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...
Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian Foreign Ministers to Meet on Friday, Iraqi State Media Says
CAIRO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein will meet his Syrian and Iranian counterparts on Friday to discuss the situation in Syria, the Iraqi state news agency said on Thursday.
The Friday meeting comes after a whirlwind advance by Syrian...
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...
EXCLUSIVE – Iran-Backed Hezbollah Aims to Rebuild Longer Term Despite Israeli Blows, US Intel...
By Erin Banco
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has been significantly degraded militarily by Israel, but the Iran-backed group will likely try to rebuild its stockpiles and forces and pose a longterm threat to the U.S. and...
Iran Says It May Send Forces to Combat Syrian Rebels in Hama
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
AMMAN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, both sides said on Wednesday.
Rebels...
Inspired by Iran-Iraq War, Photographer Gohar Dashti Shows Her ‘Home’ Series at Paris Photo...
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born photographer Gohar Dashti featured prominently at the recent edition of Paris Photo, a major international fair dedicated to photography and held this year in the newly restored Grand Palais, the...
