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UN nuclear agency’s board condemns Iran for the 2nd time this year for failing to fully cooperate

Nov. 21, 2024 19:09 PM EST

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Thursday condemned Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, the second time it has done so in just five months. The International Atomic Energy Agency also called on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running...

Militant attack on Pakistani border leaves 5 Iranian security forces dead, state media says

Nov. 10, 2024 21:24 PM EST

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A militant attack near the Pakistani border with Iran left five Iranian forces dead, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Sunday. The report said the dead were ethnic Baluch members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer Basij force and were...

For many Iranians, Trump’s return intensifies worries about war. Yet some see reasons for hope

Nov. 07, 2024 11:09 AM EST

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians, like many around the world, are divided on what Donald Trump's next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all-out war between Tehran and Washington, particularly as other conflicts rage in the region. Others hold out hope that America's 47th president might engage...

Iran's top diplomat says Tehran would respond to Israel's strike in a 'measured' way

Nov. 05, 2024 06:33 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday reiterated that his country does not seek an escalation in the Middle East but reserved the right to defend itself against Israel's attack with a “measured and calculative” response. Iranian officials are increasingly...

Russian rocket launches Iranian satellites into orbit as Moscow and Tehran expand ties

Nov. 05, 2024 02:23 AM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Tuesday blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from Vostochny launchpad in far eastern Russia and...

Today in History: November 4, Obama wins presidency in historic election

Nov. 04, 2024 00:02 AM EST

Today is Monday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2024. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John...

Iran's supreme leader threatens Israel and US with 'a crushing response' over Israeli attack

Nov. 02, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike...

Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

Oct. 31, 2024 04:32 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America's presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then. Iran remains locked in the Mideast...

Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base

Oct. 29, 2024 23:07 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s attack on Iran likely damaged a base run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that builds ballistic missiles and launches rockets as part of its own space program, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday showed. ...

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

Oct. 27, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran's onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite...