A newly minted and massive Iranian drone carrier was captured in new satellite images sailing in the Persian Gulf this week — the ship’s first reported sighting since leaving its home …
Kyrgyzstan Promotes Joint Global Efforts to Address Mountain Degradation, Climate Change: Envoy
Marking International Mountain Day, Turdakun Sydykov, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Iran, detailed his country’s ongoing efforts to address climate change, promote sustainable mountain development, …
Yemen’s Houthi rebels send email threats to German shipping companies
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement has over recent months issued threats by email to German shipping companies, the German shipping association (VDR) said on Monday. The threats have been …
Biden Admin Renewed Iran Sanctions Waiver — But Claims of $10B ‘Grant’ Are Misleading
The Biden administration granted Iran $10 billion in sanctions relief days after Donald Trump won the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What’s True: The Biden …
Oil climbs 1% to 3-week high as more sanctions loom on Russia, Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up about 1% to a three-week high on Friday on expectations additional sanctions on Russia and Iran could tighten supplies, while lower interest rates in Europe and the U.S. could boost demand for the fuel. Brent …
Israel eyes Iran nuke sites amid reports Trump mulls moves to block Tehran atomic program
Israel is once again said to be eyeing strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as the incoming Trump administration is reportedly mulling plans on how to come down hard on Iran without prompting a war.
Israel accuses an ‘unprecedented’ number of Israelis of spying for Iran
In the months before Iranian ballistic missiles struck the Nevatim Airbase in October, Iran dispatched spies to film and photograph the site in southern Israel, according to Israeli authorities.
Having outplayed Russia and outsmarted Iran, Turkey is reinvented from Syria revolution – opinion
Turkey thus emerges from the Syrian revolution geopolitically reinvented. Kemal Ataturk’s vision of a post-Ottoman Turkey that turns its face to secular Europe and its back to Islam, imperium, and the Arab Middle East has been elbowed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-embrace of Islam, imperialism, and the Arab Middle East.
Median Price (1-Bed Apartment) in Iran
Iran does not publish official house price statistics. Good general economics statistics are from the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Rolling blackouts plague Iran and some suspect bitcoin mining may have a role in the outages
Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businesses …