World Feb 11 What to know as Iran and the U.S. weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks U.S. President Donald Trump has kept up pressure on Iran, moving an aircraft carrier and other military assets to the Persian Gulf and suggesting the U.S. could attack Iran over the killing of peaceful demonstrators or if Tehran launches mass…
World Feb 11 Squeezed by U.S. tensions and public anger over crackdown, Iran commemorates 1979 revolution President Masoud Pezeshkian got on stage at Azadi Square in Tehran and insisted that Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program as fledgling nuclear talks talks with America hang in the balance.
World Feb 10 Top Iran security official travels to Oman, site of talks with U.S. Iranian security official Ali Larijani is in Oman, the country currently mediating talks between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program.
World Feb 08 Iran sentences Nobel laureate and activist Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday.
World Feb 04 Iran-U.S. nuclear talks will take place Friday in Oman, foreign minister says The announcement by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday came after hours of indications that the anticipated talks were faltering over changes in the format and content of the talks.
World Jan 28 Iran's rial falls to new low amid worries of possible U.S. strike a month after protests began Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran's currency reached a new low a month since the start of protests that soon…
World Jan 27 Iran's crackdown has killed at least 6,159 people, activists say Many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran's currency, the rial, meanwhile fell to a record low of…
World Jan 26 Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Yemen threaten new attacks as U.S. carrier approaches region Yemen's Houthi rebels hinted at resuming attacks on Red Sea shipping. Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah also issued a threat on Sunday, warning of "total war" if Iran is targeted.
World Jan 23 Iran's top prosecutor denies Trump's claim 800 prisoners were spared execution Tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high as an American aircraft carrier group moves closer to the Middle East.
World Jan 21 Iran says 3,117 killed in recent protests, issuing lower death toll than human rights activists Iranian state TV has issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed, while the foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet against the United States after Tehran’s bloody crackdown, warning the Islamic Republic will…