Iran has vowed to thwart US efforts to block its oil exports by allowing private companies to export crude oil. Eshaq Jahangiri, Iran’s first vice president, also warned rival OPEC producer Saudi Arabia that it would never take Tehran’s “place” on the international oil market. “We will surely do something[…]
Air strikes on a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province have killed at least 38 people overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. “War planes, which are likely Russian, targeted the village of Zardana in northern rural Idlib overnight and caused the highest death toll in a[…]
Israeli army said on Thursday it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight, accusing Tehran of launching rocket and missile attack towards its forces in the occupied Golan Heights. “The (Israeli military) has struck dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria,” Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists.[…]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said Tehran will bypass Washington and negotiate with the other signatories of a multinational nuclear deal, calling the US withdrawal from the landmark pact “unacceptable”. Rouhani’s comments on Tuesday came shortly after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal, formally known as the[…]
A US federal judge in New York ordered Iran to pay billions of dollars in damages to families affected by 9/11, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Judge George B Daniels found the country liable to more than 1,000 “parents, spouses, siblings and children” involved in the lawsuit. Daniels said the[…]
The government of Iran has announced plans to replace the US dollar with the euro in official financial reporting, according to state-run media. The move on Wednesday is seen as part of efforts to circumvent restrictions on accessing the US currency amid tensions with Washington, as well as prevent market[…]
More than half of all recorded executions in 2017 were carried out by Iran, a new report from Amnesty International revealed on Thursday. Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq are responsible for carrying out 85 percent of all reported death sentences worldwide, the report said. The figures show that the Middle[…]
Twitter users in the Middle East have mocked a Saudi plan to develop a maritime channel along the Saudi-Qatari border, saying it will never see the light of day. Saudi newspaper Sabq reported on Thursday that the project, which is still awaiting official approval, involves the construction of a maritime[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that his country is an “indispensable ally” to neighbouring Arab countries in their feud with Iran. “This is true for Egypt and Jordan, Israel’s longtime peace partners, but also true of many other Arab countries in the Middle East,” he told the[…]
Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between rebels and government forces despite a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire across the country “without delay”. Warplanes and artillery hit some towns in the Eastern Ghouta enclave, said residents, rescuers, and the Syrian[…]
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