The move would reimpose sweeping UN sanctions lifted under the 2015 agreement unless Iran agrees to curb its uranium enrichment and restore cooperation with IAEA inspectors.
Iran top security body: Response to Israeli aggression based on Article 51 of UN Charter
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the Iranian armed forces’ attack on the Israeli regime was carried out based on Article 51 of the UN Charter, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Under UN Chapter VII's 'Action with respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the...
Iran, Armenia eye $3 billion bilateral trade volume
Tehran, Iran – Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan on Thursday said that Iran and Armenia have the potential to increase the volume of their bilateral trade to $3 billion. Grigoryan made the remarks during the 18th meeting of the Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission where he also described Iran...Iraq recalls Iran envoy in rebuke to ally over deadly strikes
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had destroyed the "Zionist regime's spy headquarters in the Kurdistan region of Iraq." The strike came "in response to the recent vicious actions of the Zionist regime which martyred the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards and the resistance front," a Guards statement carried by Iran's...Saudi, Iran exchange ambassadors after years-long rupture
Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran resumed operations last month. In June, Iran marked the reopening of its embassy in Riyadh with a flag-raising ceremony. Last month Iran's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, preached unity and dialogue during his first visit to Saudi Arabia since the surprise rapprochement was announced,...Iran: Paris-trained Pastry chef stays back to improve women’s lives
Tehran, Iran - She could have left Iran, as many of her contemporaries did, but Paris-trained pastry chef Shahrzad Shokouhivand decided to stay and work to make women's lives better inside the country. And the icing on the cake? She and her husband now employ 70 people - mostly women....Death toll mounts in Iran protests as online services cut
Amini, 22, died last week after her arrest by the Islamic republic's feared morality police for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way, and news of her death sparked widespread outrage. Protesters have been heard shouting "death to the dictator" and "woman, life, freedom" in video footage shared...Anxiety among Tehran women after headscarf death
Amini, a Kurd, had been detained for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way, and died at a Tehran hospital after having spent three days in a coma. Public anger has flared over her death, and at least six protesters have been killed in nationwide demonstrations, according to...
Iran, Venezuela ink 20-year deal on cooperation in Tehran
Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two countries in various sectors including energy, financial and defense
Iran urges Iraq against hosting ‘disruptive security presence’
Iran president accused Iraq's Kurdistan region of "negligence", adding that Iran is closely monitoring the movements of Israel.
Half of Iran’s civil jets grounded for lack of spare parts
The shortage represented more than half of the civilian aircraft in the sanctions-hit country, he said in an interview this week.
Iran tightens Covid curbs as cases, deaths surge
The Islamic republic is struggling to contain what officials have called a "fifth wave" of the virus caused by the highly infectious Delta variantIran’s Khamenei says halting Covid ‘urgent’ priority
The Islamic republic's Covid cases and fatalities have surged in recent weeks, in what officials have said is a "fifth wave" caused by the highly infectious Delta variantIsrael blames Iran for deadly attack on oil tanker off Oman
The Islamic Republic "is not only Israel's problem, but it is the world's problem. Its behaviour threatens the freedom of navigation and global commerce", the Israeli official added.
