The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Iranian singer arrested for performing virtual concert without hijab, sparking tensions over dress codes and freedoms in Iran.

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) Friday closed up +1.27 (+1.81%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) closed up +0.0133 (+0.67%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Friday rallied to 2-1/2 week highs and settled higher. The prospects for additional sanctions on Russian and Iranian crude supplies pushed oil prices higher...

Iran’s capital and outlying provinces have faced rolling power blackouts for weeks in October and November, with electricity cuts disrupting people’s lives and businesses

Mysterious drones swarm New Jersey skies, sparking emergency calls. Officials speculate Iranian involvement, but the Pentagon denies foreign threat.

The wave of drone sightings is sparking sci-fi speculation mixed with war fever.

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Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate on temporary medical leave from prison, said in a video call released Thursday that she would never let prison silence her.

The lightning-fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shock waves across the Middle East. The disposal of the dictator whose family had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than half a century has triggered a potentially seismic shift in the balance of power in…

When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant backlash. The Syrian Constitution stipulated that only Muslims could hold the presidency, and the Alawites were deemed non-Muslim by many Sunni groups.