Sources: The Guardian
Iran and Sudan receive each other's ambassadors for the first time in eight years, after resuming diplomatic relations in October 2023. 2024-07-21
Iran joins the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, becoming the organization's ninth member. 2023-07-4
Nine people are injured in a fire caused by an explosion in Eshtehard, Alborz province, Iran. 2023-05-23
The number of new cases since the beginning of the pandemic in Iran rises by a record of 6,134 in the past 24 hours and pushes the overall count up to 556,891. This is the first time that new cases have surpassed more than 6,000. In addition, health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari warns that 30 of 31 provinces are in the red zone with a high risk of COVID-19 infection. 2020-10-23
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shoots down an American RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone after it allegedly violates Iranian airspace. 2019-06-20
Twitter says it has removed thousands of accounts that were being run by the Iranian government, to spread propaganda and fake news on the social media platform. It has also removed over a hundred accounts linked to the Catalan independence movement, and dozens of accounts related to Venezuela. 2019-06-13
Flash flooding caused by torrential rain leaves at least 17 people dead and 20 others missing in northwestern Iran, according to state television. 2017-04-15
Turkey declares a curfew in the town of Yüksekova on the border with Iran as Turkish forces prepare an offensive against the PKK. 2016-03-13
United States President Barack Obama announces additional sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program. 2012-07-31
Iran invites 60 countries to a two-day nuclear disarmament conference in Tehran on April 17–18, entitled "Nuclear energy for everyone, nuclear arms for no one". China says it will attend the conference which invites "the world to disarm and prevent proliferation". 2010-04-4