In 2021, Iran says it has started enriching uranium to up to 60 percent. Compromise ‘close’ -Just as a deal looks imminent. nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief after 12 years. Here are the major developments in Iran’s nuclear programme since 2015, when Tehran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment activities after being … Read more
More than 5,000 Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. 173 unregistered refugees landed in southern Kandahar province from Pakistan. More than 740,000 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported to Afghanistan, mostly from neighbouring countries, since August 2021. The Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs stated on Thursday that 5,159 … Read more
Iran has begun installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges in a cluster at an underground enrichment complex, as per a long-standing plan, and now plans to add two more such clusters or cascades, The actions are detailed in a classified IAEA report provided to member nations soon before the IAEA’s 35-nation Board of Governors published a resolution … Read more
Train was on its way from northeastern city of Mashhad to central city of Yazd. Was carrying 348 passengers when it careered off the track at 5:30 am local time. Arrest warrants have been issued for six people in connection with the accident. According to official television, a train crashed near the central Iranian city … Read more
Iran disconnects some UN nuclear watchdog’s cameras monitoring nuclear sites. Western nations accused Iran of failing to cooperate with IAEA. Britain, France, and Germany urge Iran to “stop escalating its nuclear program. Iran disconnected some of the UN nuclear watchdog’s cameras monitoring its nuclear sites on Wednesday, according to its atomic energy agency, after Western … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday to discuss Iran’s challenges. The necessity of international support for Ukraine was also highlighted, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday to address a range of problems, including Iran’s … Read more
The Afghan Interior Ministry returned dozens of military vehicles and equipment transported to Iran during the change of the Taliban regime in August. Among them were 32 military vehicles, 17 non-military vehicles, 57 AK-47 rifles, 42 machine guns, 32 grenade launchers and a series of ammunition, the Ministry of National Defense said. Read more: … Read more
A derailment occurred on the track that connects Tabas to Yazd’s central city. The train collided with an excavator near the railway, as per initial accounts. At least 16 individuals were critically injured, with several sent to nearby hospitals. A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least ten people and … Read more
Four train carriages derailed between Mashhad and Yazd, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens. A passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday morning, killing several passengers and injuring dozens, state media reported. A railroad spokesman told state radio station Irib that eight people had been killed and ten state television had been killed. Read more: Iran To Face Censure Amid Stalled Nuclear Talks … Read more
IAEA board meets in Vienna, meeting for first time since June 2020. Iran has enriched uranium that could be used to make a bomb in under 10 days. Iran has always denied having any desire to develop nuclear weapons. Major European countries and the United States are expected to seek sanctions against Iran as the … Read more
The death toll from the collapse of an Iranian building has risen to 41. The 10-story Metropol building in Abadan, southwestern Khuzestan province. In 2017, the Plasco Building, in central Tehran, collapsed, killing 22 people. The death toll from the collapse of an Iranian building two weeks ago has risen to 41, local authorities said … Read more
Uzbekistan and Iran agreed earlier this year to enhance bilateral trade and announced preparations to negotiate a preferential trade pact. Cargo trucks travelling from Uzbekistan to Iran must travel in a column and will be escorted by Turkmen traffic police when traversing Turkmenistan’s territory. Turkmenistan has allowed transit cargo transportation from Uzbekistan to Iran since … Read more
Iran’s seizure of two Greek oil tankers last month was in retaliation for Greece. On May 27, the Revolutionary Guards boarded and took control of two vessels. The seizure came after Greece confirmed it would send 115,000 tonnes of Iranian oil. Iran’s supreme leader said on Saturday that the country’s seizure of two Greek oil … Read more
Pakistan’s trade deficit has jumped to $43.33 billion in eleven months of the current fiscal year. Pakistan’s imports have gone up by 44.28 percent to $72.182 billion in July to May period of FY2021-22 from $50.028 billion in the same period of the previous year. Senate Standing Committee on Commerce on Friday has communicated serious … Read more
The two countries signed agreements to develop gas pipelines and an oil field. A deal was reached about two decades ago to allow Iran to supply Oman with gas. The Hengam oil field is located in the strategic Strait of Hormuz near the UAE. Oman’s energy minister announced Saturday that the sultanate and Iran had … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader accuses the “enemy” of destabilize the country through protests. Ayatollah Khamenei spoke at a ceremony marking his 1989 death. Iran has been reeling under the effect of sanctions imposed by the U.S. Iran supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused the “enemy,” a reference to the United States, of attempting to destabilize the … Read more
Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized two Greek warships in the Gulf last month. The seizure came after Greece sent 115,000 tonnes of Iranian oil to the US Treasury. Iran has been urged to release the ships by the United States, Germany, France and the U.S. Iran supreme leader stated on Saturday that the seizure of two … Read more
Ali Esmailzadeh died during an “incident in his residence” in Karaj, northwest of Tehran. In May two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodaei five times in front of his residence in Tehran. Iran reported the death of another colonel of the elite Quds force of its Revolutionary Guards on Friday, the … Read more
Ayatollah Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad safe from attack on Iran. A man attempted to go after Ayatollah after Friday’s petitions in the focal city of Isfahan. The young fellow has been captured and is presently under cross-examination. A senior scholar and representative of Iran’s supreme leader was safe from the attack on Iran on Friday, the semi-official … Read more
Israel reiterates a long-standing veiled threat to launch a preemptive war. Follows calls by Western powers to rebuke Tehran for failing to answer questions on uranium traces at undeclared sites. Israeli PM Naftali Bennett: Israel could take independent action against Iran. On Friday, Israel told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it would prefer a diplomatic resolution … Read more
Iran says it has opened an investigation into the death of a Revolutionary Guards member. The denial comes days after the Guards accused Israel. Iran on Monday vowed to avenge the death of Khodai. Iran announced on Friday that it has opened an investigation into the death of a Revolutionary Guards member, denying rumors that … Read more
Talks on reviving the pact have been deadlocked since March. That agreement gave Iran relief from crippling economic sanctions in exchange. Iran and the IAEA had previously said that resolving the issue is necessary. Iran will respond immediately to any “political” action by the West at the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting next week, Tehran’s … Read more
Iran’s representative to the United Nations, Majid Taqt-Ravanchi, reported on Iranian state television that the United States is waging a “war” against Iranian citizens through sanctions. Some countries use unilateral coercion as a means of war to starve innocent civilians. Read more: US sanctions Iran’s Quds Force, Hezbollah These international crimes violate the Charter of the United Nations and international law, “he said at a Security Council forum to strengthen accountability and justice for serious … Read more
The municipal website of the Iranian capital Tehran targeted in a cyber attack MEK says the attack was carried out “in a major operation, planned in advance Iran and Israel have regularly accused each other of cyber attacks since 2010 An exiled Iranian opposition group claimed Thursday a hacking attack that temporarily took control of … Read more
Saudi-backed forces and Huthi agree to extend a two-month cease-fire in Yemen. The conflict has killed some 380,000 people according to UN. President Hadi hands over his powers to a new leadership council. On Thursday, Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen agreed to extend a two-month cease-fire that has provided some relief … Read more
Last year, hackers backed by the Iranian government tried a “despicable” cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital, threatening to interrupt patient care, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray. Wray revealed the event in a lecture given at a Boston College conference, warning of the growing threat cyberattacks sponsored by some national governments, notably Iran, pose to … Read more
The United States, France, Britain, and Germany are pushing for the UN nuclear watchdog’s Board of Governors to rebuke Iran for failing to answer longstanding questions on uranium traces at undeclared sites, a draft resolution seen by Reuters showed. The move is likely to anger Iran, which generally bristles at such resolutions, and that in … Read more
Iran objected to France on Wednesday after the Cannes Film Festival picked a film about a serial killer in Iran who targets se* workers. “Holy Spider”, directed by Danish-Iranian Ali Abbasi, was nominated in Cannes’ main In Competition category at the festival that was held in the French Riviera resort last month. Iran’s Zar Amir Ebrahimi … Read more
