WASHINGTON: Recent border tensions between Iran and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have resulted in the death of several military personnel from both sides and exposed deep historic and recent fissures between the two nations. Though both governments have taken measures to quickly de-escalate tensions, the
Riyadh: Amid the Chinese-mediated rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March, Tehran is set to reopen its embassy in Riyadh Tuesday, as the diplomatic cut-off led to the closure of the embassy for seven years, reported AFP. The bilateral relations between the two regional heavyweights
Tehran: Iran has “resolved” one of three cases raised by the UN watchdog as possible evidence it had not declared all its past nuclear activities, Iranian media reported Tuesday. The reports came just days before the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency is
Saqez: The grave of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian Kurdish woman whose death sparked a protest movement that rattled Iran’s clerical leadership, has been vandalised, according to activists and the family lawyer. Amini, 22, died in September after being arrested by Tehran’s morality police for purportedly
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch US weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to experts
London: The UK Home Office is to fast-track the asylum applications of more than 20,000 people from Iraq and Iran in an effort to fulfill a pledge by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to clear a substantial backlog of more than 90,000 claims. A leaked document, suggests
Ankara: Foreign ministers for Turkey, Syria, Russia and Iran met on Wednesday in Moscow, marking the highest-level talks so far on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during Syria's civil war. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a tweet that he
Washington: Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis over Iran's nuclear program threatens to reignite. In a sign of European concern, Britain, France and Germany have warned Iran they would
Tehran: A second US oil tanker has been "seized by Iran" in the Strait of Hormuz, said the US Navy, as the tensions have been growing with Washington in the gulf waters, reported Reuters. According to the Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet: "The Panama-flagged oil tanker
Beirut: Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other's capitals "within days," Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said in a sign of warming relations after the two countries closed their missions seven years ago. Speaking at a news conference in the Lebanese capital