U.S. and Taliban Reach Secret Peace Agreement, Iranian News Agency Reports
By Hamed Mohammadi
The U.S. and the Taliban have agreed in principle to a framework for peace, following four days of intense negotiations between Zalmay Khalilzad, the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation at the U.S....
ANALYSIS: How Iran Is Seeking to Strengthen Ties With the Taliban
By Hamed Mohammadi
Although the deep rift between Shias and Sunnis is the source of longstanding sectarian conflict in the Middle East, their mutual hatred of the U.S. prompts them to join forces sometimes. If...
World Wrestling Body Postpones Greco-Roman Cup in Iran Citing Security Concerns
By Hamed Mohammadi
The United World Wrestling (UWW), formerly known as the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), postponed the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup initially scheduled for November 28 and 29 in Tehran amid...
Iran’s Regular Army Played a Key Role in Fighting ISIS, Commanders Say
By Hamed Mohammadi
Recent comments by several senior army commanders hailing the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces and the Air Force for their roles in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) and in the...
Iran Probes Possible Dutch Role in 2007 Stuxnet Attack on Natanz Nuclear Site
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi has said the country’s authorities are investigating a recent report by Western media that in 2007, Dutch intelligence helped the U.S. and Israel launch a...
Belgian Manager of Iranian National Football Team Could Resign Over Unpaid Salary
By Hamed Mohammadi
Economic sanctions targeting the Iranian banking system have made it difficult for the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) to pay the salary of Marc Wilmots, the Belgian manager...
Soleimani Persuaded Putin Fight Against ISIS in Syria, Iranian General Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
Lieutenant General Ghasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Qods Force (IRGC-QF), persuaded Russia to join the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)...
OPINION: Iran Could Be Planning Second Tanker War in Persian Gulf
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Islamic Republic has released several photographs in recent days which showed gaping holes in the hull of its National Iranian Tanker Company’s (NITC) oil tanker, Sabiti, that Tehran said were caused...
Iran Undermines Global Efforts to Fight Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia has lambasted the Islamic Republic for allowing some Shia residents of the eastern province of Al-Qatif to visit Iran without stamping their passports -- warning...
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Democracy Campaigners Convene in Online Conference
By Hamed Mohammadi and Elahe Boghrat
Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and several political activists, pro-democracy campaigners, and rights advocates in Iran and abroad took part in an online conference titled “No to the Islamic...
