Israel Launches Ground Campaign Against Iran Regime-Backed Hamas in ‘Second Stage’ of Gaza War
By Emily Rose
JERUSALEM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces waged ground operations against Hamas in Gaza on Sunday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the second phase of a three-week-old war aimed at crushing...
Britain Tells Iran: Do Not Provoke the United States or Trump Will Retaliate
GENEVA, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain told Iran on Monday not to underestimate the resolve of the United States, warning that if American interests were attacked then the administration of President Donald Trump would retaliate.
"I would...
U.S. Targeted Iranian Official in Yemen in Failed Strike- Sources
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 - The United States carried out a secret operation in Yemen that targeted, but failed to kill, an Iranian military official last week, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday.
The...
Israel Will Be Destroyed in Half an Hour If America Attacks Iran: Senior Iranian...
GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters) - Israel will be destroyed in half an hour if the United States attacks Iran, a senior Iranian parliamentarian said on Monday, according to the the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Weeks of tensions...
Empress Farah Pahlavi Says She Supports Iranians’ Calls for Monarchy
By Mariofilippo Brambilla di Carpiano ©
Your Majesty, 42 years have passed since the death of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, once both equally loved and detested by his people. His figure remains strongly present in...
Rouhani Sees Iran, Iraq Expanding Trade Despite US Sanctions
DUBAI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current $12 billion, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, despite concerns over the impact of...
U.S. Energy Secretary Discussed Iran Sanctions with Iraqi Officials
By John Davison
BAGHDAD, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday he had discussed his country's sanctions against Iran with Iraqi energy officials and signalled an intention to step up...
Israel Accuses Iran-Backed Hezbollah of Trying to Hack U.N. Lebanon Peacekeepers
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM, June 29 (Reuters) - Israel accused the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah on Wednesday of conducting a cyber operation designed to disrupt a U.N. peacekeeping mission on the border between the countries, and threatened...
Iranian and Afghan Campaigners Call On UN to Protect Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
By Natasha Phillips
A letter signed by more than 1,200 Iranian and Afghan human rights activists and journalists has called on the United Nations to protect women’s rights and secure peace in Afghanistan after the...
Iran-Backed Hezbollah Chief Has No Immediate Comment on Rushdie Stabbing
BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The head of Lebanon's pro-Iran group Hezbollah said on Friday he had no immediate comment on the stabbing attack against Indian-born author Salman Rushdie in the United States because the group...
