Historians who uncovered a message from “Queen Elizabeth” believe its misinterpretation helped persuade the shah not to flee Iran at a pivotal moment.
A Daughter Is Beheaded, and Iran Asks if Women Have a Right to Safety
The so-called honor killing of a 14-year-old girl in Iran has shaken the country and forced an examination of its failure to protect women and children.
Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Swelled During Virus Pandemic Lockdown
(Bloomberg) — Iran continued its elevated rate of nuclear-fuel production last quarter, even as the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut down swaths of the economy and international inspectors …
Afghanistan slams Iran’s role in 3 migrant deaths
Three Afghan migrants died after Iranian police shot at their vehicle, setting it ablaze. Initially, Iran denied its police were to blame.
How the Coronavirus Crisis Exposed the False Promise of Iran-China Partnership
In fact, it was this heightening dependence that partly inhibited the Iranian leadership from adopting decisive action against Chinese vectors, although Beijing itself alerted the World Health …
Tense anti-government protests resume in Lebanon after Covid-19 lockdown lifted
Protesters poured into the streets of the Lebanese capital Saturday to decry the collapse of the economy, as clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of the Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah.
Coronavirus: Iran swamped by a second wave after lockdown eased to save jobs
The doctor in the Tehran pharmacy had the sort of immobile, handsome face that only expensive surgery could buy. As patients filed past him, coughing and spluttering, he kept up a stream of reassuring …
Afghans condemn Iran police after refugees die in car fire
The deaths of three Afghan refugees in a car fire in Iran has prompted an outpouring of anger towards police there, after it emerged the blaze began when officers shot at the vehicle. Another four …
Black boxes of downed Ukrainian plane of ‘no help’, Iran claims
Tehran says it will transfer boxes of Flight 752 abroad but insists investigation is nearly complete …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: COVID-19 cases nudge 170,000 in Iran, Turkey with different speed; Chinese medical experts in Sudan share anti-coronavirus experience
A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, on May 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) –Iran’s tally increases to 169,425 with 8,209 deaths; –Turkey’s COVID-19 …