IAEA Report Says Discussions with Iran About Near-Weapons-Grade Enrichment Ongoing

VOA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog is in discussions with Iran on the origin of uranium particles enriched to up to 83.7% purity, very close to weapons grade, at its Fordow enrichment... Read more »

Pentagon: Iran a ‘Global Challenge’ Due to Alliance with Russia

VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies are moving to treat Iran as a global threat, warning that its growing alliance with Russia — and cooperation in the war... Read more »

Iran’s Currency Hits New Low Amid Anti-Government Protests

VOA — DUBAI — Iran’s currency fell to a new record low on Sunday, plunging to 600,000 to the dollar for the first time as the effects of nationwide anti-government protests and... Read more »

Iran’s Currency Nosedives as Savers Buy Dollars

VOA — DUBAI — Iran’s rial currency sank to a record low against the U.S. dollar Saturday despite central bank measures aimed at cooling demand for foreign currency from savers worried about... Read more »

UK: Russia Running Low on Iranian Drones

VOA — Russia has likely depleted its supply of Iranian one-way-attack uncrewed aerial vehicles or OWA-UAVs, the British Defense Ministry said Saturday in an intelligence update. The ministry said there have not... Read more »

Iran Says It Has Developed Long-Range Cruise Missile

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran has developed a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 kilometers a top Revolutionary Guards commander said Friday, in a move likely to raise... Read more »

Germany expels 2 Iran envoys over death sentence

DW — The Iranian diplomats have been ordered to leave the country immediately. The decision came after a German-Iranian national was handed a death sentence in Tehran. Read more »

Winter storm: North America hit by blizzards and heat wave

BBC — A fierce winter storm has caused widespread disruptions in the US, while south-eastern parts of the country brace for record-high temperatures. Read more »

Iran’s Currency Falls to Record Low as Sanctions to Continue

VOA — DUBAI — Iran’s troubled currency broke below the psychologically key level of 500,000 rial per U.S. dollar on Monday, as market participants saw no end in sight to sanctions. The... Read more »

Citing Threats, Iran International Moves Broadcasts to US

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A Farsi-language satellite news channel based in London and long critical of Iran’s theocratic government said Saturday it had moved its broadcasts to Washington “to protect... Read more »