The Iranian military has the capability to blockade the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, says Iran's naval commander.

Tehran is wary of Trump's new sanctions, and it risks seeing its economy be battered - but does not want to be seen to buckle ...

Congress had budgeted at least $690 million on pro-democracy programs this year to counter nations considered the world's ...

US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to reinstate the "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran, withdraw the ...

Under the deal, Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. Since the US exit from the agreement, Iran has resumed enriching uranium to levels ...

adding there would be no relief "for murderers and accomplices.” Shariatmadari's call for Trump's "execution" came just a day after Iran's current President, Masoud Pezeshkian, told NBC that ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran ever since ...

In 2018, during US President Donald Trump's first term in office, Washington withdrew from the deal, which imposed curbs on Iran's nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief. Tehran adhered ...

The first Trump administration left the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—also known as the Iran nuclear deal—in May 2018, significantly reducing the constraints on and monitoring of ...

(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. “Iranian authorities are using the death ...

He strongly opposed the 2015 nuclear deal that placed significant restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from U.S. sanctions, and he called on Trump to withdraw from the ...