Monday, May 20, 2024

Soccer-Iran Primed For Attempt To Break Group Stage Hoodoo

By Michael Church HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - The stability and pragmatism of Carlos Queiroz's seven-year reign has firmly established Iran as Asia's number one team, but the nation will go to the World...

Regional Security Threatened If Iran Cornered – Parliament Speaker

By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA, June 8 (Reuters) - The speaker of Iran's parliament Ali Larijani said on Friday security in the Middle East could be threatened if Tehran was further pressured by Israel and Saudi Arabia. Tens of...

Iran Seeks Indian Investment Amid U.S. Pressure

By Nidhi Verma and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will be seeking billions of dollars of Indian investment during a visit to New Delhi, diplomats said, a trip...

China Says Strongly Opposes U.S. Sanctions on Chinese Firm over Iran Oil

BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - China strongly opposes U.S. sanctions on a Chinese energy firm accused of violating curbs on Iran's oil sector levied over Tehran's nuclear programme, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The United...

Iran Reports Highest Daily Coronavirus Infections Since Feb

DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Iran's health ministry on Wednesday reported 5,616 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, the highest daily number since February, bringing the national tally to 545,286 in the Middle...

Trump Does Not Have Mental Capacity To Deal With Issues – Iran Parliament Speaker

  By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is not fit for his job, the speaker of Iran's parliament said on Wednesday following his decision to back out of the international...

Netanyahu Says Israel Could Act Against Iran’s “Empire”

By Robin Emmott and Thomas Escritt MUNICH, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel could act against Iran itself, not just its allies in the Middle East, after border incidents in...

Iran Files Complaint to United Nations About U.S. Drone – Tasnim

DUBAI, June 28 (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday it had formally filed a complaint to the United Nations against the United States over the violation of its airspace with an unmanned drone shot down by...

Iran President Says There Is Video Footage of Attack on Iranian Tanker

DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea on Friday had been hit by at least two rockets, and there is video footage of the incident. Iranian authorities reported that the Iranian-owned oil tanker, the Sabiti,...

Iran Cannot Confirm Missing Plane Found, Freeze Hampers Search

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The wreckage of an Iranian plane that crashed with 65 people on board was found in central Iran, state media said on Monday, but aviation authorities could not confirm the...