Iran says refugees can return home if they have not committed 'crimes'

“Conditions for the entry of Iranian refugees have been prepared … provided they have not committed other criminal acts,” Hossein Nooshabadi, the ministry’s director general for parliamentary and legal affairs, told the semi-official ILNA news...

Iran's 'Virgin Mary' metro station blows minds, ignites debate

ALBAWABA - Iran has opened the "Holy Virgin Mary" metro station on its Line Six in the capital, Tehran, last Monday, leaving people stunned with the prettiness of the new place and a little bit confused, considering that Iran is ruled by Islamic...

Iranian Kurdish dissident shot dead in Turkey's Istanbul: Reports

An Iranian Kurdish dissident was shot dead while walking home in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described as a political assassination. Masoud Nazari moved to Istanbul a decade ago due to his opposition to the...

Iranian Kurdish dissident shot dead outside home in Istanbul, reports say

Masoud Nazari, a Kurdish religious and political activist from the city of Javanrud in Iran’s Kermanshah province, was shot several times late Tuesday as he returned from a mosque to his home in Istanbul’s Arnavutköy district, the Turkish news...

Iranian court gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens for spying

An Iranian lower court handed heavy prison sentences to two French citizens charged with spying for France and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, a week after Paris and Tehran indicated progress in talks to release...

Iranian vessels arrive in Azerbaijan to participate in AZIREX-2025 joint exercise

Baku, October 15, AZERTAC Servicemen and vessels of the Iranian Navy have entered Azerbaijan’s territorial waters and reached the designated meeting point to participate in the AZIREX-2025 joint search and rescue exercise, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of...

Iran bars jailed activist’s wife visits over hijab refusal, inmates say

“We believe the decision by prison officials to deny him and his wife visitation on the pretext of hijab is a form of white torture against this prisoner and his family,” the inmates said in a joint letter signed by 12 detainees. Khandan, who is...

Iran Prisoners Stage Protest, Hunger Strike Against Executions, Say Activists 

Inmates detained inside one of Iran's largest prisons have for the last two days staged a sit-in protest and a hunger strike against the growing number of executions in the country, rights groups said Wednesday. The protest at Ghezel Hesar prison...

Deportation means death for Iran dissident in ICE lockup, supporters say

Erfan Qaneifard, a critic of Tehran's clerical establishment, has been in a US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) detention center in Texas for over six months. His strident rebukes of the Islamic Republic in books and editorials for...

Zionists fundamentally misread Iran due to their own echo chambers

Despite failing to weaken Iran, US and Israeli think tanks push for another war, driven by arrogance and delusion, repeating past defeats. Baffled by a lack of results from their first attempt at delivering a crippling blow against Iran,...

'Political extortion': Iran urges NAM to reject ‘illegal’ snapback sanctions

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the re-imposition of UN sanctions against Iran is “groundless and illegitimate.” The Iranian minister called on the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to reject such “invalid” maneuvers by the...

Want to get into the films of Iran's Jafar Panahi, who went from imprisonment to Cannes? He's happy to help

As a child born in a working-class neighborhood in south Tehran, future director Jafar Panahi would save all the pocket change his father gave him so he could go to the movies. Yet it was a role in front of the camera that positioned him to become...

In blow to Iran-Hamas, Trump sold peace deal to Arab world on sidelines at UN last month

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 14, 2025 Many years ago, a senior British diplomat told a few of us UN correspondents outside the Security Council, and I paraphrase, “That no matter what you see transpiring in the Middle...

Iran to begin direct flight operations to Pakistan from October 29

Iran Air has announced the launch of its flight operations to Pakistan, beginning with a weekly direct flight between Mashhad and Lahore starting October 29, marking the resumption of air connectivity between the two cities. According to the...

Is Iran banned from the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

JUMP TO: With the 2026 FIFA World Cup fast approaching, the list of qualified teams is beginning to take shape. As of the end of the October international break, 28 of the 48 spots have been secured. Global sporting events often highlight cultural...

Iran gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens for ‘spying’ for France and Israel

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Pezeshkian's UN speech: A hypocrisy that insults Iranians and fools the world

Watching Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian address the United Nations General Assembly was not only nauseating but also infuriating for millions of Iranians. To hear a man with the blood of countless citizens on his hands lecture the world about...

Iran prisoners stage protest, hunger strike against executions: activists

The protest at Ghezel Hesar prison in the city of Karaj outside Tehran was triggered by the transfer of up to 16 inmates to solitary confinement ahead of execution, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and US-based Human Rights Activists News...

Why did Iran snub Trump's peace summit?

Donald Trump's Gaza peace summit was missing a major player in Middle East politics – Hamas's foremost ally, Iran. The Iranian government confirmed it received a formal invitation to the summit in Sharm El Sheikh, where mediators Egypt, the US,...

Afghan, Iranian officials talk anti-narcotics cooperation

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The governor of western Herat province has met with the head of Iran’s Anti-Narcotics Police, with both sides discussing and exchanging views on strengthening joint cooperation in the fight against drugs. Mufti Mohammad Yusuf...