The Latest Breaking News from Iran

More schoolgirls poisoned in Iran

More than 100 students were hospitalised in Iran after a new spate of suspected gas attacks on girls’ schools on Wednesday, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported.

Bangkok Post · Mar 1, 2023

Iran's president orders probe of poisoning at girls' schools

Iran’s president has ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls' schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting women’s education

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

Iran expels two Germany diplomats in tit-for-tat move

The months-long tensions between Tehran and Berlin reaches a new stage with both sides resorting to diplomatic action.

Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2023

IAEA: Iran has Uranium Particles Enriched to Nearly Bomb Grade

The UN 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 plant, a report by the watchdog seen by Reuters confirmed on Tuesday. Diplomats said last week that the agency had…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2023

Iran’s nuclear inventory surges amid enriched uranium probe

Global atomic monitors reported Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium swelled to a record in the last three months and that inspectors are still trying to clarify how uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade was produced at a nuclear facility.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Pressure on west to act grows after report on Iranian uranium enrichment

International Atomic Energy Association reveals near weapons-grade particles discovered

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Iran’s nuclear inventory surges amid investigation into highly enriched uranium

Global atomic monitors reported Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium swelled to a record in the last three months and that inspectors are still trying to clarify how uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade was produced at a nuclear facility.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Iranian girls fall ill after being ‘intentionally poisoned’ to stop them going to school

Officials in Iran initially dismissed these incidents, but now describe them as intentional attacks involving some 30 schools identified in local media reports

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023

Iran’s Rare Cheetah Cub Dies of Kidney Failure

The last survivor of three critically endangered Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity in Iran died in hospital Tuesday from kidney failure, state media reported. "Pirouz who was admitted to the Central Veterinary Hospital due to kidney failure last Thursday, died after undergoing dialysis," the official IRNA news agency said.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

Wave of Poison Attacks on Schoolgirls Alarms Iranians

Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls' education. The attacks come at a critical time for Iran's clerical rulers, who faced months of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023