Iran

Conservative media in Iran praise the man who stabbed writer Salman Rushdie on Friday. Rushdie has faced threats since 1988 because of his book The Satanic Verses, which is considered blasphemous by some Muslims. It is not yet…
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Four Iranians have been charged in New York with planning to kidnap US-Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad. The four would work for Iran's secret service and also live in that country. They have not yet been arrested, and The New York Times…
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The ultra-conservative chief justice Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential election in Iran as expected. The relatively moderate candidate Abdolnasser Hemmati and outgoing president Hassan Rouhani congratulated him. The…
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Indonesia has released an Iranian oil tanker that was seized in January on suspicion of illegal oil transhipment in Indonesian waters. The coastguard of Indonesia announced this. Iran said the ship will now resume its mission and…
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The Iranian parliament has filed suit against President Hassan Rouhani. They accuse him of ignoring the laws of parliament. According to Fars news agency, 190 of the 235 MPs voted for the charge. Further details are still missing.…
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Iran does not want US sanctions against the country to be lifted step by step but insists that they must go before Iran continues with a previously concluded nuclear deal. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that the…
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Iran may retaliate against Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities with the destruction of Tel Aviv and Haifa, Iranian Defense Minister General Amir Hatami threatened in a speech on Sunday. The general said, according to ISNA…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds Iran responsible for an explosion near an Israeli ship. "It was an Iranian operation. Clearly," Netanyahu said. The freighter MV Helios Ray was damaged in the Gulf of Oman last week.…
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