Italy has summoned Iran’s ambassador to demand the immediate release of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran

Crude oil exports out of Iran rebounded in the second half of December, from a slow start to the month, according to vessel-tracking firm TankerTrackers.com. Iran's crude oil exports have rebounded sharply after a slower first half of December 2024, the tracking service has posted on X, without providing numbers. Irans crude is not going to Syria now, TankerTrackers.com added. Before the ...

America should give diplomacy a final shotwhile preparing to use military force.

Israeli forces reported significant gains against Iran-backed terrorist groups, uncovering weapons and a tunnel in Gaza and striking a weapons storage facility in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Irans supreme leader urged Syrians to join the resistance against Israel.  

As Donald Trumps new advisory team prepares for his second term in the U.S.s highest office, the general feeling is that the much-vaunted Axis of Upheaval is at its lowest ebb to date. The aim of this axis driven by Chinese money, Russian military aggression, and the respective destabilising Middle East and Asian presences of Iran and North Korea is to replace the primacy of th...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a statement pushing the US to leave Syria after the overthrow of Assad.

The U.S. military launched airstrikes in Yemen, targeting the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group following recent missile threats against Israel. Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party criticized the inclusion of Uyghurs in Syrias armed forces, drawing attention to its own alleged genocide of the minority group.  

U.S. intelligence agencies have blamed the Iranian government for seeking to encourage protests in the U.S. over Israels war against Hamas in Gaza.

The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year's election.

Previously, we reported that Irans oil exports have seen a strong rebound under the Biden administration with the U.S. and its allies hoping to strike a new nuclear deal with Tehran after the Trump administration scuttled the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal of 2015. Under former President Donald Trump, Iranian oil production tumbled from 3.8 million barrels per day in early 2018...

The groups are accused of trying to 'stoke sociopolitical tensions' ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

U.S. officials previously warned of broader interference efforts during the 2024 presidential election.

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced sanctions against organizations in Iran and Russia for attempting to influence U.S. elections during the last general election cycle.

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions against Russia and Iran in response to efforts by both countries to influence the 2024 election. The Governments of Iran and Russia have targeted our election processes and institutions and sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns, Bradley T. Smith, the acting Under Secretary...

The Biden administration imposed new sanctions on Russian and Iranian entities over their attempts to interfere in the 2024 election.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned entities in Iran and Russia that attempted to interfere with the 2024 election. The two entities sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) include the Cognitive Design Production Center (CDPC) a subsidiary organization of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is considered a ...

The sanctions are against a center of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliates of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate.

For more than a year, Yemens Houthi rebels have launched long-distance missile and drone attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping. After Israel largely subdued its Iran-allied enemies closer at hand, it is struggling to deter the Houthis on its own.