Iran News

Does Iran’s new uranium enrichment threat matter?

Iran announced it was “ready” to make the jump to reaching 190,000 (Separate Work Units) SWU for enriching uranium.

Rouhani says Iran to continue expanding its military might

"We have not asked and will not ask for permission to develop different types of ... missiles and will continue our path and our military power."

Security and Intelligence: Atomic fallout

Nuclear expert David Albright explains the most important discoveries from the Iranian archives stolen by the Mossad.

Iran reveals new missile and underground 'city'

Iran says it has missiles with the range of up to 2,000 km, which puts Israel and US military bases in the region within reach.

To circumvent U.S. sanctions on Iran, Europeans open new trade channels

"We are clear; this commitment does not in any way preclude us from addressing Iran's hostile and destabilizing activities."

EU cyber defense agency warns against Iran's expansion of cyber espionage

Senior Iranian official: "These are all part of a psychological war launched by the United States and its allies against Iran."

Iran says cannot confirm secret talks with France on Tehran's missile work

"There has been no talks, whether secret or not secret, about our missile program with France or any other country."

Ayatollah Khamenei: U.S. officials are first-class idiots

"The U.S. sanctions turned Iran into the region’s unparalleled power today.”

Iran's Khamenei meets Islamic Jihad leaders, calls for Israel's downfall

According to the report, Khamenei congratulated leaders of the Islamic Jihad for, what he called, their victory against Israel in Gaza.

Larijani, accused of human rights abuses, to head key Iranian regime post

Larijani is also part of the nepotistic group of powerful families at the center of the regime’s politics.

German company linked with Iran's rockets stops business with Tehran

“Corporations realize that doing business with Iran means funding the IRGC’s terror strategy.”

Top Iranian cleric Shahroudi dies who oversaw 2,000 executions

Shahroudi, 70, was a close ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and had been seen by analysts as a possible successor to him.

Iran urges EU to press U.S. on approval of passenger aircraft deliveries

To upgrade its aging fleet, Iran Air ordered 200 passenger aircraft - 100 from Airbus, 80 from Boeing and 20 from Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR.

U.N. claims two missile launchers found in Yemen appear to be from Iran

Two launch units for anti-tank guided missiles recovered by a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen appear to have been manufactured in Iran.

Iran says it recently tested a ballistic missile

Iran carries out up to 50 missile tests a year, Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards' airspace division said.

U.S. Energy Secretary discussed Iran sanctions with Iraqi officials

The United States has restored sanctions targeting Iran's oil industry as well as its banking and transport industry.

'Iran increases testing of ballistic missiles that can reach Europe'

Iran reportedly doubled the number of its tests in 2018.

Iran arrests 10 suspects in suicide bombing that killed two

Iranian security forces have detained 10 people suspected of links to a suicide car bomb attack this week.

How Iran turned a 'counterterror' meeting into a push for new global order

The meeting comes as Gulf Cooperation Council gathers in Riyadh.

U.N. Security Council to meet on Iranian ballistic missile test

UNSC members France and Great Britain requested the meeting, which will be held in New York.

Iran's Lebanese control demands reevaluation of West's support for Beirut

Analysts argue that the West, in general, needs to acknowledge that Hezbullah is the all-encompassing dominant force in the country

200 wounded as magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes western Iran

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) and struck 114 km northwest of the city of Ilam, close to Iran's border with Iraq.

Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Iran looking to outlast Donald Trump

Michael Hayden, who led the CIA from 2006 to 2009, said he saw the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia as critical, but with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman as less so.

Senior IRGC commander: Israeli agent killed in September strikes on Kurds

The strikes targeted the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iran in Koya.

United States imposes second round of sanctions on Iran

On Sunday, Pompeo said the penalties, which target Iran's oil and financial sectors, were “the toughest sanctions ever put in place on the Islamic Republic of Iran.”