Afghanistan and Iran came dangerously close to war some weeks ago but it had nothing to do with political ideologies or ancient rivalries; it had to do with a river and how much water each country ...
A large explosion was heard this morning in Gorgan, northern Iran. Law enforcement confirmed the report and is investigating the source of the explosion. According to Mehr, the Golestan Province ...
Prisoners at a facility in southwest Iran started a fire to protest against a death sentence issued against a fellow inmate, and shots have been heard, an Iranian news agency reported on Friday.
After 2,898 days of captivity in Iran, Siamak Namazi was desperate to feel the warm sun on his face, lay back in the grass, and look up at the blue sky. “For almost eight years I have been ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran has generated a massive windfall of up to $15.7 billion for illegally seizing American hostages as part of a ruthless hostage policy that has been fine-tuned since its ...
Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts. A decades-long ...
Iranians protest in Tehran on Oct. 1, 2022, after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini two weeks earlier. (Middle East Images/The Associated Press) One year after the historic ...
Five Americans imprisoned in Iran are back on U.S. soil after they were released as part of a prisoner exchange the Biden administration negotiated with Tehran. A plane carrying the five prisoners ...
Five U.S. citizens detained by Iran were freed Monday in a high-stakes, complex diplomatic deal brokered between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Biden administration that included the ...
Five Americans who have been held in Iran for years are on their way to the United States in return for Iranians released from U.S. custody and Tehran's access to $6 billion in frozen oil revenues ...
NEW YORK — The United States and Iran freed 10 people on Monday in a high-stakes prisoner swap that signaled a partial thaw in the icy relations between the longtime adversaries. Five American ...
U.S. negotiators say the release of the prisoners is proof that even fierce adversaries can sometimes find their way to an agreement. But the deal almost didn’t happen. By Michael D. Shear and ...
