Western sanctions on Russia and Iran have led to an unprecedented buildup of oil held on tankers at sea, effectively absorbing excess supply and preventing a global glut, the head of commodities trader Gunvor Group said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
Almost half a century after young revolutionaries stormed the US embassy in Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei once again defended the move, leaning into the original break between the arch-foes and all but ruling out rapprochement.
A senior Iranian cleric said on Tuesday that threatening Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should carry a death sentence, days after a young man died in Western Iran after filming himself burning the 86-year-old theocrat's photo.
Iran has sentenced a man detained during a June war with Israel in the southwestern city of Ahvaz to 10 years in prison on charges of collaborating with Israel, the Karun Human Rights Organization reported on Tuesday.
The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran’s record on international law and human rights on the 46th anniversary of the 1979 takeover of its embassy in Tehran.
Iranian activist and Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Tuesday that there was no prospect for reforming the country's Islamic theocracy and its downfall was assured.
Some critics in Iran's diaspora are expressing skepticism about Zohran Mamdani, the Muslim and self-described Democratic socialist frontrunner in elections for New York City mayor on Tuesday, even likening his populist vision to Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s embassy in Paris coordinated a decades-long campaign to influence French political, academic and media spheres, according to a new report by French think tank France2050.
A small bomb detonated outside the municipality building of Robat Karim in Tehran province on Tuesday evening, causing a loud blast but no injuries or significant damage, according to the county governor.
Iran has released French prisoners Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris who had been detained since 2022, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after Paris freed an Iranian citizen charged with promoting terrorism.
Tehran is in a tougher position after the 12-day war and the return of UN sanctions but may not be as close to collapse as some Iranians might like.
Combative comments by senior officials in Tehran about Iran’s nuclear program have drawn sharp criticism at home and abroad, with analysts warning that the rhetoric makes another round of war on Iran more likely.
A fire at the Parsian Oil Refinery in Eyvanaki, in Iran’s Semnan province east of Tehran, killed one worker and injured three others on Tuesday, provincial officials said.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a wide-ranging set of national policies aimed at strengthening society including a new Hebrew language TV channel to counter so-called Zionist propaganda.
Iran is supplying Shi’ite militias in Iraq with more advanced weapons in preparation for a possible new round of fighting with Israel, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
Iran’s armed forces said on Tuesday that any public remarks about the country’s military or defense cooperation with other nations are invalid unless confirmed by its headquarters, state media reported.
Iran’s presidential office said a government-affiliated body is reviewing requests from expatriates described as members of the country’s “benign opposition” who have expressed interest in returning to Iran.
Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Monday the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran was a defining moment of national pride that marked the beginning of a long-standing confrontation between Iran and the United States based on conflicting interests rather than temporary disputes.
Iran on Tuesday marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran with state-organized rallies across the country, the first such commemorations since the United States and Israel carried out air strikes on Iranian targets earlier this year.
Iranian lawmakers chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” in parliament on Tuesday as they marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran, state media reported.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen urged Iran to engage in nuclear negotiations, saying it must resolve the issue diplomatically as President Trump signals openness to talks to resolve the lingering impasse.