MUSCAT, Oman — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran believed to be linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 14 people and injuring about 750 others. Helicopters dumped water on the raging fire hours after the initial explosion, which happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third…
VIENNA, April 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said this week that if Iran did not strike a deal with the United States over its nuclear programme “there will be bombing”, adding to U.S. ally Israel’s long-standing threat to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Below are some of Iran’s main nuclear facilities. WHERE ARE IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES? Iran’s nuclear programme is spread over many locations. While the threat of Israeli…
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The Iranian middle class, long a force of political moderation, stability, economic growth, and the base of the country’s reform movement, is shrinking fast under the pressure of Western sanctions, researchers say. Left in its wake are rising societal resentments and an ever-increasing wealth gap. A study published in the European Journal of Political Economy has used an innovative method to investigate…
Citizen Lab found that an online network pushed out deepfake videos during Israel’s airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin Prison. An investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz reveals the Persian-language online campaigns indirectly funded by Israel In early 2023, Reza Pahlavi made his first official visit to Israel. He’s the son of the last shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979…
A few weeks ago, in a public act at the White House, with Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, surprised, Donald Trump – the man whom the prime minister and his followers are convinced they have in their pocket – announced that the United States was opening direct, high-level talks with Iran. The gap between what the U.S. president is doing…