Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will never advocate a regime change in Iran, the Bahraini Foreign Minister said yesterday, as reported by Anadolu Agency.  “We

Iran on Thursday began restoring internet access in the capital Tehran and a number of provinces, local news agencies and residents said, after a days-long

Russia today condemned Israel’s air strikes against Iranian targets in Syria last night, branding them a “wrong move” which violated international law. The air strikes, which

The US aircraft carrier strike group Abraham Lincoln sailed through the vital Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, US officials told Reuters, amid simmering tensions between

Iran has been spotted rebuilding one of its military bases on the Iraqi-Syrian border which was previously destroyed by Israel, according to intelligence reports. The

Swedish authorities arrested an Iranian citizen suspected of connections to the execution in 1988 of around 3,000 socialist prisoners in Iran, according to local media

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected as a “trap” reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog, found traces of uranium at

Two men pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of spying on Iranian dissidents in the US on behalf of the Iranian government. Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar, an

China yesterday called on Iran and the signatories to the nuclear deal to fully and effectively implement it. Commenting on Iran’s decision to further reduce

Security forces in Iraq have arrested an Emirati spying cell consisting of several Lebanese and Iraqi nationals in the capital Baghdad. According to Sawt Al-Iraq Radio,

Italy is set to ban flights by Iran’s Mahan Air, an Iranian industry official said on Saturday, as the United States seeks action against the

Banks in Malaysia are closing the accounts of Iranian individuals and companies, nearly a dozen affected people told Reuters, in a sign that US sanctions

Iran said Sunday that it is “closely monitoring” developments in neighboring Iraq amid mass protests that have killed scores in the country, Anadolu Agency reports. “Iran is

An Israeli delegation will attend a US-led maritime security meeting to be held Sunday in Bahrain, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Saturday. Noting that there were no

Sources in Israel have revealed that Israeli intelligence officers in the reserve army are working in private companies, some of which are linked to the

Since the attack on a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz in June, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been under pressure to send

The value of Iranian exports to neighbouring countries amounts to $24 billion, including $16 billion to Arab states, an official has reported. Director General of

On Tuesday, the Iranian government declared that it had repatriated 1,800 artifacts that had remained in the US for decades. The government said these artifacts

The Iranian government announced on Monday that it had received messages from Saudi Arabia through mediators, though it did not disclose the mediators or the

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has vowed to recognise and normalise trade with Israel if the United States helps him “defeat Iran and take

Pope Francis on Sunday scolded countries that produce weapons for wars fought elsewhere and then refuse to take in refugees fleeing the very same conflicts,