The holy shrine of Shah Cheragh, where Seyyed Mir Ahmad, one of the brothers of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam, is laid to rest, holds a unique potential for religious tourism in the ancient ...

Tehran receives rainfall, offering limited relief as the city and wider Iran continue to face a severe drought.

US forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran last month, according to the Wall Street Journal, in the latest reported instance of increasingly aggressive maritime tactics by the ...

Iran is facing a growing squeeze from the country’s rapidly depreciating rial currency and economic sanctions imposed due to Tehran’s nuclear program.

Citing UN reports, Iravani noted that despite the efforts of UNAMA and other international organisations, Afghanistan continues to face severe humanitarian and security challenges, including ...

Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation said, citing her brother.

The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was arrested Friday by Iranian authorities, according to the foundation in her name ...

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters say. A foundation in her name said she was ...

There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of Mohammadi. It wasn't clear if authorities would immediately ...

As former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has acknowledged, Iran’s efforts to shape the region’s air defenses as a shield ...

Iraq’s designation of Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis (Ansar Allah) as terrorist organizations, whose assets must therefore be confiscated, was a warm-up for ending the era of Iranophilic ...