The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Iran says it has new ideas on nuclear deal after EU proposes text

It appears an impasse over the 2015 nuclear deal is continuing 15 months after negotiations began to restore it.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2022

German-Iranian man facing death sentence on terror charges mounts final defence

Jamshid Sharmahd faces death sentence at end of six-day trial in Tehran

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

Pals drive from Scotland to India in 23-year-old car with no air con for no reason whatsoever

Daniel Patton, 22, and his best friends Joe Fisher, 23, and Callum Kitson, 22, have mapped out an epic journey, spanning 20 countries, that they will try to complete in the 23-year-old blue Mazda

Daily Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

IRGC Prepares to Launch New Satellite Carrier

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh unveiled Monday plans to send a new homegrown satellite carrier into space. Hajizadeh told Iran’s official news agency IRNA that Iran will put new satellites into orbit with its Qaem satellite carrier, which runs on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Houthis Commit Widespread Violations a Week Before Yemen Truce Ends

The Iran-backed Houthi militias are committing widespread violations, most notably in the besieged Taiz province, al-Jawf, Marib and the western coast, a week before the UN-sponsored truce ends. A rights group in the al-Jawf province said the militias committed 20 violations against civilians in July. They included the killing and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Iraqi Kurd Farmers Battle Drought as Lake Dukan Retreats

Farmers in Iraqi Kurdistan seeking to irrigate crops face seeing their economic lifeline slip away as the waters of Lake Dukan recede and dams upstream in Iran stem the flow. Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 26, 2022

Iranian Hulk held back by army of security in confrontation with rival Kazakh Titan

Iranian Hulk will finally make his boxing debut against rival Kazakh Titan and the pair came to blows during a heated first face-to-face ahead of their fight this weekend

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

Iran Parliament to Discuss Belgium Prisoner Swap Treaty

Iran's parliament is to debate a prisoner exchange deal with Belgium, state media said on Monday, after Brussels approved the deal that may lead to the release of an Iranian diplomat jailed for planning to bomb a rally of an exiled opposition group. The official Iranian news agency IRNA said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 25, 2022

Iranian Hulk and Kazakh Titan come to blows ahead of 510lb super-heavyweight fight

Iranian Hulk and Kazakh Titan have come face-to-face for the first time ahead of their boxing clash this weekend, with the super-heavyweight pair weighing a combined 510lb

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

World Cup: Biggest games of the group stage at Qatar 2022

The World Cup group stage draw in Doha threw up a number of tantalising fixtures

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022