Iran Europe and Iran fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions The Europeans’ concern over Iran's nuclear programme has only grown since Tehran cut off all cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. 26/08/2025
Yemen Death toll from Israeli strikes on Yemen's capital rises to 10 The Israeli strikes hit a facility owned by Yemen’s main oil company along with a power plant and a military site in an area where the presidential palace is located, according to the Houthis and Israel's military. 25/08/2025
Iran Iran’s FM to hold call with Europeans to discuss nuclear programme The call comes as the three parties to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal threaten to reimpose sanctions under a mechanism known as "snapback". 22/08/2025
Belarus Russian allies Belarus and Iran agree to boost bilateral defence ties Lukashenka, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, allowed Russia to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for Moscow’ full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and later allowed the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles. 21/08/2025
Poland Russian military drone crashes and explodes in eastern Poland A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the media that the drone was a Russian version of the Shahed model, which is produced by Iran. 20/08/2025
Lebanon Hezbollah refuses to hand over its weapons to Lebanese government Hezbollah's Naim Qassem rejected Lebanon's decision to disarm the Iran-backed militant group, calling it a US-Israeli order and warning of a major crisis. 15/08/2025
Iran Iran’s president criticises Netanyahu's pledge to help in water crisis Pezeshkian's response came as Netanyahu addressed Iranians in a video message on Tuesday, pledging that Israel would help solve the country’s severe water shortages once Iran is “free” from the current government. 14/08/2025
Iran Iran says it detained 21,000 'suspects' during 12-day Israel conflict Iranian police say 261 suspects of espionage and 172 people accused of unauthorised filming were arrested in the security forces' crackdown. 12/08/2025
Iran Iran executes man accused of Israel espionage and another for IS links Rouzbeh Vadi shared classified information about an Iranian nuclear scientist to Israel’s intelligence service, the Mossad, state media reported. 06/08/2025
Iran France, Germany and allies warn of growing Iranian intelligence plots Several NATO allies, as well as Austria, accused Iranian intelligence services of killing, kidnapping, and harassment in Europe and North America, calling it a violation of sovereignty. 01/08/2025
Europe News Iran and E3 nations to resume nuclear talks after Istanbul meeting The E3 nations reiterated that the "snapback" mechanism remains an option if Tehran fails to cooperate with the IAEA and reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium. 25/07/2025
World News Iran sends telecom satellite Nahid-2 into orbit on Russian rocket The Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on Friday morning, carrying the Nahid-2 satellite and 18 other small payloads, according to Iranian state media. 25/07/2025
Iran Iran says it's ready for nuclear talks if US works to rebuild trust Iran is set to meet on Friday in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3 nations, and the European Union’s deputy foreign policy commissioner. 24/07/2025
USA Trump says US could hit Iran's nuclear sites again 'if necessary' "We will do it again, if necessary!" US President Donald Trump warned after Iran's foreign minister said three nuclear facilities had been badly damaged in strikes in June. 22/07/2025
Iran Iran detains Franco-German cycling tourist Lennart Monterlos Human rights groups have accused Tehran of carrying out a policy of hostage diplomacy, using Europeans and dual nationals as "bargaining chips" to facilitate its negotiations with the West. 11/07/2025
Europe News UK faces 'unpredictable threat' from Iran, intelligence report warns Between January 2022 and August 2023 there were at least 15 murder or kidnap attempts against British citizens or residents, the report said. 10/07/2025
World News Mossad was behind 2020 killing of top Iranian scientist, report claims New details reveal that the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was carried out with a remote-controlled automatic weapon. 10/07/2025
Iran Iran resumes international flights after a 20-day suspension Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire last month after a bloody conflict that saw Israel striking hundreds of Iranian military infrastructure targets and nuclear-related sites, and Iran firing missiles at Israel in return. 04/07/2025
Europe News Iran charges two imprisoned French nationals with spying for Israel The charges carry the death penalty. However, French diplomatic sources have stated that to their knowledge no sentence against the couple has been delivered as of yet. 03/07/2025
Iran Iran's nuclear programme set back by up to two years, Pentagon says US and Israel's joint strikes on Iran's main nuclear sites have delayed its program by up to two years, according to the Pentagon's latest assessment. Meanwhile, Iran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA. 03/07/2025