02 Apr, 2020 Iranian forces surround U.S. containership in Strait of Hormuz A US-flagged boxship has reported being surrounded by heavily armed Iranian patrol boats on Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz. Security consultancy Ambrey said the incident took ...
02 Apr, 2020 Iran arrested a journalist who criticised its response to the coronavirus outbreak Iran arrested and detained a journalist who criticized the state's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak on social media.
02 Apr, 2020 Rouhani Says U.S. Sanction no obstacle for Iran’s fight against Coronavirus President Hassan Rouhani says U.S. sanctions have not curbed Iran's ability to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. Meanwhile, for the first time he acknowledged that there is ...
01 Apr, 2020 Iran boosts enriched uranium stockpile Iran has accumulated approximately 1,021 kilograms of low-enriched uranium (LEU), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) detailed in a report released March 3
01 Apr, 2020 Iran guards warn Washington against any attack on proxies in Iraq As Baghdad and commanders of Iran's close ally, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (P.M.F.) warn of an imminent U.S. attack on Iran's Shi'ite militia proxies in Iraq, some ...
01 Apr, 2020 Prisoners Killed in major disturbances at two prisons In Iran Reports received by Radio Farda indicate during rebellions in two prisons in the city of Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, at least three inmates were killed and several others ...
27 Mar, 2020 Iranian embassy calls on Tokyo to ignore U.S. sanctions on Iran In a Friday tweet, the Iranian embassy in Japan wrote, “We expect Japan to ignore the cruel US sanctions against Iran and resume normal economic exchanges between ...
26 Mar, 2020 Family of Robert Levinson say they believe he is dead in Iran “We recently received information from U.S. officials that has led both them and us to conclude that our wonderful husband and father died while in Iranian custody. ...
26 Mar, 2020 Iran government grossly under-reporting coronavirus cases and deaths Iran is grossly under-reporting coronavirus cases and deaths in the country, contrary to what various national and local media, regional authorities and health ministry officials are indicating, ...
26 Mar, 2020 Iran uses arrests censorship to silence critical coronavirus coverage As coronavirus spreads in Iran, authorities have moved swiftly and aggressively to contain independent reporting about it by harassing, detaining and censoring journalists and social media users.
24 Mar, 2020 Iran refuses to release Christian prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak while EU sends millions in aid Iran has the fourth-highest death toll from coronavirus in the world but many analysts suspect the numbers of cases and deaths are much higher than the country ...
