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Bahrain sentences 12 people for life for spying, Iran links

Reuters: A Bahraini court has sentenced 12 men to life in prison for spying, receiving training from Iran's Revolutionary Guard and processing weapons and...

Syria elections set for June 3 amid civil war

AP: Syria called a presidential election for June 3, aiming to give President Bashar Assad a veneer of electoral legitimacy in the midst of...

Oman fights Saudi bid for gulf hegemony with Iran pipeline plan

Bloomberg: Oman’s plan to build a $1 billion natural-gas pipeline from Iran is the latest sign that Saudi Arabia is failing to bind its smaller...

Iran foreign minister to visit Russia next week

AFP: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to Russia next week for a meeting of the countries that border the Caspian Sea, the...

Syria rebels get US-made missiles: source

AFP: Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad for the first time received at least 20 US-made TOW anti-tank missiles from a "Western source,"...

Report: Pakistani vessels at Iranian naval drill

AP: Iran's official news agency is reporting that Pakistani naval vessels have arrived at the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for an upcoming...

West, Middle East powers warn against Syria election

AFP: Eleven Western and Middle Eastern powers on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against holding elections, saying that the vote would have no credibility...

Iran leads Hezbollah shake-up after massive security failures

The Tower: Iran dispatched a high-ranking military officer to Lebanon to lead a cleanup of Hezbollah after feared leaks to the West and Israel and...

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Free Iran 2026 Summit in Paris Draws International Support for Democratic Change in Iran

PARIS, June 20, 2026 — Political leaders, former government officials, parliamentarians, and human rights advocates from Europe and North...

Iran’s Water Crisis: Women on the Front Lines of a Silent Disaster

Iran’s water crisis is no longer merely an environmental or economic challenge; it has become one of the country’s...

Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a report on child labor titled "Childhood on a Work Shift,"...

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Livelihood Protests Erupt Across Iran Again

Protests once again flared up in cities across Iran....

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AP: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that...

Iran expecting Western interest in energy sector

UPI: Iran expects Western investors to come to Tehran...