A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran
Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.
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Iran releases 2 British Iranian citizens from prison
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, have now left the country. A third prisoner was released on furlough. Other foreigners remain imprisoned in Iran.
Iran is undergoing a mass vaccination campaign as omicron looms
Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic.
Iran nuclear talks are starting again. A lot has changed, and here's what's at stake
The deal provided Iran sanctions relief for limits on its nuclear program. But now there's new Iranian leadership and more uranium in their stockpile than when Trump abandoned the agreement.
Biden, other leaders say no easing sanctions until Iran slows its nuclear development
President Biden and three European allies say they are ready to return to the scuttled deal that eased sanctions against Iran, in return for Iran limiting its nuclear program.
His Family Fled Afghanistan. In Turkey, Other Afghans Help Them Build A New Life
The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.
The Journalist Iran Allegedly Sought To Kidnap Says She Would Have Been Killed
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist, says she is the target of an alleged kidnapping plot recently described in a federal indictment: "It's just obvious that they were going to execute me."
In A First, Iran's Sole Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes Emergency Shutdown
An official from the state electric company Tavanir said over the weekend that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last "for three to four days."
4 Things To Know About Iran's Election On Friday
Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. If polls are right, a hard-liner close to the supreme leader will win, with an exceptionally low voter turnout.
Iran's Largest Navy Ship Sinks In The Gulf Of Oman After Catching Fire
The Kharg was one of the Iranian navy's few ships capable of refueling other vessels at sea.