Iran

Iraq sets up ‘loophole’ in US sanctions to buy Iranian power

Iraq is establishing a financial "loophole" to continue buying vital gas and electricity from Iran… Read More

Trump says Iran ‘playing with fire’ with uranium enrichment

Iran announced on Monday it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under its 2015… Read More

Treat us with respect if you want talks, Iran tells US

Iran will not be pressured into negotiations by the United States, but if authorities in… Read More

US deploys F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar

The US has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time Read More

Iran files complaint to UN over US spy drone

“The complaint states that Iran reserves the right to defend its airspace and confront any… Read More

Iran warns Trump against ‘illusion’ of short war

The tensions, sparked by Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, were exacerbated earlier this month Read More

Iran tells UN it cannot save nuclear deal ‘alone’

“Iran has done a lot and much more than its fair share to preserve the… Read More

Iran ‘never seeks war’ with US, says Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran "never seeks war" with the US, state media reported Wednesday… Read More

Sanctioning Iran’s Khamenei is an attack on the nation: govt spokesman

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday that Zarif will be placed under sanctions… Read More

Trump mistakes Khamenei with Khomeni, gets mocked

"The assets of Ayatollah Khomeini and his office will not be spared by these sanctions,"… Read More

Iran dismisses new US sanctions, calls White House ‘retarded’

Rouhani said sanctions against Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would fail because he had… Read More

Trump says other countries should do more to protect oil tankers

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that other countries, including China and Japan, should… Read More

US cyber attacks on Iranian targets not successful

Pentagon had launched a long-planned cyber attack to disable his country’s rocket launch systems Read More

US conducted cyber attack on Iran in response to drone downing: report

US president Donald Trump secretly authorized US Cyber Command to carry out a retaliatory attack… Read More

Trump says will be Iran’s ‘best friend’ if it renounces nuclear arms

Trump last year withdrew the United States from an international accord designed to curb Iran s… Read More

Iran minister tweets map with detailed coordinates of US drone

The map also showed two yellow squares on the flight path of the drone which,… Read More

Iran says it will respond firmly to any US threat

An Iranian missile destroyed a US Global Hawk surveillance drone. Tehran said the drone was… Read More

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

Trump said the plan was to hit three different sites in response to the drone’s… Read More

Airlines halt Strait of Hormuz flights

Some of the world's leading carriers including British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines on Friday… Read More

Iran, US in war of words after US drone shot down

“Iran made a very big mistake!” Trump said in a Twitter post. Read More