Parisa Hafezi
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 06:10
The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station its first ground troops in Syria for the war against Islamic State, saying dozens of U.S. soldiers would be sent as advisers to groups fighting the militants.
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 06:29
Islamic State fighters have seized Syrian villages on the outskirts of Aleppo from rival insurgent fighters, a monitoring group said on Friday, despite Russian air strikes that Moscow says have targeted the militant group.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 06:48
Iran is refusing to significantly cut the number of centrifuges it intends to keep to produce nuclear fuel, making it hard to imagine a compromise at this week's talks with six powers, Western and Iranian officials said on Wednesday.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 06:40
Shi'te Muslim Iran is so alarmed by Sunni insurgent gains in Iraq that it may be willing to cooperate with Washington in helping Baghdad fight back, a senior Iranian official told Reuters.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:26
Iran said it hopes enough progress will be made with major powers this week to enable negotiators to start drafting by mid-May a final accord to settle a long-running dispute over its nuclear program.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 08:52
Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military movements say.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 12:20
"The new generation of long-range ground-to-ground ballistic missile with a fragmentation warhead and the laser-guided air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile dubbed Bina (Insightful) have been successfully test-fired."
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:20
"The Bina missile is capable of striking important targets such as bridges, tanks and enemy command centres with great precision."
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:38
The United States believes detente between Turkey and Iran is important to wider stability in the Middle East, a strategic breakthrough Washington hopes to achieve from talks that world powers are pursuing with Tehran to curb its nuclear program.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 06:42
Khamenei was speaking hours before the resumption of talks between Iran and the European Union in Geneva.