Iran collected samples from the Parchin military base, where it is believed to have carried out nuclear research, without international inspectors there to supervise, an Iranian official told the Islamic Republic News Agency today. Spokesman for Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Behruz Kamalvandi said sampling of specific points in Parchin was done by Iranian...

A number of states that have existing sanctions against Iran have signaled their intent to fight federal attempts to lift them, Bloomberg Politics reported Friday. Thirty states and the District of Columbia restrict investments by pensions and public entities in companies doing business in the country, according to the group United Against...

In an interview with 60 Minutes scheduled to air tonight, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani claimed that chants of “death to America” are not “a slogan against the American people.” But Rouhani, who is often described in Western media as a moderate, has repeatedly supported extreme anti-American positions and rhetoric. During...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a video that threatened the United States with defeat in the case of war between the two countries, The Times of Israel reported today. The clip — published September 13 to Khamenei’s official YouTube channel — is entitled “If Any War Happens.” It...

American officials have confirmed the presence of multiple Russian fighter jets in Syria, boosting Russia’s ground presence in that country with “significant air power,” Reuters reported today. One of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there were four Russian jets at the airfield near Latakia, a stronghold of Syrian...

The government of Iran released five top al-Qaeda leaders earlier this year, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times reported that experts fear that the release of these terrorists “could re-energize the militant group, providing an influx of vetted leaders at a crucial time.” The Iranian government, in a statement on...