Iranian Embassy Stormed in Damascus
DUBAI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iran's embassy in the Syrian capital was stormed by unknown gunmen on Sunday following the capture of Damascus by Syrian rebels and the fall of Iran-allied Bashar al-Assad, Iranian state TV reported.
Rami Abdurrahman...
British Prime Minister Starmer to Visit Cyprus on Tuesday
NICOSIA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Cyprus on Tuesday as part of a regional tour, the island's presidency said on Sunday.
The working visit "underscores excellent relations between Cyprus and the...
US-Backed Syrian Kurds Seize Eastern City of Deir El-Zor
By Orhan Qereman
HASAKEH, Syria, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured the main city in eastern Syria and the main border crossing with Iraq on Friday, taking effective control of...
EXCLUSIVE – Iran ‘Dramatically’ Increasing Enrichment to Near Bomb Grade -IAEA Chief
By Alexander Cornwell and Francois Murphy
MANAMA/VIENNA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran is "dramatically" increasing the amount of uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to the roughly 90% of weapons grade, that it is able to...
Iran Launches Advanced Module to Deploy Satellites to Higher Altitudes, Media Say
Dec 6 (Reuters) - Iran sent into space on Friday its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported.
The Samān-1 transfer module, along with...
Two Men Charged Over Attack on British-Based Iranian Journalist
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Thursday they had authorised charges to be brought against two Romanians over the stabbing of a journalist working for a Persian language media organisation in London in...
Earthquake of Magnitude 5.7 Strikes Western Iran
Dec 5 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.7 struck Western Iran on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake struck Iran's Khuzestan Province injuring at least 15 people but did not damage oil infrastructure in...
In Dubai Debut, Artist Fariba Boroufar Celebrates Persian Architecture
By Rawaa Talass
Fariba Boroufar is an Iranian textile artist whose works draw attention to the preservation of Iran’s great architectural heritage at a time of modernization and rapid technological change. She is presenting her...
The Russia-Iran-Assad ‘Axis of the Vulnerable’ Is Cracking in Syria
Source: THE CONVERSATION
By Scott Lucas: Professor of International Politics, University College Dublin
The so-called “axis of the vulnerable” is breaking in Syria. Starting in 2016, Russia and Iran, propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad,...
Iranian Nobel Prize Winner Mohammadi Released From Jail for Medical Treatment
DUBAI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi was released from Evin prison after the suspension of her jail term to undergo medical treatment, her husband Taqi Rahmani told Reuters on Wednesday.
Mohammadi...
