Tag: Iran
General Soleimani: Trump talks tough to Iran, warns proxy wars must stop
President Donald Trump doubled down on the Iranian regime, after ordering the assassination of its top military officer, Major General…
Iranian General Soleimani killed in US Baghdad airstrike
Iraq’s powerful Shiite Hashd Shaabi militia said on Friday that the group’s deputy leader, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, and high-ranking Iranian…
Iran says in contact with Buhari over El-Zakzaky
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian recently met in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on…
US, Iran swap detainees in rare exchange
The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare swap, an act of cooperation between…
Nigeria, Iran to establish Bi-National commission
Nigeria and Iran have agreed to set up a bi-national commission that will promote trade, investment, agriculture and technology transfer.
Iran barred indefinitely from world judo
The International Judo Federation (IJF) said Tuesday it had banned Iran from competition indefinitely over the country’s refusal to face…
Iran arrests Russian journalist over visa violation
A Russian journalist arrested in Iran was on Monday detained due to a visa violation, an Iranian government spokesman said,…
Iran unveils new homemade military gears
Iran’s Army Ground Force (AGF) said it unveiled new homemade military gears, including a reconnaissance drone and an armoured fighting…
Iran’s Rouhani claims Trump offers to lift sanctions for talks
The United States offered to remove all sanctions on Iran in exchange for talks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on…
British oil tanker leaves Iranian port to international waters
The released British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, has left Iran’s Bandar Abbas port to international waters on Friday morning…
Boris Johnson blames Iran for Saudi attacks
Britain is no more in doubt about the culprit in the attack of Saudi oil facilities on 14 September.Prime Minister…
Iran finally releases British-flagged oil tanker
Iranian authorities on Monday announced that Iran's government has freed the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in…
Iran’s IRGC commander to America: We are ready for any scenario
Hours after US President Trump announced the deployment of troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Commander of…
A strike on Iran would mean an ‘all-out war’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that the consequence of a Saudi or U.S. military strike on…
Iran will allow women watch football matches
Iran’s Sports Minister, Masoud Soltanifar, on Thursday, reported that Iranian women will be allowed into stadiums to watch the men’s…
Iran bypasses SWIFT payment system, to dodge US sanctions
Iranian Central Bank (CBI) Head, Abdolnaser Hemmati, on Wednesday said the country is planning to evade American economic sanctions by…
Trump slams new sanctions on Iran
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has instructed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to “substantially” increase economic sanctions on…
Saudi Arabia unveils evidence of Iran’s link to attacks
Saudi Arabia said it would show evidence on Wednesday linking regional rival Tehran to an unprecedented attack on its oil…
Saudi UK envoy says Iran behind attacks
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to London said on Wednesday that Iran was almost certainly behind attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Iran…
America points to southwest Iran as staging post for Saudi attack
The United States believes the attacks that crippled Saudi Arabian oil facilities last weekend originated in southwestern Iran, a U.S.…
Trump says no rush for war with Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that although it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in…
Britain not blaming Iran for Saudi attacks
Britain said it is not jumping to conclusions yet like America, that Iran was responsible for the drone attacks on…
Imminent attack on Iran as Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’
Is a US attack on Iran imminent? U.S. President Donald Trump fuelled the speculations when he said on Sunday that…
Ready for war: Iran boasts it can hit American targets 2000km away
Iran said it has always been prepared for a full-fledged war as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday…
Iran denies US accusations over Saudi drone attacks
Iran dismissed as "pointless" U.S. claims that Tehran was behind drone attacks which hit two of Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil…
Iran accuses US of arresting stem cell scientist Soleimani on flimsy charge
The brother of Iranian stem cell scientist Professor Massoud Soleimani and the minister of science have accused the United States…
Iran blasts European leaders over broken nuclear deal
Iran's atomic agency chief hit out Sunday at European powers, saying their broken promises gave the Islamic republic little choice…
Nuclear deal: Iran fires up advanced centrifuges
Iran’s domestic nuclear agency (AEOI) plans to release details of the third phase of Iran’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear…
Iran releases 7 crew members from seized British-flagged oil tanker
Seven crew members on a British-flagged oil tanker that was seized by Iran in July have been released and were…
U.S. showing ‘some flexibility’ on oil sales – Iran
A senior Iranian official said on Saturday the United States had shown flexibility on the licensing of Iranian oil sales…