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Bahraini authorities held Iran responsible for a plot to bomb a pipeline connecting the country to Saudi Arabia, after the arrest of a four-member terrorist cell with ties to Iran. The Bahraini Interior Ministry said two of the group members Read more
A man wielding a machete was shot and arrested Monday in capital Tehran after he tried to intrude inside the presidential complex. The man, a 35-year old, was shot at a leg when trying to force the security gate of Read more
Tehran’s prosecutor Jafari Dowlatabadi said an unnamed person has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of relaying information about Iran’s nuclear program to a US intelligence agent and a European country. “The spy who had met Read more
Iranian authorities cracked down on anti-mandatory headscarves protests in Tehran and arrested 29 activists, media reports said. Women across the country have been protesting by climbing onto telecom boxes, taking off their headscarves and waving them aloft on sticks. Iran’s Read more
Qatar is apparently behind schedule in building hotels and stadiums needed to host the world tournament. Analysts deem that the country, lacking a football culture, will be unable to fulfill the promises it has made. The dispute with its neighbors Read more
US President Donald Trump has approved the 2015 nuclear deal by waiving a set of sanctions against Iran, but warned European allies and Congress it will be the last such waiver he signs if they fail to agree to radical Read more
London-based human rights group Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to shed light on the death of at least five demonstrators in the country’s prisons in the wake of week-long protests which challenged the theocratic regime. At least five Read more
The Syrian National Army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad has claimed it brought down an Israeli fighter jet, after the Israeli aviation fired several missiles on a military outpost near capital Damascus. The Israeli sorties according to the Syrian army Read more
Iraq will start exporting oil from the northern fields of Kirkuk to Iran by the end of January, Iraqi oil minister announced. Jabbar Alluaibi said about 30,000 barrels per day will be trucked to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery in the first Read more
The CIA chief Sunday rejected Tehran’s accusations as he noted that the intelligence agency did not help the weeklong protests, which shook the Iranian regime. Mike Pompeo made the denial to Fox News as he chalked the protests up to Read more