1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1677+ words) Qatar on Thursday condemned repeated Iranian attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, calling them "a flagrant violation" of the three countries' sovereignty and international law. Qatar's foreign ministry urged all sides to pursue dialogue and diplomacy, de-escalate tensions and build…...

38+ min ago  (1717+ words) The United States and Iran expanded their military confrontation over the past 24 hours with fresh strikes, missile and drone attacks across the Persian Gulf and growing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz despite diplomatic efforts to preserve a…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1702+ words) A Finnish supermarket group has found itself unexpectedly drawn into Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremonies after footage from Iraq appeared to show his coffin being unloaded from a refrigerated truck carrying K-Group branding. The scene, filmed in Karbala and circulated by…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1705+ words) Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran on Thursday, two days after Britain called in Iran's most senior diplomat in London following the conviction of two Romanian men over the stabbing of an Iran International journalist. Iran's foreign ministry said…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1753+ words) Firsthand reports from contributors inside Iran The strangest feeling in Tehran today is not fear or even despair. It is the sense that the fate of our country is being decided everywhere except by the people who live in it....

20+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1645+ words) Iran's attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz and subsequent strikes on US bases in the region have exposed a widening battle inside Tehran between those trying to preserve diplomacy with Washington and those pushing for confrontation. The escalation…...

20+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1622+ words) Bahrain's defense ministry said on Wednesday its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the kingdom. The Bahrain Defense Force said Iran was continuing what it called a systematic hostile…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1771+ words) Twelve protesters in Isfahan face imminent execution after Iran's Supreme Court upheld death sentences in a case built around the alleged killing of four Basij members, a lawyer familiar with the case told Iran International. The case stems from protests…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1644+ words) For just over two weeks, Iran had something it had not held in decades: a US authorization opening the way for the sale of its oil. On Tuesday, after tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, Washington took it back....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1216+ words) Bahrain's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned an Iranian attack on the Saudi oil tanker Wadiyan and the Qatari oil tanker Al-Rukayyat in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the incident endangered the crews of both vessels. The ministry said the attack…...