Iranian pilgrims abducted near Shia shrine in Syria
Some 48 Iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped from a bus in the vicinity of a shrine near the Syrian capital Damascus, reports say. Iranian diplomats
Some 48 Iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped from a bus in the vicinity of a shrine near the Syrian capital Damascus, reports say. Iranian diplomats
L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt has sold a Seychelles island at the centre of a tax evasion case, says the government of the island chain. Mrs
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said his country has a “moral imperative” to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Mr Romney, speaking during
In 1948, Iran sent its first Olympic team to the London. The nation’s young Shah, who had set the country on a course of modernisation,
Eight televised performances of this year’s BBC Proms festival in London are to be shown in Iran. At the Proms on Saturday, 21 July Tehran-born
Yemen’s interior ministry has announced it has arrested members of an alleged Iranian-led spy ring. The spy ring operated in the Horn of Africa with
The United Arab Emirates has opened and begun operating a key overland pipeline which bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has repeatedly threatened to close
Kenya has cancelled plans to import crude oil from Iran following threats of sanctions, an official at the Kenyan energy ministry has said. The outline
دبیر کل سازمان ملل اظهارات محمدرضا رحیمی، معاون اول رئیس جمهوری ایران را که گسترش مواد مخدر را نتیجه اقدامات “صهیونیست ها” و منبعث از
A Malaysian court has approved the extradition of an Iranian to Thailand over his alleged involvement in a bomb plot targeting Israeli officials. A judge
Russian President Vladimir Putin is beginning his first Middle East tour in seven years with a trip to Israel. Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the continuing
International approval of US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has dropped sharply during his term in office, a Pew Research survey suggests. Among the 21
With the United States and Nato set to leave Afghanistan over the next two years, power is the region is shifting. Writer Ahmed Rashid reports
Iran’s parliament has re-elected a conservative critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as speaker. Ali Larijani will serve for another year after beating Gholam Ali Haddad
The social unrest, economic gloom and austerity in Europe today mirrors one of the greatest crises in British history, says the historian Michael Wood. The
US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. They say the
Bahrain’s foreign ministry has summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Manama to protest at what it described a “gross violation of its sovereignty”. It follows official
The Cannes Film Festival opens later with US director Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom. His movie, which stars Bill Murray, is one of the 22
Two Turkish journalists who were held in Syria for two months are on their way home after being released following Iranian mediation. Reporter Adem Ozkose
Five years ago Iranian-born filmmaker Marjane Satrapi was in the limelight with the success of her Oscar-nominated animation Persepolis. Now she is back on the
The owner of a Tunisian TV station is fined for showing a controversial and award-winning animated film, Persepolis. The owner of a private Tunisian
A movie about Cuban boat people, whose stars have gone missing, has won three prizes at the Tribeca Film Festival. The best actor award went
The head of the Israeli military has said he does not think Iran will develop nuclear weapons. Chief of Staff Lt Gen Benny Gantz made
A man saved his life by using a doner kebab to stem the flow of blood from a knife wound to his neck, a court
Spanish police have broken up a gang trying to smuggle Iranian migrants into Britain via the Canary Islands, arresting 22 people. The migrants, charged up