Cyber-Hacking Forum Linked to Iranian Revolutionary Guards Struggles After Closure, Report Says
By Natasha Phillips
Feb 22 - Thousands of members belonging to a high-profile cyber-hacking forum linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are struggling to regroup online after the forum was shut down, according...
Republicans in U.S. Congress Push Back on Trump Weapons Packages to Saudi Arabia, UAE
By Mike Stone
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Republican members of Congress pushed back on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's plan to sell $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
Iran Self-Sufficient in Gasoline, Oil Minister Tells State TV
DUBAI, Feb 18 - Iran has become self-sufficient in gasoline production, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday after the inauguration of the third phase of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery in the southern port city of...
SPECIAL REPORT- Iran Expands Shrines and Influence in Iraq
By John Davison
KERBALA, Iraq, Dec 2 (Reuters) - In September, a senior Iranian commander made an unannounced visit to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.
Hassan Pelarak, a top...
South Korea to Send Naval Unit to Strait of Hormuz – Newspaper
SEOUL, July 29 (Reuters) - South Korea plans to join a U.S.-led maritime force in the Middle East by sending a naval unit, which includes a destroyer, to help guard oil tankers sailing through...
Iran Foreign Minister Says Ready to Talk with Saudis If They Stop ‘Killing People’
GENEVA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister was quoted on Tuesday as signalling his country would be willing to sit down to discuss regional issues with Saudi Arabia, but that Riyadh had to stop...
U.S. Imposes New Iran Sanctions Over Human Rights Violations
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday blacklisted several Iranian officials and entities over alleged gross violations of human rights, including slapping sanctions on a judge it said was involved in...
Soccer-Hosseini on Target as Persepolis Notch up Third Win
By Michael Church
HONG KONG, April 21 (Reuters) - Iran's Persepolis took a step towards booking a place in the knockout rounds of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over tournament debutants...
Venice Festival May Screen Jafar Panahi’s Documentary on Iran Flood Victims
A documentary film by the award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi and the veteran actress Pouri Banayi on the plight of people in the southern flood-stricken provinces of Khuzestan and Lorestan could be screened at...
More Than Half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Ethnic Armenians Have Left
By Felix Light
GORIS, Armenia, Sept 28 (Reuters) - More than half the 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have left in less than four days after Azerbaijan seized control of the mountain enclave where they had managed to defend their...
