Middle East

Washington believes Tehran should engage the IAEA without further delay and a failure to do so would contradict Iran's stated desire for both parties to resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal.

Following the violent death on Thursday of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, angry Palestinians call for PA President Mahmoud Abbas to step down.

The New York Times reports facility allegedly targeted this week had appeared on a list of possible targets Israel presented to the administration of former US President Donald Trump in early 2020.

"An agreement has been reached to remove all insurance, oil and shipping sanctions that were imposed by (former US President Donald) Trump," Rouhani's chief of staff says.

At least 48% of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls were associated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad's activities in the Strip during the 11-day conflict, a report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center finds.

Nournews, a website believed to be close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported Wednesday that the attack was foiled “before causing any damage to the building."

Issa Amro had criticized PA policies in a series of social media posts and accused it of arresting others for political reasons. The Palestinian Authority faces a crisis of legitimacy after calling off what would have been its first elections in 15 years.

EU had tried to bury uncomfortable findings, stall publication of report that found Palestinian curriculum incites antisemitism and violence and encourages martyrdom.

Ebrahim Raisi, who described himself as a "defender of human rights," asserts that Washington "is obliged to lift all oppressive sanctions against Iran."