Iranian FM Javad Zarif in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, March 11, 2020. (AFP) September 21, 2020 Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Relations between Tehran and Washington have deteriorated sharply [...]
Emergency medical staff and nurses help while transferring a patient with coronavirus to Masih Daneshvari Hospital, in Tehran, March 30, 2020. (Reuters) September 21, 2020 The number of novel coronavirus infections in Iran has risen by 3,341 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily tally since early June, taking total cases to [...]
Different units of the Iranian Armed Forces displayed their capabilities and latest military achievements in nationwide parades in Tehran. (Tasnim) September 21, 2020 The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on the Iranian defense ministry and others involved in Iran’s nuclear and weapons program to support its assertion that all U.N. sanctions [...]
Iraqi Shiite militants backed by Iran. (Supplied) By Caleb Weiss and Joe Truzman September 21, 2020 Over the past few days, a surge of assaults against American and Coalition forces inside Iraq have been reported across the country. Four nascent armed factions, all of which are believed to be Iranian-backed, have claimed responsibility. From top left: [...]
A bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Bulgaria was most likely the work of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, July 18, 2012. (Reuters) By Toby Dershowitz and Dylan Gresik September 21, 2020 At 5:23 p.m. on July 18, 2012, a deadly explosion rocked Bulgaria’s Sarafavo airport near the Black Sea town of Burgas, killing [...]
Streets are buzzing In Tehran as social distancing rules are watered down. April 21, 2020. (ISNA) September 21, 2020 One of the most serious problems Iran faces today is exhausted, overworked health workers, and the potential flu epidemic makes the situation all the more frightening. “Our biggest problem in facing a third wave of coronavirus [...]
Iraqi border police stand guard on the Iraqi side of the Mandili crossing on the border with Iran on July 11, 2020. (AFP) September 21, 2020 The Iraqi Border Authority have announced that the country's borders are closed, a response to videos posted on social media showing some Iranian pilgrims storming toward Iran's [...]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei meets with the spokesman of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen Mohammed Abdul Salam, Aug 13, 2019. (IRNA) September 21, 2020 The legitimate Yemeni government welcomed on Monday the United States’ announcement that it has reimposed all United Nations sanctions against Iran, including an armed embargo against Tehran. [...]
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to reporters during the 15th International Energy Forum Ministerial in Algiers, Sept 27, 2016. (Reuters) September 21, 2020 Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday that the United States was waging a war against Iran by imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s crude exports. “Today Iran [...]
President Hassan Rouhani meeting with the Director-General of the (IAEA) in Tehran, August 26, 2020. (AFP) September 21, 2020 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has referred to a virus in Iran's neighborhood that is "more dangerous" than COVID-19. Speaking at a session on Saturday of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters in Tehran, Rouhani claimed, [...]
