Iran

Shot in secret, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' calls out Iran's authoritarian regime

1:33pm December 11, 2024

Earlier this year, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his country to escape an eight-year prison sentence. His new film centers on a middle class family grappling with Iran's social unrest.

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United Nations nuclear agency again condemns Iran for failing to fully cooperate

1:08am November 22, 2024

The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

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DOJ brings charges in an alleged Iranian murder-for-hire plot against Trump

7:01pm November 08, 2024

Federal prosecutors charged a man who said he had been tasked by a contact in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect.

U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack

5:57am November 03, 2024

The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to the AP by the U.S. State Department, came as Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the American Embassy takeover and hostage crisis on Sunday.

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel, U.S. with 'crushing response' to Israeli attack

8:15am November 02, 2024

Iran's supreme leader threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. The Pentagon said Friday that more U.S. forces would be coming to the region.

Hezbollah picks cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group

10:54am October 29, 2024

The cleric takes over after Israel killed Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb in late September.

Israel conducts retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian military targets

8:02pm October 25, 2024

Israel conducted airstrikes on "military targets in Iran," as Tehran was rocked by a series of explosions. Israel said the targets included missile manufacturing and surface-to-air missile sites.

U.S. investigating unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel attack plans

10:34pm October 19, 2024

The U.S. is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel's plans to attack Iran, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever

12:00pm October 07, 2024

The Hamas-led assault that killed 1,200 people triggered a devastating Israeli military response in Gaza. Now the war has engulfed Lebanon and threatens to bring Israel and Iran into direct conflict.

Vigils and protests mark 1 year since Hamas attacks on Israel as fighting rages on

5:56am October 07, 2024

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. Protests are planned to demand a cease-fire to the war that has killed nearly 42,000 in Gaza.