2,30,000 Afghans left Iran in June ahead of return deadline: IOM
More than 2,30,000 Afghans left Iran in June, most of them deported, as returns surge ahead of a deadline set by Tehran, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday...
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Iran questions Israel鈥檚 commitment to ceasefire
Iran on Sunday said it was not convinced Israel would abide by a ceasefire that ended their 12-day war this week...
Iran could enrich uranium in months: IAEA chief
UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium 鈥榠n a matter of months,鈥� despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said Saturday...
Let guns fall silent
THE Middle East has once again come dangerously close to disaster. For twelve tense days, the world watched anxiously as Iran and Israel exchanged deadly attacks. Their actions have dragged both nations and their allies into a cycle of fear, destruction and high-risk brinkmanship. The damage went beyond lives lost and buildings destroyed. It shook the stability of the...
Trump threatens to bomb Iran again
US president Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran鈥檚 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons...
Iran says not resuming nuclear talks with US
Iran on Thursday denied it is set to resume nuclear talks with the United States after the end of a 12-day war with Israel, and accused Washington of exaggerating the impact of US strikes.
Trump 鈥榚xaggerated鈥� impact of US strikes on nuclear sites: Khamenei
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday said US president Donald Trump 鈥榚xaggerated鈥� the impact of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, in his first appearance since a ceasefire in the war with Israel took hold.
Iran thanks Bangladesh for solidarity during Israeli aggression聽
Iran embassy in Dhaka has expressed its deep appreciation to the government and people of Bangladesh for their strong expressions of solidarity following the recent escalation of hostilities in the Middle East...
26 arrested in Iran over collaborating with Israel
Iran鈥檚 intelligence services have arrested 26 people, accusing them of collaborating with Israel, state media Fars news agency reported, days after a ceasefire between the two countries was announced...
US intel says strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme
A classified preliminary US intelligence report has concluded that American strikes on Iran set back Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme by just a few months 鈥� rather than destroying it as聽claimed by president Donald Trump...
Oil rebounds as markets track Iran-Israel ceasefire
Oil prices recovered as stock markets diverged Wednesday while traders assessed whether the Israel-Iran ceasefire would endure...
US, Iran to hold nuclear talks next week: Trump
US president Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States would hold nuclear talks with Iran next week, teasing the possibility of a deal even after boasting that recent US strikes had crippled the Islamic republic鈥檚 atomic programme.
Bangladesh鈥檚 path to security
THE recent convulsions between Iran and Israel 鈥� ignited, as these things often are, by the US cruise missile on Iranian nuclear facilities, a surgical strike that ripped through the fragile fabric of peace 鈥� had all the makings of a regional conflagration, a firestorm that could have consumed us all. And yet, here we are, breathing a tentative sigh of relief, as both sides...
Iran lawmakers back suspending cooperation with UN atomic energy watchdog
Iranian lawmakers voted on Wednesday in favour of suspending cooperation with the United Nations鈥� atomic energy watchdog, state TV said, after a 12-day war that saw Israeli and US strikes on the country鈥檚 nuclear sites.
Iran to hold state funerals Saturday for top commanders, scientists killed in Israel war
Iran will hold on Saturday state funerals for senior military commanders and top scientists killed during the country鈥檚 12-day war with Israel, official media said...
Iran executes three people on charge of spying for Israel
Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of people executed on such charges since the start of the war between the Islamic republic and Israel...
Israel claims victory in war with Iran
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a 鈥榟istoric victory鈥� against Iran despite a United States intelligence report concluding that American strikes set back Tehran鈥檚 nuclear programme by just a few months...
Qatar PM persuaded Iran to accept ceasefire
Qatar鈥檚 prime minister persuaded Iran to agree to a US-proposed ceasefire with Israel after Iranian missiles targeted an American base near Doha, a source with knowledge of the talks said on Tuesday.
Middle-East bound flights from Dhaka disrupted聽
At least 11 flights from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka to Sharjah and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Doha in Qatar and Kuwait were disrupted on Tuesday amid tension over the Iranian airstrikes on a United States airbase in Qatar...
Trump鈥檚 TV jingle for N-weapons
AMERICA鈥橲 Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran, saw two unhinged nuclear weapons states jointly attacking one that had shunned the bomb by a religious edict...
US president sows doubt on defending allies ahead of NATO summit
US president Donald Trump cast doubt on his commitment to protect Europe as he headed on Tuesday to a NATO summit to get allies to pledge more defence spending, after rounding on Israel and Iran for breaching a truce.
鈥楳oment has come鈥� for Gaza ceasefire: Merz
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday said that 鈥榯he moment has come鈥� for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Ceasefire in Iran-Israel war takes hold
A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appeared to be holding on Tuesday, after 12 days of strikes that saw Israel and the United States pummel the Islamic republic鈥檚 nuclear facilities.
Iran accuses Israel of conducting strikes after ceasefire announcement
Iran鈥檚 armed forces accused Israel of launching strikes at the Islamic republic until Tuesday morning, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two foes...
Israel will 鈥榬espond forcefully to Iran鈥檚 ceasefire violation鈥�: defence minister
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said Tuesday he had ordered the army 鈥榯o respond forcefully to Iran鈥檚 violation of the ceasefire鈥� after incoming Iranian missiles were reported by the military...
Iran says taking measures to continue nuclear programme
Iran鈥檚 government said on Tuesday that it had 鈥榯aken the necessary measures鈥� to ensure the continuation of its nuclear programme after US and Israeli strikes targeted its facilities...
Israel agrees to Trump鈥檚 proposal for ceasefire with Iran
Israel said on Tuesday that it had agreed to 鈥榖ilateral ceasefire鈥� with Iran proposed by US president Donald Trump, following 12 days of war with its arch-foe...
Iran will stop attacks on Israel if Israel stops: Abbas Araghchi
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister said on Tuesday that Tehran did not intend to continue its strikes if Israel stopped its attacks, hours after the United States president Donald Trump announced a staggered ceasefire to bring about an 鈥榦fficial end鈥� to their conflict...
Israel, Iran continue missile attacks
Israel struck Tehran and Iran fired missiles on Monday, as the war between the long-time foes raged for its 11th day after the United States sent bombers to attack the Islamic republic鈥檚 nuclear sites.
Iran launches missiles at US base in Qatar in retaliation for strikes
Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on Monday in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out in Doha and projectiles seen streaking overhead.