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'Keep protesting, help is on its way', Trump tells Iranians amid unrest

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) called on protesters in Iran to continue demonstrating, saying that assistance would arrive soon, without sharing further details. IMAGE: A person...

Iran says forces ready for war; accuses US, Israel of stoking unrest

Iran's armed forces, backed by the nation, are fully prepared to respond to any aggression against the country, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated on Monday, Iranian state...

Our skies were filled with drones: Indian students in Iran

'The condition was getting worse here every minute' IMAGE: A man stands inside his damaged house at an impact site following the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran. Photograph: Majid...

Trump exits G7 Summit early 'to deal with Middle East'

US President Donald Trump has cut short his visit to Canada, where he was to attend G7 Summit meetings, to return to Washington, DC, a day earlier amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel....

4 dead, 500 injured in 'massive explosion' at Iranian port city

At least four people were killed and 516 others were injured on Saturday in a massive explosion and fire at the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, more than 1,000km south of capital Tehran,...

Iranian judoka Mollaei to compete in tournament in Israel

IMAGE: Saeid Mollaei, a former judo world champion, fled Iran for Germany after saying Iranian authorities had put pressure on him to drop out of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo to avoid a...

Iran will issue visas for US wrestlers

Bahram Ghasemi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, issued a telegram message on Sunday noting that visas would be issued for the Americans partly because of the decision by a US federal...

Iranian banned for two years for drugs

Iranian boxer Salman Karimi, who withdrew from the Athens Olympics after saying he had broken his hand, has tested positive for drugs and been banned for two years, the official news agency IRNA...

Iran calls London 2012 logo "racist": report

Iran said on Monday it might boycott the 2012 London Olympics because of the event's "racist" logo, which resembles the word Zion, the official Irna news agency reported. The secretary general of...

Fans trampled to death after Iran match

Five Iran soccer fans have been trampled to death after a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Japan in Tehran, the state news agency state IRNA news agency reports. They died as the 100,000-strong...