Category: Iranian

US Deploying Fighter Jets, Navy Destroyer to Gulf After Iran Attempts to Seize Oil Tankers

The United States is sending fighter jets as well as a Navy destroyer to the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman in order to bolster security and deter threats to commercial ships, the Defense Department announced on July 17. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a press briefing that the F-35 fighters and F-16…


US Sanctions Iranian Firm for Helping Government Censor Internet

WASHINGTON—The U.S. imposed sanctions on an Iran-based technology firm on Friday for its role in facilitating the Iranian government’s censorship of the internet as anti-government protests have swept the country since September. A firm known as Arvan Cloud, its co-founders Pouya Pirhosseinloo and Farhad Fatemi, and a United Arab Emirates-based firm were all sanctioned for…


Canada Sanctions More Iran Guard Corps Members, Police After Toronto Rally Criticism

Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as well as a company that creates armoured vehicles and a cybersecurity training institute. The Tehran commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a…


US Conducts Airstrikes in Syria After 1 Killed in Suspected Iranian Drone Attack on Base

The U.S. military carried out an airstrike in Syria on Thursday after a drone attacked a U.S. base, killing one and injuring six more, including service members, according to the Department of Defense (DOD). In a late Thursday night statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that he had authorized U.S. Central Command forces to carry out…


US Curbs Exports to Iranian Firms for Producing Drones for Russia

WASHINGTON—The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce said. The firms and other organizations were added to a U.S. export control list for those engaged in activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy…


US Charges 3 in Plot to Kill Iranian-American Author in NYC

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has charged three men as part of an Iran-backed plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses, officials said Friday. The men, Rafat Amirov, 43, of Iran, Polad Omarov, 38, of the Czech Republic and Slovenia and Khalid Mehdiyev, 24, of Yonkers, New…


LIVE NOW: Rights Activist and Members of Congress Hold Press Conference on Iran Protests

U.S. Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi, and House leaders hold a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 27, to discuss the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and to highlight a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the people of Iran. The Epoch Times will…


Rights Activist and Members of Congress Hold Press Conference on Iran Protests

U.S. Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi, and House leaders hold a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 27, to discuss the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and to highlight a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the people of Iran. The Epoch Times will…


Persepolis: The Persian Paradise | Arkeo Ep11 | Documentary

Nestled in the Iranian highlands lies the cradle of the Persian Empire. Persians built the city of Persepolis, an architectural masterpiece. Recent discoveries are nevertheless shedding new light on Persepolis. …


German Police Detain Iranian Suspected of Planning ‘Islamist-Motivated’ Attack

CASTROP-RAUXEL, Germany—German police have taken into custody a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an “Islamist-motivated” attack, authorities in western Germany said on Sunday. The residence of the suspect in the city of Castrop-Rauxel was searched as part of the investigation, according to a joint press release…