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US sanctions group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong tied to Iran ballistic program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. said Tuesday it is sanctioning a group of people and firms from Iran, China and Hong Kong associated with the alleged development of Iran’s ballistic missile program. The network of seven people and six firms "facilitated procurement of sensitive and...
Iran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. The new missile...
Iran unveils latest version of ballistic missile amid wider tensions over nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran unveiled on Thursday what it called the latest iteration of its liquid-fueled Khorramshahr ballistic missile amid wider tensions with the West over its nuclear program. Authorities showed off the Khorramshahr-4 to journalists at an event in Tehran, with...
An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to experts and satellite imagery analyzed...
State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border, state TV reported Sunday. The fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan,...
Boeing 737 flown by Oman Air damaged by runway debris in Iran, stranding aircraft
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman Air said Tuesday that one of its Boeing 737s had been grounded in Iran after sustaining damage “caused by debris on the runway” at Shiraz International Airport. The Muscat-based flag carrier for the sultanate did not elaborate on what...
France says 2 citizens held in Iran freed from prison, on way to Paris
PARIS (AP) — A French citizen and another holding dual French-Irish nationality have been freed from an Iranian prison, French authorities said Friday, the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring them home. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a...
Iran hangs 2 in rare blasphemy case as executions surge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran hanged two men Monday convicted of blasphemy, authorities said, carrying out rare death sentences for the crime as executions surge across the Islamic Republic following months of unrest. Iran remains one of the world's top executioners,...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes tanker in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program. The taking of the...
Iran TV airs footage of commandos seizing US-bound tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Masked Iranian navy commandos conducted a helicopter-borne raid to seize a U.S.-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, footage aired by Iran's state television showed Friday. The capture on Thursday of the Turkish-managed, Chinese-owned Advantage...
