Sources: Chron Santa Cruz Sentinel
Turkey intercepts an Iranian ballistic missile violating its airspace. 2026-03-13
An Iranian court sentences 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven years and six months in prison and two years of internal exile in South Khorasan for collusion and propaganda-related charges, with the penalties running concurrently. 2026-02-8
Nine people are killed and 13 more injured when a bus plunges into a ravine in Pa Alam, Lorestan, Iran. 2024-12-21
The United States Department of the Treasury announces sanctions on the governor of the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa, Yemen, and several Houthi officials and associated companies and vessels, accusing them of trafficking dual-use weapon components and Iranian petroleum to the Houthis. 2024-12-19
Iran is expelled from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women over the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent crackdown against protests for women's rights in Iran. 2022-12-14
Iran bans all travellers from the United Kingdom, France, Denmark and Norway for 15 days and indefinitely suspends all land travel to Turkey due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-26
Iran surpasses 60,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest death toll of a Middle Eastern country. 2021-02-28
The United States Treasury Department announces new sanctions on Iran central bank governor Valiollah Seif and assistant director Ali Tarzali for allegedly helping the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force support Hezbollah. 2018-05-15
Iranian authorities halt the impending execution of a Kurdish student convicted of "enmity against God", in connection with alleged membership and activities on behalf of the militant Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), following appeals by international organizations claiming that his trial was held behind closed doors and his lawyer was not allowed to be present. 2010-12-26
At least a dozen Iranians are killed and 81 are wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the Kurdish town of Mahabad according to reports from Iranian Arabic language television Al-Alam. 2010-09-22