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Satellite photos suggest Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack

Apr. 22, 2024 23:20 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite photos taken Monday suggest an apparent Israeli retaliatory strike targeting Iran's central city of Isfahan hit a radar system for a Russian-made air defense battery, contradicting repeated denials by officials in Tehran of any damage in the assault. The...

Satellite image analyzed by AP shows damage after Iranian attack on Israeli desert air base

Apr. 20, 2024 10:31 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran's unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The overall damage done to Nevatim air base...

U.S. and UK sanction Iranian firms involved in drone production in response to Tehran's attack on Israel

Apr. 18, 2024 09:32 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and UK sanction Iranian firms involved in drone production in response to Tehran's attack on Israel.

Analysis: Iran upends decades of shadow warfare in direct attack on Israel as tensions mount at home

Apr. 15, 2024 09:28 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercussions for its actions. But with both economic and political tensions at home boiling, the country's Shiite...

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says Tehran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel

Apr. 13, 2024 17:57 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says Tehran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel.

Iran frees 4 conservationists who worked to save cheetahs before being convicted of espionage

Apr. 09, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran released four conservationists who had worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before they were convicted on espionage charges and spent five years in prison, local media reported on Tuesday. The Tehran newspaper Etemad said authorities released on...

US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions

Mar. 15, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an advancing plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine. The Biden administration has raised...

US and allies warn Iran of new sanctions if Tehran moves forward with a ballistic missile deal with Russia

Mar. 15, 2024 11:07 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — US and allies warn Iran of new sanctions if Tehran moves forward with a ballistic missile deal with Russia.

Gerald Levin, the former Time Warner CEO who engineered a disastrous mega-merger, is dead at 84

Mar. 15, 2024 03:34 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISO (AP) — Gerald Levin, who led Time Warner Media into a disastrous $182 billion merger with the internet provider America Online, died Wednesday at the age of 84, according to media reports. Levin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, although his cause of death...

Hard-liners are leading in vote count in Iran’s parliamentary election after record-low turnout

Mar. 02, 2024 11:12 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's hard-liners are leading in an initial vote count in the capital Tehran, state media reported Sunday, following a record-low turnout in a parliamentary election. State-run IRNA news agency and state TV said 1,960 from 5,000 ballots in...