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Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s number two leader in Iran in...

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Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by...

Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations

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Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform that were active in Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt,...

Iran says US-brokered Sudan-Israel deal secured by ‘ransom’

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Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday described a US-brokered Sudan-Israel deal to normalise ties as “phoney” and accused Khartoum of paying a ransom in return...

Iran says one of two cyber attack targets was country’s ports...

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One of the targets of large cyber attacks on two Iranian government institutions this week was the electronic infrastructure of the country’s ports, an...

Syria’s Assad says Russian bases in his country keep balance of...

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Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russia’s major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of...

US to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to...

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The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a...

Bahrain says foiled ‘terrorist attack’ backed by Iran in early 2020

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Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Sunday it had foiled a “terrorist attack” early this year that was backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The...

US Treasury imposes sanctions on Iranian ‘cyber threat group’

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The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian entities and 45 associated individuals who carried out a malware campaign targeting Iranian dissidents, journalists...

US prosecutors indict two Iranians over alleged hacking spree

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US prosecutors on Wednesday announced two Iranians had been indicted on allegations they were hackers connected with a string of cyber intrusions at US...

Houthis say Saudi’s Abha airport targeted with drones, disabled for hours

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A military spokesman for Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said that the group targeted Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport with a number of drones. Yahya Sarea wrote...

UN Security Council president dismisses US sanctions move on Iran

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The president of the UN Security Council, Indonesia, said on Tuesday it was “not in the position to take further action” on a US...

Iran says black boxes from downed Ukraine jet show missiles hit...

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Analysis from the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian passenger plane shows it was hit by two missiles 25 seconds apart and that passengers...

Iran announces locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid US tensions

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Iran displayed a surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Thursday that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1 400 kilometres and a new...

Israel says it thwarted foreign cyber attack on defence industry

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Israel said on Wednesday it thwarted a cyber attack on its defence industry by a hacking group known as Lazarus, which the United States...

Iran says foreign states may have carried out cyberattacks, plays down...

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Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday foreign governments may have been behind recent cyberattacks on Iranian facilities, but played down the possibility of them...

Pompeo says US seized Iranian weapons on way to Houthi rebels...

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that US and partner forces seized a boat in June carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi...

UN expert deems US drone strike on Iran’s Soleimani an ‘unlawful’...

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The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law,...

Iran threatens retaliation after what it calls possible cyber attack on...

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Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian defence said, after a fire...

Iran urges Russia, China to resist US push to extend arms...

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Iran on Wednesday called on Russia and China to resist a push by Washington to extend a UN-imposed arms embargo due to expire in...

Iranian fuel starts arriving in Venezuelan waters despite US warning

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The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela entered the South American country’s exclusive economic zone on Saturday, despite a US...

Iran dismisses new US sanctions as ‘fruitless and repetitive’

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Iran dismissed on Thursday new US sanctions on several Iranian officials, saying they were a sign of the complete inefficiency of Washington’s previous sanctions...

After US warning, Iran says its navy will still operate in...

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The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned...

Iran puts first military satellite into orbit

Iran successfully launched the country’s first military satellite into orbit, triggering protests from the US and stoking already high tensions over Tehran’s nuclear and...

Combat capable drones for Iran

Iranian armed forces acquired three bomb-carrying drones with a range of 1 500 kilometres, Defence Minister Amir Hatami said. The drones can monitor “enemy movements...

Close call as Iranian and US naval forces near each other

Eleven vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came dangerously close to US Navy and Coastguard ships in the Gulf, the US...

Iranian support for Palestine

Iran will support Palestinian armed groups as much as it can, Iran’s Supreme Leader said, urging Palestinians to confront a US plan for Israeli-Palestinian...

Further protests called for in wake of airliner shoot down

Iranian social media posts urged citizens to take to the streets for a fifth day after public anger following a belated admission by authorities...

Soleimani killing part of new US strategy

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by US foes applying...

Arrests in connection with Iran aircraft shooting down

Iran arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of involvement in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, as anti-government demonstrations triggered by the disaster entered...

Iran, Iraq flights cancelled or re-routed

Major airlines cancelled Iran and Iraq flights and re-routed others away from both countries’ airspace following an Iranian missile strike. Germany’s Lufthansa, Dubai-based Emirates...

Iranian missiles target US forces in Iraq; Trump’s response “All is...

Iran launched missiles at US-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, retaliating for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last...

Iran foils cyber-attack

Iran foiled a major cyber-attack on its infrastructure launched by a foreign government, the Iranian telecoms minister said, two months after reports of a...

Iranian violence on protesters denounced

Iranian security forces shot at protesters from helicopters and a rooftop and aimed at peoples’ heads using “severe violence” to quell anti-government unrest, UN...

Iraq protest death toll rises

Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric said a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference in an apparent nod to Iranian influence, as...

Iran acknowledges security forces killed protesters

Iranian authorities confirmed for the first time this week security forces shot dead demonstrators during what rights groups said was the deadliest anti-government unrest...

Iranian banks and government buildings torched

More than 730 banks and 140 government sites were torched in recent unrest in Iran, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said in remarks published...

Iran protest deaths

At least 106 protestors died in 21 cities in Iran during unrest over fuel prices rises last week, Amnesty International said. “The organisation believes...

Russia dismisses hacking reports as “unsavoury”

Moscow dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries as...

Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation

Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organisations in dozens of countries masquerading as attackers from the Islamic...

US cyber-strike on Iran

The US carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which Washington...

ISS: Safety in the Red Sea corridor can’t be taken for...

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The Red Sea and the adjacent Gulf of Aden face many potential threats to free movement, ranging from the presence of non-state armed groups...

Stena Impero departs Iran port

British-flagged Stena Impero tanker left Iran’s Bandar Abbas port on Friday and was heading for Dubai so the crew could be repatriated, the owner...

Iranian held by Somali pirates since 2015 freed

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An Iranian sailor held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years has been released with the help of the United Nations and...

Saudi to provide proof Iran behind oil attack

Saudi Arabia said it would produce evidence linking regional rival Tehran to an attack on its oil industry Washington believes originated from Iran in...

US warns against aiding Iranian tanker

An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Iran and Washington sailed for Greece after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar,...

US turning Gulf region into a tinderbox

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States of turning the Gulf region into a “matchbox ready to ignite”, according to Al...

Iraqi tanker seized

Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized an Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf they said was smuggling fuel and detained seven crewmen, Iran’s state media reported,...

Britain begins escorting all UK vessels through Hormuz Strait

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Britain has started sending a warship to accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after...

Britain calls for European naval mission to counter Iran’s ‘piracy’

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Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged...

Britain says Iran seizes two oil tankers in Gulf, Iran says...

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Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the...