Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation chief Ali Akbar Salehi address journalists at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr on January 13, 2015Mohammad Berno (Iranian Presidency/AFP/File) Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday announced … Read More
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the shrine of Imam Ridha in Mashhad, Iran. Khamenei.ir Khamenei said economic woes were result of internal mismanagement by the govt. and not just US pressure. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday … Read More
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) sits between President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) during a meeting in Tehran, in a photo released by Khamenei’s office on July 15, 2018 HO (KHAMENEI.IR/AFP) Under the 2015 … Read More
An effigy of the U.S. President Donald Trump is set on fire during an annual anti-Israeli Al-Quds, Jerusalem, Day rally in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 8, 2018. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi The pressure on Iran’s economy since US President Trump withdrew … Read More
Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will increase its nuclear enrichment capacity within the limits set by the 2015 agreement with world powers. The modest steps announced Tuesday appeared to be mainly aimed at signaling that Iran … Read More
A senior Iranian military official has warned the U.S. that his armed force’s missile development and regional influence was too powerful to be dismantled even in the event of a direct conflict. Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the … Read More
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has given tough terms to Britain, France and Germany if they want to save the 2015 nuclear deal. Pledging not to seek new talks on Iran’s ballistic missiles is one of them. Iranian leader … Read More
Vida Movahed takes off her headscarf and holds on a stick in Tehran in late December, protesting Iran’s hijab rules. (Abaca Press/SalamPix/Sipa USA/AP) ISTANBUL — Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its … Read More
THE European Union is preparing for a showdown with the United States as Brussels considers new regulations to protect EU firms doing business in Iran in case Donald Trump scraps the 2015 nuclear deal and restores tough sanctions. AFP/GETTY Donald … Read More
LONDON — Iran’s most significant protests in almost a decade may have calmed, but anger that fueled the nationwide demonstrations lingers and could erupt again at any time, according to experts. Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of the Foreign Policy program at … Read More