Category: 1. Iran

Why it matters:

The decision affects nearly 6,800 international students at Harvard, a significant portion of the university’s student body. It also marks an escalation in government scrutiny over academic institutions’…

TEHRAN, May 23 (MNA) – The 18th edition of the International Resistance Film Festival kicked off in Tehran on May 17 at the initiative taken by the Sacred Defense and Revolution Cinema Association of Revayat-e…

Why it matters:

The U.S. pressures and extravagant demands after four rounds of the Islamic Republic’s participation in talks to settle the Iranian nuclear issue signal that the U.S. seeks something more than the nuclear…

Iran’s Vice President and Head of the Department of Environment, Shina Ansari, has warned that the Caspian Sea is facing an “unprecedented ecological threat” as its water levels continue to decline at an alarming rate.

Analysts believe the U.S. policy shift has crossed Iran’s red lines on uranium enrichment, further heightening tensions.

Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araqchi, emphasized that if Europeans activate the snapback mechanism in Iran’s nuclear case and revive UN sanctions against Iran, they will plunge the non-proliferation regime into a crisis.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks in an X post on Friday, two days after the US State Department said people or entities that provide Iran with certain construction-related materials will face sanctions. 

He…