Iran is using their Fajr-5 Multiple Launch Rocket System to place naval mines in the Persian Gulf. This mine deployment has only been tested during naval exercises. If used in an actual conflict the ...

With only two former ministers receiving lenient sentences, the $3.7 billion embezzlement scheme has reignited national ...

This has allowed Tehran to use Iraq as a source of cash and power, helping fund its activities in the Middle East.

The purportedly God-fearing Islamic Republic of Iran has been exposed as one of the most corrupt countries on earth. Under a theocratic dictatorship, ruled by the mullahs since the overthrow of the ty ...

The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, in line with US ...

An Iranian court has sentenced two former ministers to prison over a multi-billion-dollar corruption case involving imported tea, the judiciary said Tuesday. The case, known in Iran as the Debsh ...

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President Trump wants to squeeze Iran's economy by reducing its crude oil exports to zero. But Iran's economy has already been in freefall for months.

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An Iranian court has sentenced two former ministers to prison over a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal linked to ...

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country.