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Iran’s supreme leader Monday brushed off the demand by the US and its European allies that the Islamic republic calls time on its ballistic missile program as he argued that the demand is a dream that will not come true. Read more
The US and its Middle East rival Iran have begun wondering about their future roles in Iraq following the stunning win of Shia Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is opposed to both powers and who promised to end their influence. Sadr’s Read more
Saudi Arabia Wednesday pledged to equally develop nuclear capability if its rival Iran goes ahead to get nuclear arsenal following US pullout of the 2015 nuclear agreement. The kingdom’s top diplomat Adel al-Jubeir speaking to CNN indicated that Riyadh will Read more
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has, in a phone conversation with Iraqi Premier, promised to build a stadium in Iraq, following a friendly between the two countries last week, confirming détente in the countries’ relations. The promise came on the heels Read more
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has announced of arrest of 116 men all allegedly members of a cell linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, in an operation which enabled security forces to seize arms and ammunitions to be used in attacks against state Read more
A local commercial flight belonging to Aseman Airlines crashed Sunday with 65 passengers and crew members onboard. The plane was on its way from capital Tehran to the Southern city of Yasuj. The plane crashed near its destination, in Zagros Read more
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
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