Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned that if the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) doesn’t close its file of past Iranian nuclear violations, the Islamic Republic will stop complying with the terms of the nuclear agreement it reached with the P5+1 powers, Iran’s semi-official PressTV news service reported on...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that the U.S. was attempting to infiltrate Iran using “money and sexual attractions,” the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Revolutionary Guard commanders that authorities should take concerns about “infiltration” seriously and political factions should not use the issue against...

Israel’s Interior Minister Silvan Shalom has issued an entry visa to the exiled and openly gay Iranian poet Payam Feili, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Feili, who was persecuted in Iran for his sexuality as well as his professed admiration for Israel, has been living in Turkey for the past...

A spike in Iranian hacking attacks on U.S. State Department officials has prompted Congress to boost the military’s ability to counter cyber-security threats, The New York Times reported Wednesday. James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, informed Congress in closed sessions that state-backed Iranian hackers “were stepping up traditional cyberespionage,...

The State Department acknowledged that the nuclear deal with Iran is not a binding agreement, but rather a set of “political commitments,” the National Review reported Wednesday. The admission was made in response to an inquiry from Rep. Mike Pompeo (R – Kan.). “The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is...

Yazidi women who have been freed from slavery at the hands of ISIS have described their time in captivity to German psychologist Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, who runs a treatment program for female victims of the terrorist group. Some of the harrowing ordeals they experienced are recounted in a recent profile (Google...