Iran targets US military base in Bahrain with drone attack
It marks the second attack on the country in three days and comes as the US and Iran remain locked in a stand-off over the Strait of Hormuz.
BBC Newsand 3 more
It marks the second attack on the country in three days and comes as the US and Iran remain locked in a stand-off over the Strait of Hormuz.
BBC Newsand 3 more
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that Iran was experiencing one of the fastest economic collapses in history, as Washington expanded its pressure campaign beyond a naval blockade to target the country's land-based supply routes.
Iran International
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law attended a conference in Iran that US authorities later identified as a platform for intelligence recruitment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Iran International
Iran has targeted airbase in Bahrain in latest resumption of strikes since september The state-run Bahrain news agency is also carrying the statements of each country in the region responding to Iran’s actions targeting their Gulf neighbour this morning. Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have…
The Guardian
At least 12 workers from a major Iranian gas processing project were killed when their bus overturned in western Iran, as authorities launched an investigation into the cause of the deadly crash.
Iran International
Opposition to the Islamic Republic will remain a point of consensus in Israel regardless of who forms its next government, according to Israeli-American journalist and Iran analyst Emily Schrader.
Iran International
Worsening air pollution across Iran has left citizens reporting headaches, nausea and breathing difficulties, with many criticizing authorities for keeping schools open, according to accounts received by Iran International.
Iran International
Tehran says its air attacks on countries cooperating with the US are justified under international law.
Al Jazeera English
Iran's deadly crackdown on protests in November 2019 failed to prevent successive uprisings, fueling a cycle of unrest driven by economic hardship, restrictions on personal freedoms and increasingly forceful repression.
Iran International
New restrictions on petrol sales have made fuel harder to access across Iran, prompting public complaints and warnings from transport operators that rising fuel costs could push up the prices of goods, officials and industry representatives said on Sunday.
Iran International
Long queues and empty pumps have brought Iran’s fuel shortages into sharper focus, raising a difficult question: how much would charging consumers more change where the country’s subsidized fuel ends up?
Iran International
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are expanding a campaign built around sacrifice for the homeland into a route for military training and Basij paramilitary recruitment, giving a force associated with decades of domestic repression a broader patriotic appeal.
Iran International
Old News is a new initiative by Amwaj.media to connect the past to the present. Through “reporting” on pivotal moments in history, we aim to provide a richer backdrop for current dynamics in the region. The story: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has agreed to step up military coordination among…
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Iran appears set to firmly keep its relations with Iraq in the hands of its security establishment. Reports that Tehran has nominated Abdolreza Masgarian, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, as its next ambassador to Baghdad have yet to be officially confirmed…
Amwaj.media
The story: Iraq has closed the Al-Shaib-Chazabeh border crossing with Iran. Baghdad has offered a string of explanations amid ambiguity over the motives. Authorities cite technical shortfalls and risks of smuggling. However, Iraqi politicians and commentators have blamed US influence. Officials in…
Amwaj.media
The story: Slogans targeting Iran from Iraqi protesters marking the seventh anniversary of the 2019 Tishreen (October) uprising have caused a stir in Iraqi media. On social media, the chant “Iran out, Baghdad stays free” has been hailed as the Tishreen movement's central sovereignty demand. Critics…
Amwaj.media
Nov 14 (Reuters) - Iran's navy said three oil tankers caught fire on Saturday after hitting naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reported. One tanker hit a naval mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning, while two others struck mines later in the day. "Two…
Al-Monitor
Canadian lawmaker Ali Ehsassi has pledged to refer findings that Iranian security forces possessed paintball guns from a Canadian-owned brand during the 2022 protest crackdown, which left scores of demonstrators blinded, to federal authorities.
Iran International
US Democratic lawmakers are stepping up efforts to end the war with Iran after their sweeping midterm election victory, promising legislative action when they take control of Congress in January.
Iran International
It is hard to pinpoint precisely when Qais Al-Khazali, the founder of Iraqi armed group Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq, may have seen a real chance to lead the country’s Shiite political establishment. For any Iraqi actor to achieve that aim, they would need a genuine partnership with Iran, and through that…
Amwaj.media
Several social media accounts claiming to represent the Iranian military show signs of being part of so-called content farms. DW Fact Check looks at how they operate and how users can spot them.
DW
The US can afford patience, but it should pair pressure with reassurance to its Middle Eastpartners.
Al-Monitor
Iranian state television has warned that modified versions of the country's Khorramshahr ballistic missile could reach American military bases in Europe, explicitly naming RAF Fairford in Britain as a potential target.
Iran International
An eight-year-old girl sits with her back to the camera, her small frame almost hidden beneath a mass of long, shiny, curly hair. Her father has brought her to a hair buyer in Tehran. The family needs money, he says.
Iran International
The story: In Iran, hardline factions opposed to diplomacy with the United States have intensified their attacks on the pro-reform government of President Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. This comes as protesters wearing white burial shrouds are turning…
Amwaj.media
Iran and the United States should "immediately" allow fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the crisis in some of the most vulnerable countries, a senior UN official said Saturday. Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the UN Office for Project Services, told the COP31 climate talks…
Al-Monitor
Seven years after a fuel price rise set off one of the deadliest crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s history, Iran is rationing gasoline more tightly, with lines at stations across the country, but it still dares not touch the subsidized price.
Iran International
By Erin Banco, Humeyra Pamuk, Phil Stewart and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/RIYADH, Nov 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has told senior advisers in recent days that he may hold off onattacking Iran if the US faces no new provocations from Tehran or the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to…
Al-Monitor
Kayhan, the hardline daily overseen by the supreme leader’s representative, accused President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government on Saturday of frightening the public with talk of crisis, while official data show prices up nearly 89 percent in a year.
Iran International
The Iranian and Israeli people are natural allies against Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and the fight against the force will be won in public opinion as much as on the battlefield, according to Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad.
Iran International
Russia and US approach potential summit seeking China’s help to extricate them from wars of choice, as Putin hopes to find consensus on new global order The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is among those who have expressed concern that the world will witness a Yalta 2.0 moment if Donald…
The Guardian
Iran's oil production fell by nearly half from pre-war levels in October, dropping below the amount its refineries consumed before the war, according to new figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Iranian Oil Ministry data reviewed by Iran International.
Iran International
Iranian hardliners are demanding that Iraq take sides in Tehran's confrontation with Washington, criticizing Baghdad for restricting border crossings and flights under US pressure while seeking to keep the war out of its territory.
Iran International
Tehran Governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian, a former intelligence official accused of overseeing deadly repression of protesters, has emerged as a potential intelligence minister as Iran considers opening the position to non-clerics.
Iran International
President Trump says the "status quo" is what Gulf Arab allies want as the Iran war hits a stalemate and the U.S. midterms force a pivot from threats of attacks to economic pressure.
NPR
Iranians struggling with mounting debts and soaring living costs are offering multiple organs and body tissues for sale, including testicles and corneas, in an online market where even finding a prospective buyer can come at a price.
Iran International
The men were convicted of engaging in conduct likely to assist an Iranian intelligence service.
BBC Newsand 3 more
The Islamic Republic will keep pursuing a nuclear weapon as long as it remains in power, and Washington should keep up military, economic and covert pressure even while it talks to Tehran, Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Institute, told Iran International.
Iran International
First direct attack on US military installations for months was in response to US airstrike on communications tower Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has targeted and destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain in response to a US airstrike on a communications tower in Sirik…
The Guardianand 1 more
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi accused the Islamic Republic on Friday of funding threats against journalists abroad while failing to provide for people at home, after two Iranian men were convicted in London of assisting Iranian intelligence operations.
Iran International
It says it has never been able to visit a uranium enrichment plant at Isfahan which Iran announced over a year ago.
BBC News
