Deception & Corruption in Iran’s Defense Industries
January 22, 2017
By Babak Taghvaee
Independence and freedom have been the slogan and the stated goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the revolution of 1979. The Islamic regime claims to have achieved that...
Iran Discusses Women’s Attendance of Sports Events
October 21, 2017 Iran's Supreme Revolutionary Cultural Council is set to discuss the issue of allowing women to attend events at sports stadiums.
Zahra Ayatollahi, the head of the Women’s Social and Cultural Council, has said...
Words and No Facts, So Far from Foreign Investors as Iran Votes on Rouhani
May 11, 2017
By Alissa de Carbonnel
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Desperate to show off the rewards of his landmark deal to get sanctions lifted from Iran, President Hassan Rouhani has rolled out the red carpet for...
Iran-backed Iraqi Force Says Takes Islamic State Villages Near Syria
May 29, 2017
By Maher Chmaytelli
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite force backed by Iran said it pushed Islamic State out of several villages on the border with Syria on Monday, potentially reopening a supply...
French President Macron’s Visit to Iran
October 24, 2017
The Elysee Palace in Paris has announced that French President Emmanuel Macron plans to visit Tehran in the coming months.
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France's Foreign Minister, will be traveling separately to Tehran in...
Amid Regional Strains, Qatar Says Hackers Post Fake Comments by Emir
May 24, 2017
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar said on Wednesday its state news agency had been hacked, after it reported remarks purportedly by its ruler criticising aspects of U.S. foreign policy in the wake of...
Turkey Says Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote a Terrible Mistake
June 9, 2017
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a "terrible mistake", saying on Friday that Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity was a fundamental...
Qods Force Resumes Operations in Europe and the USA
November 05, 2016
On 26 October 2016, at a gathering in Hamedan province, Commander Salar Abnoush, deputy coordinator of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Khatam-al-Anbiya Garrison (the engineering wing of IRGC) said: “ Defending the...
Arab Powers Sever Qatar Ties, Citing Support for Militants
June 5, 2017
By Noah Browning
DUBAI, June 5 (Reuters) - The Arab world's biggest powers cut ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of support for Islamist militants and Iran, and reopening a festering wound two...
Iranian Court Rejects Final Appeal of Jailed British-Iranian Charity Worker
April 25, 2017
DUBAI, April 24 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a five-year jail sentence for a British-Iranian charity worker who was convicted on unspecified charges relating to national security, her husband said on Monday.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,...
