Months after the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, it has offered millions for any details on the mysterious man filling his boots — Hezbollah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani. W …
Norway tops Press Freedom Index, Iran and Iraq drop over coronavirus
Germany moved up to 11th place, despite confidentiality challenges posed by the government’s crackdown on the handling of leaked data. The index ranks nations in terms of pluralism, media independence …
Women in virus-hit Iran tech sector fight to keep hard-won jobs
From the hustle and bustle of a startup, Fereshteh Kasrai now works from home, like many Iranian women fighting to keep hard-won tech jobs as the coronavirus outbreak stirs uncertainty. Iran says the …
Iran, Syria call for lifting sanctions during pandemic
Syria’s state-run news agency says Iran’s foreign minister has called on the U.S. to lift sanctions imposed on Syria and Iran during a meeting with President Bashar Assad …
U.S. pressure on Iran during coronavirus outbreak is ‘inhumane’: Rouhani
U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed economic sanctions on Iran in 2018 after withdrawing from a multilateral nuclear deal struck three years earlier. “In these difficult conditi …
Wearing face masks, Syria’s Assad and Iran’s Zarif condemn West at Damascus meeting
Syrianian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends, state media …
Iran opens up shopping centres despite having region’s worst COVID-19 death toll
A woman has her temperature checked and her hands disinfected to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as she enters the Kourosh Shopping Center in Tehran. Iran’s parliament released a report …
Zarif hits out at US’s refusal to lift sanctions on Iran, Syria
20 Apr 2020 16:13 GMT A photo released by the presidency showed the visiting foreign minister and Syrian president sitting opposite each other, both in face masks [Reuters] Iran’s foreign minister has …
Iran Death Toll From New Coronavirus Outbreak Rises by 91 to 5,209: Health Ministry Official
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran reached 5,209 on Monday with 91 deaths in the past twenty four hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a statement on state TV on …
Iran-US tensions decrease in Iraq, for now
It has been weeks since Iran-backed factions in Iraq traded fire with US forces, but experts warn the rivals could be using the time to prepare for an escalation. After the last Katyusha rockets …