Iran

Iran warns Azerbaijan over its growing ties with Israel as Baku deepens energy cooperation and foils an alleged Iranian-backed terror plot targeting a Jewish community member.

Iran’s first planned flight to Europe after several months of suspension, scheduled to depart from Tehran to Paris on January 31, has been cancelled by France, ISNA reported.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was visiting Qatar on Thursday to meet leaders of Tehran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas, a ministry statement said.

Iran faced global criticism at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, as member nations denounced the country’s treatment of women, crackdown on dissent, and widespread use of the death penalty.

Two Kurdish female activists, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today.

Israel has decided to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to a report in Saudi news site al-Arabiya.

Iranian Kurdish opposition groups called for a general strike in the Kurdistan of Iran on Wednesday to condemn the Islamic republic's death sentences for political prisoners Pakhshan Azizi and Varisheh Moradi.

The naval arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground base housing dozens of assault boats equipped with missile launchers in footage aired by state television on Jan. 18.

Two senior Iranian Supreme Court judges involved in confirming death penalties against political activists were shot dead in the capital Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s judiciary said.

Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program, a top Iranian official has acknowledged for the first time, underscoring the sophistication of sabotage programs targeting the Islamic Republic.