Iran

The United States on Monday imposed new sanctions on the Iranian defence ministry and others involved in Iran’s nuclear and weapons program, Reuters reported.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reportedly formed paramilitary “strike teams” in the country’s capital Tehran and plans to patrol the southern oil-rich province of Khuzestan.

US President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order that would allow him to impose sanctions on anyone who violates a conventional arms embargo against Iran, Reuters reported on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed that any attack by Iran would result in a response "1,000 times greater in magnitude", after reports indicated that Tehran planned to retaliate the killing of top Iranian General Qassem Suleimani in a drone strike last January.

International community on Sunday condemned the execution of Navid Afkari, an Iranian prominent champion who had participated in an anti-government protest about two years ago. 

Two sources who talked to Avatoday on condition anonymity claimed that Navid Afkari was not executed but died under torture.

The Islamic Republic of Iran early hours on Saturday executed Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrestler who participated in the anti-government protests in 2019, a former political prisoner said in a tweet.

A global union representing 85,000 athletes called on Tuesday for Iran’s expulsion from world sport in case it performs death penalty against champion wrestler Navid Afkari.

Iran’s stock of enriched uranium has reached 2,105 kilograms, which is 10 times higher than what it agreed to under a 2015 agreement – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Friday.

Navid Afkari, an Iranian protester and wrestler sentenced to death, and his two brothers have been removed from Shiraz’s Adelabad Prison and taken to an unknown location amid international