Iran Unveils New Air Defense Weaponry as Regional Tensions Ramp Up
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Iran unveiled new weaponry on Saturday including what it said was the locally made Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defense system, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The announcement...
Iran Regime-Backed Houthis Say They Targeted British Oil Tanker Pollux
DUBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday that they had fired missiles at oil tanker Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile.
The U.S. State Department said...
Iran Regime-Aligned Hezbollah Says Israel Will Pay ‘In Blood’ for Killing Civilians
By Laila Bassam and John Irish
BEIRUT/MUNICH, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Iran-backed Hezbollah signalled on Friday it would escalate attacks on Israel in response to the deaths of 10 Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli attacks this...
Man Guns Down 12 Relatives in Iran, State Media Say
Feb 17 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old man killed 12 relatives, including his father and brother in Iran, official media reported on Saturday, in a rare mass shooting in the country.
They said the man, who was not identified,...
Iranian Directors Say ‘Forbidden’ to Join Berlin Premiere
By Miranda Murray
BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Empty chairs marked the absence of Iranian directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha who should have presented "My Favourite Cake", a late-in-life romance of liberation from morality rules, at the...
US Conducted Cyberattack on Suspected Iran Spy Ship, NBC News Reports
Feb 15 (Reuters) - The United States conducted a cyberattack recently against an Iranian military ship in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels, NBC News reported on...
Centcom Says Its Forces Seized Iranian Arms Shipment Bound for Houthis on Jan. 28
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - U.S. forces seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid from Iran that were bound for Houthi-held areas of Yemen on a vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 28, the U.S. Central...
Iran Government Will Reciprocate if Its Ships Are Seized, Official Says
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iran will reciprocate if its ships are seized, the legal adviser to Iran's President told state media on Thursday, in response to a statement by the United States Department of Justice.
This...
US Puts Sanctions on Central Bank of Iran Subsidiary
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday said it had imposed sanctions on a subsidiary of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), along with two entities based in the United Arab Emirates, one in Turkey...
Microsoft Says It Caught Hackers From Russia, China and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Using Its...
By Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday.
Microsoft MSFT.O said in its...
