Air strikes in eastern Syria, "likely" carried out by Israel, killed at least 23 pro-Iran fighters Saturday, a war monitor said, reporting four more dead in the country's north.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "23 pro-Iranian fighters", i...

Iranians at home and abroad marked the first anniversary Saturday of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with activists speaking of a renewed crackdown to prevent any resurgence of the protests which rocked major cities last year.Amini, a 22-...

Like other Iranian Kurds who fled into exile during last year's women-led mass protests, 17-year-old Sarina tries to keep a low profile in her new home in northern Iraq.She avoids drawing attention in her waitress job and hides her face behind a Covi...

Middle East powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have summoned Swedish diplomats to denounce Stockholm's permission for protests that desecrate the Koran on free speech grounds.The separate moves by both majority-Muslim countries, announced in statement...

Iran said Thursday its forces attempted to intercept an oil tanker it alleged had been involved in a collision, after the US Navy accused its Iranian rivals of trying to seize the vessel.The US military said on Wednesday that it had blocked two attem...

Saudi Arabia has said it enjoys "full rights" along with Kuwait to a disputed gas field in the resource-rich Gulf, pushing back against claims by Iran, state media reported late Tuesday.The field, known as Arash in Iran and Dorra in Kuwait and Saudi...

Iran called on the French government Sunday to "end the violent treatment of its people" following a wave of rioting triggered by the police killing of a teenager.Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani on Twitter also urged Iranian citizens to "ref...

Iranian authorities on Friday executed three men convicted of violence against the Islamic republic's security forces during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini's death in custody last year, the judiciary said.Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Y...

Iran executed Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for "terrorism" on Saturday, according to the judiciary."The death sentence for Habib Chaab... nicknamed Habib Asyud, the head of Harakat al-Nidal terrorist group... was executed today, Saturday mor...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus "in the near future", on the first such trip to Syria since the country's civil war began, Iran's foreign minister said on Friday.Syria's pro-government Al-Watan newspaper reported that Raisi would...

The targeting of Iranian girls at schools with chemical attacks has not stopped since November of the last year, a matter that raises questions about who is behind the attempt to deprive girls of the right to education in Iran.The Iranian teachers’ u...

A major exchange of prisoners from Yemen's brutal civil war got underway on Friday with the first plane departing rebel-held Sanaa for government-controlled Aden, the International Committee of the Red Cross said."The first flight from Sanaa has left...