She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran reporting she had been placed under house arrest and banned from competing abroad.

The arrests of four Iranian-Americans have created a chill among those in Iran working to open up civil society and led to disagreements over U.S. support for those efforts. Iran enjoys one of the ...

By Colin Moynihan In the summer of 2022, a group of people plotting the murder of an Iranian dissident living in New York City began sharing “chilling intelligence,” a federal prosecutor said ...

Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities are rolling out an electronic coupon scheme in recognition of the dire economic conditions under sanctions, but they are also hiking taxes across the board to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist gives an interview Press in Berlin ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity in a renewed effort to choke off Iran's profits. National security advisor Mike Waltz told ...

To mitigate the impact of a potential loss of Iranian gas imports, Iraq will lease a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Hamza Abdul Baqi, head of the state-owned SGC, told Reuters.

According to Iranian state media, Qatar said that “Persian Gulf states will run out of drinking water in three days if Iran’s nuclear sites attacked.” Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign ...

His administration and that of Joe Biden repeatedly renewed Iraq's waiver while urging Baghdad to reduce its dependence on Iranian electricity. The State Department spokesperson reiterated that ...

Iran supplies a third of Iraq's gas and electricity, providing Tehran with substantial income. - 'Never take place' - On Sunday, the Iranian mission to the United Nations had sounded a more ...

Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement that was brokered during former President Obama’s administration and also ordered the U.S.-led strike on Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.