Riot police in Iraq have fired live rounds into the air and used tear gas to disperse protesters, who took to the streets in the capital, Baghdad, for a second consecutive day against what they describe as unemployment and poor public services. Iran News covers the story. Police opened fire in the al-Shaab neighborhood of […]

Collecting and storing the DNA of people simply detained and not tried or convicted of a crime has drawn criticism from civil rights advocates. Iran News quotes the report; The US government plans to collect the DNA of all undocumented immigrants detained after entering the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security […]

Tehran (Iran News) – An official of Arbaeen special office said on Thursday that the Khosravi official border point was closed due to a demand from Iraqi Government. Jafar Hemmati said that the Khosravi border Point will be closed until further notice because of security issues, according to IRNA. Hemmati said that the negotiations for […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced Wednesday with Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and other top law enforcement officials in his long-awaited pre-indictment hearing on a series of corruption scandals. Netanyahu’s attorneys met Wednesday with Israel’s attorney general and other top law enforcement officials in long-awaited pre-indictment hearing of Israeli’s Netanyahu on […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has reacted to a recent statement by Germany's Foreign Office.

Reducing JCPOA Commitments TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Iran will continue to reduce its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal until it gets the desirable results, stressing that the US policy of maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic has ended in failure. In comments at a […]

Iran News quotes CNN reports. On Wednesday at a recent meeting in Brussels Johnson said if Brexit talks fail ‘no deal’ is the alternative. Boris Johnson’s first speech as leader: A verdict Boris Johnson’s first speech as Prime Minister to his Conservative party faithful went down well enough. But it might have left supporters who […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Saudi Arabia has given a green light to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to arrange talks with Iran as a first step towards de-escalating tensions in the region, a report said. Abbas al-Hasnawi, an official in the Iraqi prime minister’s office, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday that Abdul Mahdi was […]

Tehran (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said regional issues should be resolved through dialogue and political means. “We believe that if there are regional issues, it should be solved through talks and political means, and military approaches do not work,” Rouhani said in a meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in […]

Crown Prince Desire for Talks TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday he welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s willingness to resolve issues with Iran through talks. “We welcome Mohammed bin Salman being quoted as saying he wants to resolve issues through talks with Tehran,” Larijani told Al Jazeera […]