Sources: Reuters
Lebanese voters head to the polls to elect a new session to Parliament. Preliminary counts show the Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies, who won in the previous election, losing seats while the Saudi-backed Lebanese Forces made gains. 2022-05-15
Iran bans all travel from India and Pakistan due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in those countries as Iran's death toll surpasses 69,000. 2021-04-24
Iran reports 6,968 new cases and 346 deaths in the past 24 hours, its highest daily tally since the pandemic began, pushing the death toll to 33,299 and cumulative total cases to 581,824. 2020-10-27
A rocket explodes inside the heavily fortified Green Zone sector of Iraq's capital, landing less than a mile from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad amid heightened tensions in the region between the United States and Iran. 2019-05-19
Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Raheel Sharif will visit Riyadh on Monday and Tehran on Tuesday to launch mediation efforts between Iran and Saudi Arabia for normalization of relations and to ease the tensions in the region after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr and an attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran. [http:--www.dawn.com-news-1233549-pm-coas-to-visit-iran-s-arabia-for-mediation (DAWN)] [http:--www.pakistantoday.com.pk-2016-01-17-national-pakistan-decides-to-intervene-in-saudi-iran-row- ("Pakistan Today")] [http:--economictimes.indiatimes.com-news-international-world-news-pakistan-pm-nawaz-sharif-heads-to-saudi-arabia-iran-in-bid-to-mend-rift-articleshow-50603596.cms ("India Times")]date=August 2019 2016-01-17
2 Iranian films, ‘Michael’ and ‘When the Light Shines’, win top prizes at Italy's “13th International Religions Today Film Festival” at its closing ceremony. [http:--www.irna.ir-ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30031902&SRCH=1 (IRNA)]date=August 2019 2010-10-22
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is ready for talks with the six majors powers of the G5 5+1 group in November, but the Islamic Republic's previous conditions for holding talks should be met. [http:--www.iran-daily.com-# (Iran Daily)] [http:--www.mehrnews.com-en-NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1172979 (Mehr)] [http:--www.tehrantimes.com-index_View.asp?code=228764 (Tehran Times)] [http:--www.irna.ir-ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30025109 (IRNA)]date=August 2019 2010-10-17
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, the Vice-President of Iran describes inhabitants of the United Kingdom as "not human" and "a bunch of idiots run by a mafia". He also describes Australians as "a bunch of cattlemen" and says that Koreans "need to be slapped". 2010-08-12
Reformists clash with police forces in Iran, during protests held at the 31st anniversary of the overthrow of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. 2010-02-11
Iran executes two opposition supporters for their role in the election protests in the country. 2010-01-28