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Iran top court upholds death sentence against dissident journalist Zam
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam for fueling…
Iran says ‘smart satellite-controlled machine gun’ killed top nuclear scientist
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial…
Iran Supreme Court to retry three linked to 2019 protests – IRNA
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed to retry three men over links to last year’s anti-government…
Iran tells IAEA it will accelerate underground uranium enrichment
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran plans to install hundreds more advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at an underground plant in breach…
Iran likely to hold off on retaliation over scientist’s killing: U.S. envoy
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the…
Turkish soldier killed in clash with YPG in northwest Syria: ministry
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash with People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the…
5-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Turkey
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A moderately strong earthquake hit southern Turkey on Thursday morning, according to Turkish disaster and…
Iran watchdog passes law on hardening nuclear stance, halting U.N. inspections
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iran’s Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to…
Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal to pursue peace talks
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to…
Draft bill hardening Iran’s nuclear stance clears first hurdle in parliament
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A draft bill requiring Iran’s government to pursue uranium enrichment of 20%, and to disregard…
Air strike kills IRGC commander at Iraq-Syria border: Iraqi officials
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border sometime…
UK concerned over Iran situation, awaiting full facts on scientist killing
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday he was concerned about the situation in…