Huge bomb in sewage tanker kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital
May 31
By Mirwais Harooni and Josh Smith
KABUL (Reuters) - A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the centre of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said,...
Qatar Says Fighter Jets Deal Shows Deep U.S. Support
By Tom Finn
June 15, 2017 DOHA (Reuters) - A $12 billion deal to buy U.S. F-15 fighter jets shows Qatar has deep-rooted support from Washington, a Qatari official said on Thursday, despite President Donald...
Iran Says Arrests Seven Suspects Linked to Tehran Attacks
June 10, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested seven people suspected of helping militants involved in this week's attacks in the capital Tehran, a judiciary official said on Saturday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for...
U.N. Report Accuses Syrian Government and Rebels of War Crimes
March 02, 2017
Peyman Pejman
A United Nations investigative commission, in one of the harshest reports issued so far by the international body, has accused both the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the rebel...
Iran in talks with Russia-led EEU on free-trade pact -state media
June 2, 2017
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran is in talks with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to forge a free-trade pact, state-run media said, amid problems in securing fresh Western investment despite the lifting of most...
US-Iran Relations and the Namazis
April 29, 2017
Ahmad Rafat (Kayhan-London Exclusive)
At a news conference held on Tuesday 25 April, 2017 in Vienna, Babak Namazi called for the unconditional release of his father and brother, Mohammad Baqer and Siamak Namazi....
Iran Elections and the UNESCO Affair
May 13, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is not pleased with his Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR).
In a speech marking national teachers' week, he admonished the SCCR for having...
The Water Crisis and Bottomless Pits
Thursday, September 15, 2016
A vast area of the country is facing water shortage and drought. The inhabitants of the southern half of the country, particularly those living in small towns and villages around Iran’s...
Saudi Navy Seizes Boat with Weapons Near Offshore Oilfield-SPA
June 19, 2017
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi navy seized a boat carrying weapons as it approached the kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield in the Gulf on Friday evening, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on...
IRGC Commander Claims 200,000 Iran-backed Troops In Syria
December 30, 2016
By Ahmad Rafat
The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier-General Hossein Salami, has said that Iran’s primary objective for providing logistical, operational, technical, and tactical assistance to the pro-government...
