Iran

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Syria on Wednesday, in what will be the first visit by an Iranian leader to the Arab country in more than a decade.

A senior police officer was killed by unidentified individuals in southeastern Iran's Baluchestan on Sunday.

Iran’s army has said it seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it collided with an Iranian boat, state media reported.

A senior Iranian Shiite Muslim cleric and member of the powerful Assembly of Experts has been killed in a gun attack in northern Iran, state media report on Wednesday.

Irna news agency said the attacker was arrested and the motive was not clear.

The UK and European Union on Monday toughened their sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as part of new restrictions on Tehran for human rights violations.

The US Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it has designated one individual and six entities in a sanctions evasion network that has facilitated Iran’s procurement of electronic components for its destabilizing military programs, including those used in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Tuesday that any military action by Israel against Iran would result in the “destruction” of the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa.

Iranian police said on Sunday authorities had closed more than 150 businesses in 24 hours for not respecting the obligation for women to wear headscarves.

Top military officials in Tel Aviv announced on Monday details of an upcoming Israeli battle against Iran in Syria, where there are attempts to build an advanced Iran-made missile defense system that relies on Russia’s expertise in

An Iranian delegation will visit Saudi Arabia within the next few days to prepare for the reopening of the Iranian embassy, Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesman Nasser Knaani said on Monday.