Iran

Madrid, Jun 22 (EFE).- Israel welcomed the overnight airstrikes by the United States on Iranian nuclear facilities, while Arab and Latin American nations condemned the move, whereas the United Nations and European Union urged restraint and renewed calls for a diplomatic solution. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi strongly condemned the...

Jerusalem/Tehran, (EFE).- Iranian Health Minister Hossein Kermanpour confirmed on Sunday that the death toll from the Israeli attacks that have been going on since Friday has reached 224 people, in addition to registering more than a thousand wounded. Kermanpour published the figures in an X message, where he also reported...

International Desk, (EFE).- At least 34 people were injured, including two critically, following Iran’s missile strike on Israeli territory on Friday. Israeli emergency teams confirmed that multiple buildings in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, known as Gush Dan, were hit, leaving several individuals trapped under rubble. Magen David Adom (MDA),...

Jerusalem/Tehran/Washington, June 13 (EFE).- Israel struck more than 100 targets in Iran early Friday, killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists for which Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has vowed “severe punishment.” In a seven-minute address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had launched Operation Rising Lion “to roll...

Tehran (EFE).- Iran rejected the recent International Atomic Energy Agency report on its nuclear program on Saturday, calling it “unbalanced, inaccurate, and politically motivated.” In a joint statement, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the country’s Atomic Energy Organization denounced the report as lacking balance and failing to provide...

Cannes, France, May 24 (EFE) – Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s «A Simple Accident» won on Saturday the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. Shocked, Panahi was initially glued to his seat, unable to get up, and once on stage, he was visibly moved. «It’s really difficult to speak,»...

Washington (EFE).- The United States government on Monday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program, targeting three Iranian nationals and a company called SPND, which it accuses of contributing significantly to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. «Iran continues to substantially expand its nuclear program and...

Tehran, Apr 12 (EFE) – Iran and the United States held talks in a «productive, calm and positive atmosphere» in Oman on Saturday in search of an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and will continue the dialogue in a week. «I think we are very close to a basis for...

Washington (EFE).- The United States imposed new sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, just days before Washington and Tehran are due to hold talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Oman over the weekend. In particular, the US government sanctioned five Iran-based entities and one individual for their support of Iran’s nuclear...

Washington, Mar 28 (EFE). – United States President Donald Trump warned Friday that «very bad things» will happen to Iran if it does not agree to sit down and negotiate with Washington over its nuclear program. «I sent them a letter just recently, and I said: you have to make...

Tehran, Jan 11 (EFE).- Iran has seized an “American oil tanker” in the Gulf of Oman, the Iranian Navy said Thursday. The Iranian military claimed that the St. Nikolas was seized on Thursday morning «in retaliation» for the alleged «theft» of Iranian oil by the United States in 2023. “The...

Baghdad, Nov 5 (EFE). – The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a new attack on the Ain al Asad military base housing US personnel in western Iraq, in the midst of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s unexpected visit to Baghdad. The Iranian-backed alliance of...