Middle East

In Iran, which has the highest COVID-19 death toll in the Middle East, less than 2% of the country’s 84 million people have received both doses.

Mohammed Javad Zarif presents parliament with 264-page document which claims that if Iran rejoins nuclear deal, not only will economic restrictions be lifted, US will reverse decisions on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards.

Head of Future Movement Party Saad al-Hariri presents proposal for new cabinet to President Michel Aoun, but the two are unable to reach an agreement.

Accusations by US authorities that Iran is plotting to kidnap Iranians abroad who criticize the country are "baseless and ridiculous," says an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Saad al-Hariri says "this government can stop the collapse."

We couldn't believe our ears when we heard reports about a possible military coup in the summer of 2016.

After Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls President Isaac Herzog, a Turkish spokesman says that "a framework emerged under which advances should be made on several issues where improvements can be made."

"The Zionists, together with reactionary regimes in the region, emphatically opposed the nuclear deal from the outset." They thought the Iranian regime would collapse when Trump withdrew from the deal, "but that was a miscalculation," Iranian President Rouhani says.

The indictment in Manhattan federal court describes the plot as part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom, along with individuals in the United Arab Emirates, to Iran.