The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Israel strikes air base in central Syria, killing two servicemen -Syrian military

Israeli missiles hit a major air base in Syria's Homs province on Sunday, killing two servicemen and injuring three others, the Syrian military said via state news agency SANA.

Reuters · Nov 13, 2022

Iranian man who lived in Paris airport for 18 years dies

Mehran Karimi Nasseri’s story inspired the 2004 film ‘The Terminal’ starring Tom Hanks

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2022

Stateless man trapped in Paris airport for 18 years dies in terminal

An Iranian whose irregular immigration status obliged him to spend nearly two decades in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks, died on Saturday at the terminal.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 13, 2022

Yemeni Demands to Deter Houthis, Set Time Frame for Renewing Armistice

The international community is confident that there are no military solutions to the Yemeni conflict, and there is no alternative to supporting the global efforts to renew the faltering truce, despite Houthi threats and the various attacks on local energy sources and oil export ports. The Iranian-backed militias are betting…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 13, 2022

Iran condemns Macron remarks after French president meets dissidents

Iran on Sunday criticised a recent meeting between the French president and opponents of the Islamic republic, describing Emmanuel Macron's comments after the encounter as "regrettable and shameful".

Radio France Internationale · Nov 13, 2022

Iranian who inspired The Terminal film dies at Paris airport

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F.

Al Jazeera · Nov 13, 2022

‘An amazing feeling’: asylum seeker stuck in hotel thanks Observer readers for sending books

Ali, a Kurd who fled Iran, may also be offered a university place after he told of the tedium of 500 days in limbo

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Iran is at war with its own people. Fifa won’t let that spoil their World Cup

By supplying military drones to Russia, the mullahs’ regime is killing at home and away. The national team’s presence in Qatar is sickening and shameful

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi​’s piercingly self-aware​ study of film-making and fear

The Iranian director, who was imprisoned in July, crafts a complex meditation on artistic creativity and invisible borders

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Head of Iran’s Seminary Promises ‘Death’ to Turban Flippers

The head of the Iranian Seminary, Alireza Arafi, had vowed “death” to any protester transgressing against clerics in Iran at a time when the death toll of demonstrations that have rocked the cleric-led nation since Sept. 17 has risen to 336, according to human rights groups.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 13, 2022