Tag: Iran
Israeli PM avoided Saudi airspace because of Houthi missiles
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was deterred from flying to the United Arab Emirates through Saudi Arabian airspace last week...
British-Iranian woman back in court after 5 years in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A trial to present fresh charges against a British-Iranian woman detained for five years in Iran convened Sunday, her...
Report: Crowd attacks Iran coast guard after smuggler shot
TEHRAN, Iran — Protesters attacked a coast guard station in southern Iran after a patrol from the force shot and killed a fuel smuggler,...
Iran reports attack on its cargo vessel in Mediterranean Sea
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian cargo vessel was targeted this week in a “terrorist attack” in the Mediterranean Sea, the country's state TV reported...
US resumes aid to Yemen’s rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old...
Biden aides hold talks with Israel on Iran, regional issues
Top U.S. and Israeli national security officials met Thursday by secure video conference for their first round of talks on Iran and other regional...
Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to a California-based Iranian pop singer, his management company and Iranian...
Iran denies it attacked Israeli-owned ship in Gulf
UNITED NATIONS — Iran has rejected what it says are Israel’s unfounded allegations that Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked an Israeli-owned cargo ship near the...
Flower protest in Paris for Iranian no-headscarf activist
PARIS — Activists laid flowers near the Iranian Embassy in Paris on Monday to show support for a women's rights campaigner sentenced to prison...
Iran: Militants attack Revolutionary Guard unit in southeast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An armed separatist group in Iran’s restive southeast assaulted a vehicle carrying members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard paramilitary force...