Saturday, November 16, 2024

Israeli Jets Strike Houthi Targets in Lebanon After Missile Barrage Hits Northern Areas

By James Mackenzie   JERUSALEM, June 14 (Reuters) - Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern Israel, the military said as an escalation in cross-border strikes...

Iranian Activist Navid Bavi Suffers Assault in London

By Kayhan Life Staff During a ceremony commemorating the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19, a violent clash erupted between supporters of the Islamic Republic and government...

US Says It Will Raise Pressure on Islamic Republic if It Does Not Cooperate...

WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that Washington and its allies were prepared to continue to increase pressure on Iran if Tehran does not cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Iran...

Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Mokhber Discuss Cooperation in Phone Call

MOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday held a phone call with the interim president of Iran, Mohammad Mokhber, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported. Putin and Mokhber discussed cooperation between the two countries, including in...

IAEA Report: Iran Installs More Centrifuges at Fordow Enrichment Plant

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, June 13 (Reuters) - Iran has rapidly installed extra uranium-enriching centrifuges at its Fordow site and begun setting up others, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said in what diplomats described as limited retaliation to...

Israel: Lebanon, Hezbollah, Iran Bear Full Responsibility for Border Flare-up

JERUSALEM, June 13 (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday that Hezbollah, its Iranian patron and the Beirut government bore "full responsibility" for spiralling violence across the Israel-Lebanon border, and hinted that escalation could be in the works. "Lebanon...

ANALYSIS: Who Is Khamenei’s Choice for President?

By Ahmad Rafat Iran is to hold a presidential election on June 28 to find a successor to Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. The incident also claimed the lives...

Iran Expanding Enrichment Capacity After IAEA Resolution, Diplomats Say

By Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA/PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - Iran is responding to last week's U.N. nuclear watchdog board resolution against it by expanding its uranium-enrichment capacity at two underground sites, but the escalation is not as big...

France’s Macron Says Citizen Held in Iran Released

BARI, Italy, June 12 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Louis Arnaud, one of four French citizens held in Iran since 2022 and who had been sentenced to five years in prison in November, has been released. "Louis...

Israel Killed the Most Senior Hezbollah Commander in Last Eight Months, Security Source Says

BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - A Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike late on Tuesday on the southern Lebanon town of Joya was the most senior member of the group to be killed in eight...