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FILE: A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on 13 December 2017 shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz arriving for the opening of the shura council ordinary session. Picture: AFP.

Tehran

Saudi king urges 'firm stance' against Iran

By AFP

The International Atomic Energy Agency warned on Wednesday that Iran's explanations over the presence of nuclear material at an undeclared site in the country...

  • Rescue teams work at the scene after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning on 8 January 2020, killing everyone on board. Picture: AFP

    Crashed Boeing was checked two days ago: Ukrainian airline

    It took off from Tehran airport at 6:10 a.m. and disappeared from radars just a few minutes later, crashing in Tehran province.

    861 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters shout slogans against the United States and Israel as they hold posters with the image of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a demonstration in the Kashmiri town of Magam on 3 January 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Mourners pack Tehran to grieve Iran general Soleimani

    Clutching portraits of their hero, the crowd gathered at Tehran University before supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei presided over prayers for the slain general.

    863 days ago
  • FILE: A picture released by the official website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards shows a newly Iranian-made drone, "Shahed 129" (Witness 129) being shown in Tehran. Picture: AFP

    Gulf tensions rise as US downs Iranian drone

    It was believed to be the first US military engagement with Iran following a series of increasingly serious incidents.

    1034 days ago
  • FILE: Iranians carry a giant flag. Picture: AFP

    China blames US 'bullying' for Iran nuclear crisis

    'The facts show that unilateral bullying has already become a worsening tumour,' said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang at a press briefing in Beijing.

    1045 days ago
  • A handout picture released by Iran's Defence Ministry on 27 July 2017 shows a Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite rocket at its launch site at an undisclosed location in Iran. Picture: AFP.

    Tensions over Iran nuclear accord: what are the stakes?

    Nearly four years after it was agreed, the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appears to be under serious threat.

    1053 days ago
  • An Iranian man marches with a portrait of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (L) alongside a woman holding up another of Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in the capital Tehran on 11 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Khomeini's legacy looms over Iran 30 years after death

    The image of the black-turbaned cleric who brought down the monarchy in 1979 stares out at people across the country, from hotel lobbies and the front of stadiums to hospitals and banknotes.

    1081 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Tehran says Trump's 'genocidal taunts won't end Iran'

    In another tweet, Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Trump of allowing his team to 'trash diplomacy' and 'abet war crimes - by milking despotic butchers via massive arms sales'.

    1093 days ago
  • FILE: Iraqi honour guards at Salam Presidential Palace in Baghdad. Picture: AFP

    US orders non-emergency embassy staff to leave Baghdad, Arbil

    Washington has ramped up pressure on Tehran in recent days, accusing Iran of planning "imminent" attacks in the region, and bolstering the American military presence in the Gulf.

    1098 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran's Rouhani urges unity in face of US 'war on hope'

    It is almost a year since President Donald Trump reimposed crippling US sanctions after exiting a landmark nuclear agreement between major powers and Iran.

    1110 days ago
  • Iran moved on Saturday to evacuate more towns and villages threatened by floods. Picture: Twitter.

    Iran flood death toll rises to 76

    Officials have again issued flood warnings for the east of Iran with heavy rains that began on Saturday forecasted to continue.

    1130 days ago
  • Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Picture: AFP

    Syria and Iran sign 'strategic' economic agreement

    The agreements covered a range of fields including economy, culture, education, infrastructure, investment and housing, the official Sana news agency reported.

    1205 days ago
  • Iran flag. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    US confirms holding Iran-based journalist, no crime alleged

    Iran has protested the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, who was born in the United States and is a presenter on Iran's English-language Press TV, amid high tensions between the two countries.

    1215 days ago
  • A Iran Air Force F-7 Airguard in Vahdati Airbase Air Show. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

    White House sought military strike against Iran

    Pentagon officials stressed that it was not unusual for the Defense Department to draw up military plans for the White House.

    1220 days ago
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Picture: AFP

    US sanctions on Iran, 'toughest ever,' take force Monday

    Taking effect Monday, the measures are the most concrete result yet of US President Donald Trump's controversial decision in May to abandon the multi-nation nuclear deal with Tehran.

    1290 days ago
  • FILE: A picture shows the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran. Picture: AFP.

    Moscow wants UN resolution to preserve nuclear arms treaty

    If passed, the resolution would allow "the continuation of discussions between Russia and the US in order to work through the two countries' concerns about the framework of the agreement."

    1300 days ago
  • A Iran Air Force F-7 Airguard in Vahdati Airbase Air Show. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

    Iran to unveil new fighter jet, develop missiles: minister

    US President Donald Trump withdrew the United States in May from a 2015 accord between Iran and world powers that curbed Tehran’s nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.

    1368 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shows him speaking at a conference in the capital Tehran. Picture: AFP.

    Iran says navy mounts new defense system on warship

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed earlier this month it held war games in the Gulf, saying they were aimed at “confronting possible threats” by enemies.

    1369 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump: Firms doing business in Iran to be barred from US as sanctions hit

    European countries, hoping to persuade Tehran to continue to respect the deal, have promised to try to lessen the blow of sanctions.

    1379 days ago
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