Strait of Hormuz crisis: US blockade continues despite ceasefire extension with IranPresident Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran. This decision comes at Pakistan's request. The United States awaits a unified proposa...
22 Apr, 2026, 06.19 AM IST
Iran executes two more opposition group members in latest crackdown: People's MujahedinIran has executed two more members of the People's Mujahedin group. Authorities state they were hanged for spying for Israel. These hanging...
20 Apr, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
World awaits fate of ceasefire after US seizes Iranian shipConcerns over a ceasefire collapse grew as the U.S. seized an Iranian cargo ship, prompting Iran to vow retaliation and reject further peac...
20 Apr, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Crackdown on demonstrators in Iran protests killed at least 4,029 people, activists sayIran violence : The agency has been accurate in previous rounds of unrest in Iran and relies on a network of activists on the ground to con...
20 Jan, 2026, 07.30 AM IST
Iran arrests 20 alleged spies of IsraelIran has arrested 20 individuals accused of being Mossad operatives, with some charges dropped and releases occurring. The judiciary vows s...
09 Aug, 2025, 03.35 PM IST
Iran executes alleged Mossad spy Ismail Fakhri by hangingIran has executed Ismail Fakhri, who was accused of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad. The hanging was carried out following ...
16 Jun, 2025, 01.27 PM IST
German-Iranian national executed in Iran; long time US resident was 'Israeli spy,' says TehranThe execution took place on Monday morning, as per state news agency IRNA, which described the 69-year-old as "Israeli-linked spy and sabot...
29 Oct, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Iran sentences two women journalists on charges linked to Amini protestsTwo women journalists in Iran have been sentenced to long prison terms for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian wo...
22 Oct, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leaderThe statement by Iran's judiciary head Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi offered for the first time a glimpse of the full scope of the government...
13 Mar, 2023, 11.22 PM IST
SCO countries should strive for judicial cooperation to make systems more approachable for common people: CJI ChandrachudIn his concluding address to the 18th meeting of chief justices/chairpersons of the Supreme Courts of the SCO member states hosted by Supre...
12 Mar, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
Iran executes British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari for spyingIranian state media broadcast a video on Thursday that they said showed that Akbari played a role in the 2020 assassination of Iran's top n...
14 Jan, 2023, 10.15 PM IST
Why did Iran execute a British national Alireza Akbari? Find out hereUK PM Rishi Sunak condemns Iran over Alireza Akbari's execution. Sunak says that he was 'appalled' and calls it 'a callous and cowardly act...
14 Jan, 2023, 04.39 PM IST
Iran hijab protest: Iranian parliament, judiciary are reviewing headscarf lawUnable to suppress the two months of protests against the forced Hijab mandate, the Iranian parliament and judiciary are finally looking in...
04 Dec, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Iran leader names hardline cleric as new judiciary headEjei's appointment by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei comes as Iran faces renewed criticism by Western human rights groups and intern...
01 Jul, 2021, 03.02 PM IST
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killingThe warrant was issued by a judge in Baghdad's investigative court tasked with probing the Washington-directed drone strike that killed Gen...
07 Jan, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Iran to free 10,000 prisoners in Persian New Year amnestySupreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei grants several mass amnesties a year marking the major Islamic and national holidays but this week’s ...
20 Mar, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
As Modi embraces Israel, Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei urges support for "oppressed Muslims" of KashmirKhamenei's timing is noteworthy, as his comments came in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel, which is no friend o...
05 Jul, 2017, 03.06 PM IST