRAN'S 'SUPREME LEADER' AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI WELCOMES SANCTIONS LIFT, WARNS OF US 'DECEIT'
I reiterate the need to be vigilant about the deceit and treachery of arrogant countries, especially the United States Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS 'WE WILL NOT BE TERRORIZED' AFTER CALIFORNIA SHOOTING
Americans were already nervous about terrorism after Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris in Nov. 13 attacks... READ MORE›
AFTER PARIS, AMERICANS WANT U.S. TO DO MORE TO ATTACK ISLAMIC STATE
Exclusive After Paris, Americans want U.S. to do more to attack Islamic State - poll... READ MORE›