Category: 1. Iran

TEHRAN – The latest turmoil in Yemen underscores how regional rivalries and foreign entanglements continue to destabilize the country. 

Aidarous al-Zubaidi, leader of the United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), has been…

According to the Tehran-based Fars News Agency reporting from Lordegan,  “Around 10 am today, a group of traders and shopkeepers closed their shops and began to gather and rally and chant slogans on some streets of Lordegan. The marchers were…

Iran has been rocked by nearly two weeks of nationwide protests, in the most serious challenge to the clerical establishment in several years.

The demonstrations erupted on December 28 in the bazaars of the capital, Tehran — key commercial and…

The deadly clashes, which started on Tuesday, are the worst between the two sides, who have so far failed to implement a March deal to merge the Kurds’ semi-autonomous administration and military into Syria’s new government.

In a statement,…

The Iranian deputy foreign minister is lared to meet with other Armenian officials during the visit, aimed at consulting on the cooperation between the two countries in the economic, trade, transit, transportation and cultural fields.

During the…

What initially started as protests over economic grievances has snowballed into the biggest threat to Iran’s clerical rulers in several years.

Prominent activists inside the country who spoke to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda said the nationwide…