Amid high tensions ahead of resumption of nuclear talks, Tehran says air defenses shot at 2 UAVs near strategic Strait of Hormuz, causing them to change course

Media supervisory body shuts down Kelid after it published a front-page article with an image of the poverty line being drawn by a hand resembling Khamenei's

Five arrested in Ghana, Senegal and Tanzania on suspicion of planning attacks against tourists or businesspeople, after being trained in Lebanon, Channel 12 news reports

Kambiz Derambakhsh, known for sketch of faceless everyman, won acclaim and had his art published around the world before succumbing to virus

Air force units and ground forces participating in military exercises to prepare for 'foreign threats and any possible invasion'; drill taking place near strategic Strait of Hormuz

Wife of one of the men presents video evidence to police, but she asks court to spare the capital punishment; judges instead uphold her father's demand

The country's deputy army chief says exercise to take place in Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean, and parts of the Red Sea

Richard Ratcliffe stopped eating nearly two weeks ago to denounce the 'complacency' of the British government in case of his wife, imprisoned since 2016

Anniversary events staged in hundreds of cities across the country; head of powerful Islamic Republican Guards Corps vows defense of homeland

Capture of MV Sothys in Gulf of Oman has set off a diplomatic spat between Washington and Tehran, in the latest incident to cause maritime tensions in Mideast