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Toxic Smog: Iran Criticized for Winter ‘Air Pollution Catastrophe’

In Iran this winter, hospital emergency rooms have been full, schools regularly closed, and many people unable to work or even leave their homes due to toxic smog, which a leading United Nations expert is calling an "air pollution catastrophe". Dirty air is a chronic problem in Iran. Many of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 27, 2023

Israel Reveals Secret Iranian Gold Smuggling Trade to Finance Hezbollah

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant recently issued an order to uncover a gold smuggling operation between Iran and Venezuela that is funding Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror activity, bypassing sanctions. In a signed document, the Minister revealed that dozens of kilograms of gold were smuggled on an Iranian Mahan Air flight, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 27, 2023

CIA Chief: Iran Could Enrich Uranium to Weapons-grade within Weeks

CIA director William Burns warned on Sunday that Iran could enrich uranium within weeks to 90 percent, the quantity it needs for a nuclear weapon. He added that in terms of its missile systems, Iran’s ability to deliver a nuclear weapon, once developed, has also been advancing as well. In…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 27, 2023

Iran Admits Executing Political Prisoner Amid Condemnations by Human Rights Organizations

London, Tehran: Iran on Wednesday secretly executed a political prisoner who had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2018 and of being a member of an opposition Kurdish party, rights groups revealed. This came two days after activists reported the execution of another political prisoner. On Thursday, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 24, 2023

Iran Acknowledges Accusation it Enriched Uranium to 84%

Iran on Thursday directly acknowledged an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity for the first time, which would put it closer than ever to weapons-grade material. The acknowledgement by a news website linked to the highest reaches of Iran's theocracy renews pressure on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2023

Israeli Rocket Strike in Damascus Hit Iranian Military Experts

A rocket attack in Damascus on Sunday that Syria blamed on Israel hit an installation where Iranian officials were meeting to advance programs to develop drone or missile capabilities of Tehran's allies in Syria, sources told Reuters in an exclusive report published on Wednesday. Iran has been a major backer…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 23, 2023

Iran Foreign Minister in Iraq for Security Talks

Iran's top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with neighboring ally Iraq Wednesday to discuss border security and regional affairs. He noted the slow progress in talks in Vienna with world powers aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, which promised Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for cutting back its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 22, 2023

Report: Iran Says IAEA Resolving Nuclear Enrichment Ambiguities

Inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog are in Tehran and are resolving "ambiguities", Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the country's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami as saying on Wednesday. "Officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency are in Tehran and have been starting negotiations, visits and checks ... Ambiguities…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 22, 2023

Iran blames US for delay in prisoner swap deal

It remains unclear whether an agreement can be finalised as Tehran maintains Washington is acting in bad faith.

Al Jazeera · Feb 22, 2023

Israeli-linked Oil Tanker Struck In The Persian Gulf That Was Denied By Iran

Iran rejects Jerusalem's accusation that Tehran attacked an Israeli-linked oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.

Zenger · Feb 21, 2023