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Saudi soccer team refuses to play in Iran over busts of slain general, in potential diplomatic row
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi soccer team refused to play a match in Iran on Monday because of the presence of busts of a slain Iranian general placed on the sidelines, Saudi state media reported. The Saudi Al Ittihad club was scheduled to play Iran's Sepahan in the...
Today in History: September 27, Taliban take power in Afghanistan
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2023. There are 95 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 27, 1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of...
US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit this week in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran's ballistic missile...
A fire breaks out for the second time at a car battery factory run by Iran's Defense Ministry
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday at a car battery factory owned by Iran's Defense Ministry for the second time in less than a week, state media reported. No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted in an area where plastic waste is stored, state TV said. Iranian...
Iran says it has successfully launched an imaging satellite into orbit amid tensions with the West
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Wednesday that it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be used to develop nuclear weapons. Iran's...
A fire at an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory has been extinguished, report says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire in a storage area of an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory north of the capital has been extinguished, state TV reported Friday. The fire happened around midnight in a 2-square-kilometer (about 500-acre) storage area of plastic items in the...
Iran's president says US should ease sanctions to demonstrate it wants to return to nuclear deal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Wednesday that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions. He told a news conference...
Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them. The move came just days after the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini,...
Iran's president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. ...
Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: 'Freedom!'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared “Freedom!” after being let go as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets. ...
