FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Iranian shores and Port of Bandar Abbas in the strait of Hormuz. Nicolas Economou | Reuters An explosion that hit a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday was caused by a gas leak, according to a preliminaryRead More →
Two armed members of Iran’s police special forces stand behind a country flag placed on an armored military vehicle during a pro-Government rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed President Donald Trump forRead More →
Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution. Several protests have erupted in downtown Tehran after business owners closed down their shops in reaction to a free-falling national currency, and no improvement appears in sight amid multiple ongoing crises. ShopkeepersRead More →
This week’s visit to Lebanon of senior Iranian politician Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, is seen as an attempt to smooth any feathers ruffled by rhetoric from Tehran about Hezbollah’s disarmament. In early August, the Lebanese government, under pressure from the United States, announced that itRead More →
