The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Iran Plotted to Kidnap Israel's Moshe Ya'alon

Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence service has exposed Iranian attempts to kidnap Israeli officials and businessmen to Tehran.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 21, 2022

UN envoy: US sanctions on Iran worsen humanitarian situation

A United Nations special envoy says that the sweeping U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran have badly impacted the country's economy and worsened the humanitarian situation in the Persian Gulf nation

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

Analysis-For Riyadh, Hezbollah setback is rare good news from Lebanon

For Saudi Arabia, losses for Iran's allies in a Lebanese general election mark a rare piece of good news from a country where Tehran has long been ascendant, and could play to Riyadh's advantage in a regional tussle for influence.

Reuters · May 18, 2022

Schools, Offices Close in Tehran as Sandstorm Hits Iran

Schools and government offices closed in the Iranian capital on Tuesday and elsewhere in the country after yet another sandstorm blanketed Tehran, state TV reported. The report said the air quality was very poor and that the pollution from the dust was high. It was the third severe sandstorm in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 17, 2022

Iran State TV Air Footage of French Couple Accused of Spying

Iran's state television on Tuesday showed what it described as details of the arrest of two French citizens earlier this month, saying they were spies who had sought to stir up unrest. Iran's intelligence ministry had said on May 11 it had arrested two Europeans for allegedly fomenting "insecurity" in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 17, 2022

Iran Says Awaits US Response to Nuclear Talks 'Solutions'

Iran said on Monday it awaited the US response to "solutions" discussed with the EU envoy for breaking a stalemate in talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal. The European Union's coordinator for nuclear talks with Iran, Enrique Mora, held two days of discussions with Iran's chief negotiator Ali…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 16, 2022

Paris Warns of Consequences of Not Signing Nuclear Deal

Three days after European Union envoy Enrique Mora visited Tehran in a bid to help restart the 2015 nuclear deal, a French source expressed pessimism over the prospects of progress. Talks to revive the deal with world powers have been on hold since March, chiefly over Tehran’s insistence that Washington…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 16, 2022

Iran respects Lebanese people's decision in parliamentary vote - official

Iran said on Monday it respected the votes cast by people in Lebanon’s parliamentary election, where unofficial results showed some of Tehran-backed Hezbollah's oldest allies suffering losses and their opponents gaining more seats.

Reuters · May 16, 2022

Iran's Top Negotiator: Countries Seek to Neutralize Effects of Sanctions

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani announced that several countries had asked Iran for ways to "neutralize effects of sanctions," noting Tehran is serious about the Vienna negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei insists on neutralizing the effects of sanctions. Speaking on the sidelines…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 16, 2022

‘The Foreign Office has forgotten us’: Morad Tahbaz’s daughter speaks out on him still being incarcerated in Iran

He should have been sent home with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in March, yet Moran Tahbaz is still being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Now his eldest daughter Roxanne is demanding action

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022