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Fire at drug rehabilitation center in Iran kills 27 people and injures 17 others, state media say
A fire has broken out at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran on Friday, killing at least 27 people. State TV says 17 others were injured and taken to hospitals in Langroud city.
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US strikes 2 Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops
The Pentagon says the U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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U.S. and Qatar agree to not release Iran's $6B
The U.S. and Qatari governments have agreed to block Iran from accessing any of the $6 billion it gained access to as part of a prisoner swap deal between the Biden administration and Tehran last month, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats on Thursday, according to three sources familiar with his remarks, two of whom were in the...
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Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran’s capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
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U.S. senators ask Biden administration to push for release of Princeton grad student held by Iran-backed militia
Two U.S. senators are urging the Biden administration to appeal to the Iraqi government to help secure the release of a Princeton University graduate student believed to have been abducted by an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq six months ago.
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Five Americans freed from Iran arrive back in the US after prisoner swap
Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday after being freed as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets.
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Iran frees 5 American prisoners after $6 billion unfrozen
Five Americans were freed from Iran after some $6 billion once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar.
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5 Americans freed in prisoner swap with Iran land in Qatar
The Americans include Siamek Namazi, imprisoned for nearly eight years, and Emad Shargi and Morad Tahbaz. The two other Americans haven’t been identified.
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Iran names prisoners it wants from US in swap for detained Americans and $6 billion in frozen funds
Iran on Tuesday identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United States in exchange for five Iranian-Americans now held in Tehran and billions in assets once held by South Korea.
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US moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds
The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea without fear of U.S. sanctions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the move last week but Congress was not notified of the...
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US and Iran reach tentative deal to free five Americans. Here's what's behind the agreement
The complex deal was announced on Thursday when Iran moved four of the five Americans from prison to house arrest. Here’s what we know about the agreement.
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‘Bring my father back': Family of Virginia man held in Iran shares hopes he'll be freed
Shahab Dalili, a U.S. national, has been in an Iran prison since 2016. As part of an agreement, four U.S. prisoners were released in Tehran and placed on house arrest, but Dalili remains. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Iran transfers 5 Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest in step toward deal for ultimate release
Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, a move supporters hope is the first move toward their eventual release.
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Iran's morality police return to streets in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress
Iranian police have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf. Morality police returned to the streets on Sunday.
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LISTEN: Recording suggests Trump knew ‘highly confidential' military documents were not declassified
A 2021 audio recording appears to capture former President Donald Trump showing “highly confidential” military documents to an author, publisher and two Trump staffers at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, acknowledging that it was not declassified and that he no longer had the authority to declassify it.
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US Bomb Designed to Hit Targets Like Iran Underground Nuclear Sites Briefly Reappears Amid Tensions
The U.S. Air Force on May 2 released rare images of the weapon, the GBU-57, known as the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator.” Then it took the photos down.
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia and Iran for Wrongful Detention and Hostage-Taking of American Citizens
The administration has identified at least two American citizens wrongfully detained in Russia and three in Iran along with one legal permanent U.S. resident.
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US Deploys Guided-Missile Submarine Amid Tensions With Iran
The U.S. Navy has dispatched a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East.
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Iran Says 110 Arrested Over Suspected Schoolgirl Poisonings
Iranian police say 110 suspects have been arrested in connection with the suspected poisoning of thousands of girls in schools across the country. Students say they have been sickened by noxious fumes in incidents dating back to November that have mainly occurred in girls’ schools. Authorities say they are investigating, but there has been no word on who might be...
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‘A Real and Imminent Threat': Security Experts Warn of Foreign Cyber Threat to 2024 Voting
Top state election and cybersecurity officials on Thursday warned about threats posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections, noting that America’s decentralized system of thousands of local voting jurisdictions creates a particular vulnerability.