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The Iranian minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is part of a delegation from Tehran currently visiting Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Interpol has issued a red alert seeking his arrest at the request of Argentina, the ministry said in a statement.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the United States will impose new sanctions targeting Iran, including its missile and drone program as well as the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian defense ministry.

Traders were also digesting figures showing Chinese expansion easily beat expectations in the first three months of the year but retail and industrial data came in well below par, suggesting leaders have much work to do to kickstart growth.

Security forces increased the vigilance on the Israeli Embassy and several Jewish organizations

The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up some 43% on 2022.

Meta on Thursday said it had removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for violating its content policy.

The killing of three US troops is dragging the United States further into a proxy war with Iran that President Joe Biden had hoped to avoid and that he still hopes can be contained.

Iran's foreign minister was in Pakistan for talks Monday, as both nations sought to ease tensions after deadly cross-border strikes threatened diplomatic relations.

The UK is taking threats of foreign interference elections expected later this year "very seriously", the defence minister said Sunday, after a warning from a counter-terrorism official.

Pakistan said Wednesday that Iran carried out an air strike on its territory that killed two children, after Tehran launched attacks in Iraq and Syria against what it called "anti-Iranian terrorist groups".

The United States has charged an Iranian and a Chinese national with allegedly supplying microelectronics to Iran for use in the drone program of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi makes his first official visit to Turkey on Tuesday, hoping to paper over past differences and forge a forceful joint response to Israel's actions in Gaza.

It is the second time in roughly two weeks that the United States has targeted a location in Syria it said was tied to Iran, which supports an array of groups that Washington blames for a spike in attacks on its forces in the Middle East.

Veteran rights activist Mohammadi, 51, currently held in Tehran's Evin prison, was awarded the Nobel prize in October "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran".

Repeated attacks on American troops in the Middle East risk drawing the United States into a conflict with Iran even as Washington strives to prevent fighting between Israel and Hamas from spiraling into a regional war.

American and allied forces deployed in Iraq and Syria as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition have been repeatedly targeted by drone and missile attacks this month.

Armenia and Azerbaijan joined talks Monday in Tehran seeking to ease tensions between the arch foes, which soared with Baku's lightning offensive to retake the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The United States accused Iran on Monday of "actively facilitating" attacks on US bases in the Middle East as it confirmed it had sent a small number of military advisors to Israel.

The United States has also been highlighting Russia's withdrawal from a UN-backed deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine to emerging markets.

The objective was to bolster Iran's defenses against Israel in Syria and to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, claimed sources.

Iran has carried out its first execution against protesters, hanging to death Mohsen Shekari on Dec. 8.

Christian Pulisic took to social media while on his hospital bed to let everyone know he’d be ready to go for Team USA’s Round of 16 match on Saturday against the Netherlands.

The World Cup has been filled with expected controversy and protests due to Qatar’s history of human rights violations. Here are a few ways in which fans and teams are taking stands in their own way at Qatar’s World Cup.

Iran’s national soccer team reportedly faces retribution after losing against the USA in the FIFA World Cup.

The United States men's national soccer team, in a must win situation advance to the knockout rounds of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Iranian government reportedly threatened its players’ families ahead of Iran's match against the United States.

Iran has called on Fifa to kick out the United States from the World Cup 2022 after its Allah emblem was taken out of its flag and posted on social media recently but temporarily.

Iran's football players refused to sing their country’s national anthem before the team's opening match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A Spanish trekker traveling to Qatar for the World Cup was confirmed on Wednesday to have been arrested by the Iranian government for allegedly visiting the grave of Mahsa Amini.