Iran and neighboring Iraq have almost reached a historic deal to build a short railway link between the southern port city of Basra and the town of Shalamjah, the office of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s prime minister, tweeted.
The commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force Esmail Qaani reemphasized on the country’s support for Hamas against Israel during a telephone conversation with the head of the militant Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh, Iran’s Al-Alam reported.
Iran has been instrumental in helping Hamas develop weapons that can hit targets deep inside Israel, Western intelligence officials have told the Daily Telegraph.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his country will open a consulate in Aleppo.
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has obtained documents that reveal the Islamic Republic leader Ali Khamenei, and various Iranian regime-backed entities, many of whom are sanctioned by the U.S.
The government of Yemen has accused Tehran of fueling the country’s civil war by supplying Houthi militias with weaponry and military support, Arab News reported on Tuesday.
The US Navy announced Sunday it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machine guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a ship in the Arabian Sea, apparently to support the Houthi militias.
Protesters set fire to the building of the Iranian consulate in Iraq’s Karbala following the assassination of activist Ehab Al-Wazni.
Moroccan Foreign Minister said on Thursday that Iran was acting through its proxies to destabilize the African region and threaten the territorial integrity of Morocco.
A Saudi foreign ministry official said on Friday that talks between Riyadh and Tehran aim to reduce regional tensions, but added it was too early to judge the outcome.
