As Venezuela enters a volatile phase following Nicolas Maduro’s capture by US forces over the weekend, Iran’s strategic investments in the country’s oil refining sector are facing a sudden and uncertain reckoning.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Venezuelan counterpart Ivan Gil Pinto in a phone call that Tehran supports the people and the elected government of Venezuela, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday called the nationwide protests the work of foreign-backed agitators and urged a harsher crackdown, in his first public speech since demonstrations began seven days ago
US President Donald Trump warned that the United States of America would intervene if Iranian authorities violently kill peaceful protesters, saying on Truth Social the US is “locked and loaded.”
US President Donald Trump warned on Friday that the United States is “locked and loaded” if Iranian authorities use lethal force against protesters.
Canada on Wednesday rejected Iran’s decision to designate the Royal Canadian Navy as a terrorist organization, calling the move baseless and politically motivated and reaffirming its sanctions and human rights pressure on Tehran.
Iran’s foreign ministry said Tehran has designated Canada’s navy a “terrorist organization,” in retaliation for Ottawa’s decision to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
Western hostility toward Tehran stems from its challenge to the global order rather than its nuclear program, Iran’s supreme leader said, arguing that the core dispute is ideological.
Tehran is prepared to step in to protect Iraq’s political system from collapse if formally requested, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq said on Friday.
Afghan refugees deported from Iran have faced arbitrary detention, torture and extrajudicial killings after returning to Afghanistan, according to an investigation by Afghanistan International.
Iranian psychiatrists are warning of a sharp rise in acute psychiatric emergencies linked to drug use, particularly among adolescents, raising concerns that the country may face a wave of long-term psychotic disorders if the trend continues.
An Iranian photographer who travelled to Russia in search of work says he was coerced into joining the Russian army and sent to fight in Ukraine, pro-Kyiv media outlet UNITED24 Media reported, citing an interview with the 34-year-old man.
Sweden is investigating suspected aggravated corporate espionage at a sensitive healthcare-related company involving two brothers of Iranian origin, with TV4 reporting police are examining whether unique medical technology was intended to be taken to Iran.
A second former Afghan security commander opposed to the Taliban has been killed in Iran in under four months, raising concerns among Afghan ex-military figures living in the country.
Israel lacks the capacity to fight a prolonged war with Iran, an Iranian daily affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps wrote, saying that any renewed conflict would be far costlier and longer than a previous 12-day confrontation.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has instructed domestic media outlets to refrain from publishing what it described as biased or false reports about Venezuela, according to a directive reviewed by Iran International.
Iran is set to place three domestically built satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday in a multi-payload launch from Russia, marking another step in Tehran’s expanding space program, which Western governments say relies on technologies applicable to long-range missiles.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson accused Israel of drawing on a history of covert “false flag” operations to shape international narratives, implicitly suggesting that a recent attack in Sydney may have been linked to Israeli actions without making the allegation explicit.
The spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the country has made significant nuclear advances, and that developing an atomic bomb would be very easy if Tehran chose to pursue it.
A former Iranian lawmaker, citing the fate of Iran’s claims after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, urged Tehran to move quickly to recover what he said were more than $2 billion of assets in Venezuela, as Washington escalated pressure on Caracas.
A film by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has advanced to the shortlist for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, organizers said on Tuesday.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Monday called on regional countries and the international community to take serious action to confront what he called the ongoing threat posed by "the racist regime" of Israel to regional and global peace and stability.