World Jul 06 Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili Pezeshkian's win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war, Iran's advancing nuclear program, and a looming election in the United States that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran…
World Jul 03 Who is Saeed Jalili, the hard-line former negotiator seeking Iran's presidency? Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili may have been Tehran's top nuclear negotiator for years, but he won no plaudits from Western diplomats sitting across the table as he repeatedly lectured them on everything while offering nothing.
World Jun 29 Iranian reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili head to runoff presidential election Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
World Apr 05 Iran vows to 'punish Zionist regime' over deadly airstrike on Iranian consulate attributed to Israel The attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound was a significant escalation in what has been a long-running shadow war between the two archenemies, and Israel has been bracing for an Iranian response.
World Jan 05 Iran mourns those killed in suicide blast claimed by Islamic State group The funeral Friday came as the death toll in the attack rose to at least 89.
World Jun 11 Venezuela and Iran agree to expand ties on oil amid U.S. sanctions Maduro's first visit to Iran comes amid tensions across the Middle East over the collapse of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
World May 18 U.N. envoy says U.S. sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation.
World Aug 25 Iran Parliament approves most of new president's ministers Lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of 18 out of 19 ministers proposed by Raisi after five days of hearings and discussions. Lawmakers did not vote for Hossein Baghgoli, nominated for education minister, whose experience was disputed during hearings.
World Aug 05 Iran swears in new hard-line president amid regional tension Iran has sworn in Ebrahim Raisi, a protégé of the country's supreme leader, as its new president.
World Jun 02 Iran's largest warship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman The Iranian navy's warship caught fire and later sank Wednesday under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country's vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West.