Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has directed Iranian authorities to block imports of American goods, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website on Sunday quotes him as advising authorities to “be watchful about irregular imports after lifting sanctions and seriously avoid importing consumer goods from the...

In another sign that Iran may not keep all of the commitments it made as part of its nuclear deal with global powers, a group of Iranian lawmakers sent a letter to President Hassan Rouhani demanding that he not comply with the deal until all sanctions against Iran are lifted, Iran’s semi-official news agency...

In a speech delivered last week, Mahmoud al-Habbash, an advisor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Islamic affairs and a Supreme Sharia Judge, called Israel evil and referred to it as “Satan’s project,” Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported on Sunday. “The conflict here in Palestine between us and the criminal occupation and...

An Iranian actress who posted pictures of herself with her hair uncovered on Facebook and Instagram has fled to Dubai after being declared “immoral” by authorities in Iran, Yahoo! News reported Friday. Sadaf Taherian put the pictures of herself on her Facebook and Instagram pages in protest against strict laws...

Echoing remarks he made earlier this year to a journalist, Pope Francis declared that denying Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitic, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Friday. The pope’s comments were made during a private meeting with Jewish leaders at the Vatican earlier this week. “To attack Jews is anti-Semitism,...

An American citizen was stabbed and injured in Jerusalem by a Palestinian assailant on Friday afternoon, while a second individual was wounded by stray gunfire from security forces who were trying to subdue the attacker, Haaretz reported on Friday. The 23-year-old attacker, an East Jerusalem resident, stabbed the man, 22,...