US lawmakers want Starlink to get a waiver in heavily-sanctioned Iran
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen should give Elon Musk’s satellite Internet service Starlink clearance to operate in heavily sanctioned Iran as the country faces widespread protests, a bipartisan group of lawmakers said.
Musk...
Iran is allegedly mulling over an attempt to assassinate the United States’ ambassador to South Africa as retaliation for the American drone attack earlier this year that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force.
The news of Tehran’s purported...
South Africa wants to sell missiles to Iran
South Africa has applied to the United Nations Security Council to sell missiles worth R1.5 billion to Iran.
Iranians bypassing government Internet controls
More than two thirds of young Iranians are using illegal software to reach websites that are officially banned, government research cited by media said Monday
High-speed broadband against moral standards: religious leader
One of Iran’s highest clerical authorities has stated that high-speed and 3G Internet is “against Sharia” and “against moral standards”
Iran summons Facebook CEO Zuckerberg over privacy case
An Iranian judge has summoned Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to answer allegations that his company’s apps have breached people’s privacy
MTN furnishes African Union chairperson with gifts: report
MTN admits it has furnished the Ethiopian home of the new African Union head, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Iran has amended its internationally condemned law on stoning convicted adulterers to death to allow judges to impose a different form of execution, according to the revision seen by AFP on Thursday.
The controversial practice, in which stones are thrown at the partially buried offender, has...
Iran unveiled on Thursday a new drone, dubbed the Epic, capable of carrying out both surveillance and attack missions, the Mehr news agency reported.
Defence Minister General Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying the Epic, which can fly at high altitudes, is a "stealth aircraft that cannot be...
Iran, under global sanctions for its nuclear enrichment programme, on Tuesday launched a new uranium production facility and began operations in two extraction mines, state television said.
The mines in the city of Saghand in central Iran operate 350 metres (1,150 feet) underground and are...
Iranian media say authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country.
Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said on Tuesday that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran...
Senior Iranian clerics have criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug - a physical contact considered a sin under the country's strict Islamic codes.
The controversy follows a widely published photo showing Ahmadinejad embracing Chavez's mother at...