Category: 1. Iran

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter.

I’m RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at how Iran is seeking to reassure China that, even with…

Speaking in a local ceremony on the occasion of the commemoration of the National Day of Teachers, he noted that the country’s military and naval power is at all-time high.

Iran owes its maritime power and strength in the international arena…

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These talks could be seen as an opportunity for the U.S. to have a deal with Iran if the U.S. proposes reasonable…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed the progress talks between Iran and the United States with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said.

Putin said Russia is ready to facilitate dialogue between Iran and the US to…

Iran’s Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, confirmed that the domestically built intelligence-gathering vessel Zagros remains operational at sea, countering foreign claims of mechanical failure.

Every year on Ordibehesht 15 on the Persian calendar, which fell on May 5th this year, Iran celebrates Shiraz Day, a tribute to one of its most breathtaking and historically rich cities.

In a post on the social media platform X, Shamkhani described the attack as a “strategic blow to the illusion of the decline of resistance.”

Shamkhani’s comments came a day after the Israeli military launched airstrikes against the…

“The events of 2022 resulted in approximately 90,000 legal cases,” judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Tuesday. “The defendants and convicts in these cases came from various segments of society. Among them were, in some cases,…