ANALYSIS: Iran Faces Pressure As European Governments Lose Patience
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Speaker of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) Ali Larijani has criticized France, Germany and the UK for triggering Article 37 -- the dispute mechanism, or Snap Back mechanism, stipulated in the 2015...
Explosion at IRGC Building in Tehran Was Not A Terrorist Act, Iranian Media Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
On December 30, an unknown person or persons reportedly detonated a small homemade explosive device outside the entrance to the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (GHORB) -- the engineering wing of the Islamic...
Iranian Chess Prodigy Alireza Firouzja to Play Under French Flag From Now On
By Hamed Mohammadi
Alireza Firouzja, the first-ever Iranian-born male chess player to rank second in the World Rapid Chess Championship -- held from December 25 to 30 in Moscow, Russia, has said he will play...
Wreckage of MIG-29 Fighter Jet Is Found in Northwestern Iran
By Hamed Mohammadi
Military commando units and mountain search and rescue teams have found the wreckage of an Iranian Air Force MIG-29 fighter jet in the Sabalan mountain range in the northwestern province of Ardabil...
Iran Denies Death of Senior IRGC Commander During Israeli Air Raid in Syria
By Hamed Mohammadi
Several Arabic-language news outlets and websites have reported in recent days that the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was killed during an...
Iran’s Crackdown on Protesters is Lawful, Guardian Council Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Spokesman for the Guardian Council Abbasali Kadkhodaei has defended the brutal crackdown in the recent wave of nationwide protests in October and November, which left at least 300 people dead and...
Iran Ratchets Up Threats Against the State of Israel
By Hamed Mohammadi
The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Rear Admiral Upper Half Ali Shamkhani, and his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev met on December 18 in Tehran on the sidelines of...
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....
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...
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...
