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• Middle Eastcategory·10 hours agoIranians try to access local government building on fourth day of protests, state media saysIranian protesters tried to break into a local government building in the southern Fars Province on Wednesday, state media said, on a fourth day of demonstrations over the cost of living that have prompted an unusual government offer of dialogue.
• Americascategory·December 30, 2025US issues sanctions related to Iran and Venezuela weapons tradeThe U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it has added 10 individuals and entities based in Iran and Venezuela to its sanctions list, citing their aggressive weapons program.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 30, 2025Iran’s government offers dialogue as protests spread to universitiesProtests over Iran’s soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with demonstrators.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 30, 2025Russia urges restraint after Trump warns Iran of possible strikeThe Kremlin on Tuesday urged all parties to refrain from escalation over Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would support another massive strike on the Islamic Republic.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 29, 2025Iran’s central bank chief resigns, pending president’s approval, state media saysIran’s central bank chief, Mohammad Reza Farzin, has resigned, the semi-official Nournews agency reported on Monday, citing an official at the president’s office, as the country battles a slump in its rial currency and high inflation.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 28, 2025Three Iranian satellites launched from Russia, state media saysThree more Iranian satellites were sent into space on Russia’s Soyuz launchers on Sunday, Iranian state media said, as the two U.S.-sanctioned nations extend their space collaboration.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 26, 2025Iran says foreign tanker carrying smuggled fuel seized in GulfIran has seized a foreign oil tanker near the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Gulf, saying it was carrying 4 million litres of smuggled fuel, state media reported on Friday.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 25, 2025Israeli military says it killed a member of Iran’s Quds Force in LebanonThe Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces killed a member of Iran’s Quds Force in Lebanon who had been involved in planning attacks from Syria and Lebanon.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 23, 2025US, Iran spar over nuclear talks at UNThe United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the U.S. saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington’s terms.
• December 24, 2025Iraq’s halted gas supplies from Iran seen resuming within a week, engineer says Iraq’s supply of gas from Iran is expected to resume within a week, an engineer at the electricity ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.
• Middle Eastcategory·December 22, 2025Netanyahu to discuss Iran, next phase of Gaza plan with TrumpPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he will discuss Iran’s nuclear activities during his visit next week with U.S. President Donald Trump.