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Russia-Iran Deal Will Affect 'the Entire Region'

Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian sign wide-ranging cooperation pact

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact Friday in the face of stinging Western sanctions. Officials say the "comprehensive strategic partnership treaty" covers all areas—from trade and military cooperation to science, education, and culture, per the AP . Putin praised the...

Russia Is Teaming Up With Iran to Deal With 'Acute Issues'

Per Russia, Putin will host Iranian leader Masoud Pezeshkian to sign 'strategic' alliance deal

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart this week for the signing of a broad partnership pact between Moscow and Tehran, the Kremlin said Monday. The agreement on a "comprehensive strategic partnership" between the countries will be signed during Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's visit to Moscow...

Italy Frees Iranian US Sought in Drone Attack

Iran had freed an Italian journalist this week

(Newser) - Italy on Sunday released an Iranian citizen wanted by the US over a drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago, after the Italian justice minister asked a court to revoke his arrest. Mohammad Abedini has already returned to Iran, Iranian state TV said on Sunday afternoon,...

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Iran Frees Detained Italian Journalist

Cecilia Sala's release is part of an apparent deal that includes Italy releasing Iranian businessman

(Newser) - An Italian journalist detained in Iran last month for murky reasons has been released. The AP reports that 29-year-old Cecilia Sala was freed Wednesday and has already left the country on a flight out of Tehran, after "intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence channels," per the office of...

US, Italy, Iran Are in a Diplomatic Tangle

Tehran holds Italian journalist, while Iranian engineer was arrested in Milan on US warrant

(Newser) - Iran warned Italy on Friday that it risks harming bilateral relations if it bows to the "political and hostile goals" of the US by detaining an Iranian engineer on an American warrant in connection with a drone attack in Jordan last year that killed three American troops. Tehran issued...

She Sang for 'the People I Love,' Then Got Arrested

YouTube footage of Iran's Parastoo Ahmadi, 27, showed her in sleeveless dress, not wearing a hijab

(Newser) - "I am Parastoo, a girl who wants to sing for the people I love." Those were the words of Parastoo Ahmadi, a performer in Iran who posted footage last week of her virtual concert. That nearly 30-minute video, which attracted more than 2 million views, now has the...

Assad Is Out. Now What?


Assad Is Out.
Now What?
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Assad Is Out. Now What?

Mideast balance of power shifting, with Iran seen as suffering a major blow

(Newser) - The fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria is expected to bring about a fundamental shift in the balance of power in the Mideast. But exactly how that will play out is still in flux. Coverage:
  • Possible vacuum: The Wall Street Journal reports that the speed with which the government
...

Iran Hails 'Milestone for Space Sector'

Country says latest space launch was a success for program criticized by the US

(Newser) - Iran said Friday it conducted a successful space launch, the latest for its program the West alleges improves Tehran's ballistic missile program. Iran conducted the launch using its Simorgh program, a satellite-carrying rocket that had had a series of failed launches, at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural...

42-Year-Old Activist's Suicide Rattles Iran

Kianoosh Sanjari had threatened to end his life if political prisoners weren't released

(Newser) - His was a life defined by political protest—and ended by it. The New York Times reports Iran has been shaken by the death by suicide of anti-regime activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who pledged to take his own life last Tuesday if four political prisoners weren't freed by 7pm the...

In a First, Air Force Awards Silver Star to Female Airman

Capt. Lacie Hester shot down drones fired by Iran at Israel

(Newser) - On the night of April 13, Iran launched more than 300 ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, an attack in response to a missile strike on Damascus, Syria, that had killed a top Iranian commander. US military aircraft and naval ships went to work that night in Israel's defense,...

Musk's Meeting With Iran Envoy 'Could Be a Very Big Deal'

Iranian officials tell NYT that billionaire Trump adviser had 'positive' talk with Iran's UN envoy

(Newser) - When he's not running Tesla, SpaceX, and X, or prepping for his new role in the "Department of Government Efficiency," Elon Musk has been taking some meetings. That list includes Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, who met with the tech billionaire at...

CIA Official Is Charged With Leak of Documents on Israel

Asif William Rahman, arrested in Cambodia, to make court appearance in Guam

(Newser) - A man who worked for the US government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran , according to court papers filed Wednesday, per the AP . The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was...

Activists Fear for Woman After Her Protest in Iran

'We are in awe of her bravery,' woman says of Ahou Daryaei

(Newser) - A young woman filmed walking around an Iranian university campus in her underwear has been adopted as a new hero of the Women, Life, Freedom movement that erupted with Mahsa Amini's 2022 death in police custody . But that's no safe position to be in at the moment. Human...

FBI: Iran Plotted to Kill Trump Before Election

Charges unsealed in court in New York

(Newser) - Iran tried to engineer a plot to assassinate Donald Trump before the election, federal prosecutors say. Investigators learned of the alleged plot to kill Trump while interviewing Farhad Shakeri, an Afghan national identified by officials as an Iranian government asset, per the AP . He told investigators that a contact in...

Trump's Win Sends Iran's Currency to Record Low

'100% he will intensify the sanctions'

(Newser) - Iran's currency fell on Wednesday to an all-time low as Donald Trump clinched the US presidency again, signaling new challenges ahead for Tehran as it remains locked in the wars raging in the Middle East. The rial traded at 703,000 rials to the dollar, traders in Tehran said....

US Confirms Iran Is Holding an Iranian-American Journalist

Reza Valizadeh once worked for a US government-funded broadcaster

(Newser) - An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a US government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, US authorities confirmed Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to the AP by the...

Khamenei Vows 'Crushing Response' Against US, Israel

Iranian supreme leader's threat comes over attacks on Iran and its allies

(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the US with a "crushing response" over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 attack on the Islamic Republic that...

Khamenei's New X Account in Hebrew Is Quickly Suspended

Iran's supreme leader has had multiple social media accounts for years

(Newser) - The social platform X has suspended a new account on behalf of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that posted messages in Hebrew, the AP reports. The account was suspended early Monday with a brief note appended to it saying: "X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules....

Israel Hits Iran Hard in Predawn Strikes

Attacks on Iranian military sites threaten to escalate tense situation in Mideast

(Newser) - Israel unleashed a series of predawn airstrikes against military sites in Iran on Saturday, saying it targeted facilities used to make the missiles fired at Israel. The attack risks pushing the archenemies closer to all-out war at a time of spiraling violence across the Middle East, where militant groups backed...

US: Iran Tried to Kill This Woman in Brooklyn

Officer in Revolutionary Guards is indicted in failed plot against author Masih Alinejad

(Newser) - An official with Iran's Revolutionary Guard has been charged in a failed plot to kill an Iranian-American author on US soil, per the AP . Ruhollah Bazghandi and three other men were charged in a new indictment of trying to kill Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn in 2022, according to the...

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