May 11 Iranian navy friendly fire incident kills 19 amid U.S. tension By Associated Press A missile fired during an Iranian training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target. Continue reading
May 04 U.S. awards 29 Purple Hearts for brain injuries in Iran attack By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Six Army soldiers who were injured in a ballistic missile attack in Iraq in January have been awarded Purple Hearts, and 23 others have been approved for the award and will get them later this week, U.S. Central Command said… Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 3:16 News Wrap: Earth Day's 50th anniversary arrives for a cleaner planet In our news wrap Wednesday, it was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and it came as COVID-19 lockdowns have cleared air and water worldwide. Pollution in several major cities, including Paris and New Delhi, is about 50 percent lower… Continue watching
Apr 22 Iran Guard reveals secret space program in satellite launch By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched its first satellite into space Wednesday, dramatically revealing what experts described as a secret military space program that could advance its ballistic missile development amid wider tensions between the Islamic Republic and the U.S. Continue reading
Apr 22 Trump tweets he's ordered Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats that harass U.S. By Darlene Superville, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Trump did not cite a specific event in his tweet or provide details. The White House had no immediate comment. Continue reading
Apr 19 Iran's Guard acknowledges encounter with US during a drill By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged Sunday it had a tense encounter with U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf last week, but alleged without offering evidence that American forces sparked the incident. Continue reading
Apr 14 Virus becomes latest battle between Iran, U.S. amid tensions By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Even as both face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the United States remain locked in retaliatory pressure campaigns that now view the outbreak as just the latest battleground. Continue reading
Apr 11 Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press Iran began reopening government offices Saturday after a brief nationwide lockdown to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, which has killed more than 4,300 people in the country. Continue reading
Apr 06 From Iran's hot zone, Afghans flee back home and spread virus By Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press Mahdi Noori, a young Afghan refugee in Iran, joined a large migration of some 200,000 Afghans and counting who have been flowing home across the border for weeks — from a country that is one of the world’s biggest epicenters… Continue reading
Apr 02 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: Iran denies it is planning to attack U.S. targets in Iraq In our news wrap Thursday, Iran dismissed President Trump’s claim it is planning an attack on U.S. targets in Iraq. On Twitter, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif wrote “Iran starts no wars, but teaches lessons to those who do.” Also, a… Continue watching