Category: 1. Iran

After living through a 12-day war with Israel, the people of Iran have been hit with a second crisis, as devastating heat, a prolonged drought and decades of mismanagement culminate in severe water shortages.

Water and energy outages are now a…

The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese oil terminal operator that played a central role in an Iranian sanctions evasion network first exposed by investigative journalists in 2020.

The sanctions, announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of…

BEIRUT — On the eve of Tuesday’s ministerial referendum on the resistance’s weapons, Lebanon appears to be revisiting the events of May 5, 2008—when Fouad Siniora’s government moved to dismantle the resistance’s communications…

“The Iranian regime, following the 12-day war with Israel, is in the midst of unprecedented paranoia and a crackdown on spies and regime opponents,” the State Department said in a post on its Persian X account USA Beh Farsi.

“Anyone considering…

Iranian director Ali Ahmadzadeh, who won Locarno’s Golden Leopard for his clandestinely shot film Critical Zone in 2023 , says he is living in fear of imminent imprisonment after a group of 50 armed men broke into his home this week while he…

US support for new Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is essential to reducing Iran’s influence in the country and prevent Islamic State from reorganizing, according to Washington’s special envoy for the Middle Eastern state.

“The US…

“With structural reforms in the Supreme National Security Council finalized, informed sources report the establishment of a new body called the ‘Defense Council’ — a strategic council tasked with overseeing national defense policies, whose…

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned new U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s energy sector as an “illegal and hostile assault on the dignity and rights of the Iranian people.”

In a statement issued Thursday, Foreign…