Iran

February 5, 2018

Iran: Guards shoot sword-wielding man trying to enter president’s office

Guards at the presidential office complex in Tehran shot at and wounded a man carrying a sword and trying to…

February 2, 2018

Police in Iran have arrested 29 women who were waving their headscarves to protest the country’s law making them obligatory.…

January 30, 2018

The Iranian authorities have released most of the people arrested during December’s anti-government protests but around 300 remain in jail…

January 28, 2018

As President Donald Trump declared that “America First does not mean America alone” at a global economic forum in Switzerland,…

January 26, 2018

Qatar is confident that it can host a successful World Cup in 2022 and preparations are fully on track after…

January 25, 2018

An official news agency reports that Iran’s intelligence agency has confiscated large amounts of weapons and ammunition including bombs and…

January 23, 2018

For Iranian parachuting enthusiast Bahareh Sassani, skydiving is “a way to prove that women are just as capable as men”…

January 17, 2018

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group towards Saudi Arabia’s southern Jizan region was shot down by Saudi…

January 16, 2018

Syria’s chief opposition negotiator called on US President Donald Trump and European Union leaders to increase pressure on President Bashar…

January 15, 2018

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has sharply criticized the US for trying to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal. Washington is…