Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who helped found the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and lost his right hand to a book bombing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Monday of the coronavirus, local media reported.
A fire broke out at a steel plant in southeastern Iran with no report of casualties, the semi-official news agency Fars said on Sunday.
Ukraine said it refused Iran’s proposal to pay $150,000 as compensation for each victim of the PS752 plane victims, local media reported citing the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman.
The United States expects to have a sixth round of indirect talks on reviving compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
A massive fire on Wednesday broke out at Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co. in the Iranian Capital city of Tehran, videos received by Avatoday shows the incident.
The biggest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semi-official news agencies reported.
Two Iranian pilots were killed in a fighter jet incident in Dezful on Tuesday morning.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a recent report that its monitoring relations with Iran are not satisfactory amid nuclear talks to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal that appear likely to be extended.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed the central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, who is running in a June 18 presidential election.
Iran has confirmed that a French man detained in Iran will be tried for espionage and "propaganda against the system", his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.
