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Shia Muslims and world leaders condemn Saudi executions

Shia Muslims around the world are furious with Saudi Arabia over the execution of one of their leading clerics, and acts of violence against Sunnis

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-Iranian rift escalates over executed cleric

Two days after Sunni Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi’ite cleric, thousands have marched in Baghdad and Iraq’s southern Shi’ite cities to

Bahrain

Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

World News

Iran hits out at Saudi Arabia as row over cleric's execution escalates

Iran has again lashed out at Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed diplomatic relations amid violent protests following its execution of a prominent

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic ties with Iran

Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic ties with Iran following the storming of its embassy in Tehran. Iran’s envoy has been given 48 hours to quit the

Saudi Arabia

Iranians protest against Saudi execution of Shi'ite cleric al-Nimr

Hundreds of Shi’ite Muslims protested in Tehran on Sunday against Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Demonstrators

Iran

Iran's Rouhani urges Muslim countries to unite

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday (December 27) called on Muslim countries around the world to unite and fix Islam's public image.

World News

Traffic fumes pushing Tehran's pollution to alarmingly high levels

The past few days have been particularly bad, with the government acknowledging that the air quality is unhealthy for the city's residents

Yemen

Yemen: Both sides accuse the other as ceasefire breaks down

Up to 42 people have reportedly been killed as the recently-brokered truce in Yemen appeared to be in tatters. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire

Iran

UN nuclear watchdog ends probe into Iran's weapons programme

The UN nuclear watchdog, has ended its 12-year investigation into whether Iran once had a secret nuclear weapons programme. It’s a symbolic victory

World News

What do Russia and Iran think about Saudi Arabia’s coalition initiative?

World News

UN nuclear watchdog ends investigation into Iran's past nuclear weapons programme

Iran welcomed on Tuesday a decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency to end an investigation into Tehran’s past nuclear activities, the

World News

Iran slams Turkey's role in anti-ISIL alliance as hypocrisy

The Saudi’s diplomatic recipe for an Islamic response to ISIL has been welcomed by some and condemned by some. The US says the 34-nation military

Greece

Police remove hundreds of migrants blocked at Greek-Macedonian border

The migrants, mostly from Pakistan, Morocco and Iran, are expected to be taken to Athens on buses

Russia

Syrian conflict dominates talks between Russia and Iran in Tehran

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s leadership have called for closer ties at a meeting on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Economy

Iran boosts gas export capacity with eye on post-sanctions era

The Russian President Vladimir Putin on his first visit to Iran in eight years has held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Ostensibly for a

USA

Netanyahu urges US to keep pressure on Iran

Strongly opposed to the nuclear accord between world powers and the Iranians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have accepted that

Economy

Iran's just mad about saffron...and is looking to make it a major earner

It is one of the world’s most precious products, worth more than its weight in gold. Saffron, prized at dinner tables around the world, is a spice

Iran

EU-Iran relations at 'key stage' says Schulz

The president of the European Parliament said relations between the EU and Iran are beginning a new chapter. Martin Schulz was meeting with key

Iran

Iran: 36 years and a nuclear deal have still not healed the rift with the US

On the 36th anniversary of the start of the US Embassy siege in Tehran, euronews takes a look at the state of relations between Washington and Iran