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Iran's new Shahed-149 'Gaza' drone. Photo: X

How Iran’s American-style drones compare to US models

MENAMarch 07, 2025

Iranian actresses (from L) Niousha Akhshi, Setareh Maleki, and Mahsa Rostami in Berlin, where they now live in exile, on January 28. They are a part of the cast of Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" that was an Oscar nominee for Best International Feature, but not as an Iranian film – which is critical of the Iranian government – but as the entry for Germany, which co-produced it and where Rasoulof, too, now lives in exile. AFP

The Oscars give a window into the depth of Iranian cinema

CommentMarch 05, 2025

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Ankara in December. EPA

Diplomats summoned in Tehran and Ankara amid Turkey-Iran war of words

MENAMarch 04, 2025

UK security minister Dan Jarvis has announced that Iran, its security services and the IRGC are to be placed on the enhanced tier of a registration scheme to protect against covert foreign influence. Victor Besa / The National

UK to place Iran on top level of new foreign influence register

UKMarch 04, 2025

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, visiting a defence exhibition in Tehran last month. His regime denies it is developing a nuclear weapon. Reuters

Iran boosts uranium stockpile at weapons-grade threat levels

EuropeMarch 03, 2025

Iranian Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif. AP

Iranian Vice-President Javad Zarif resigns in blow to reformists

MENAMarch 03, 2025

Iranian animators Hossein Molayemi and film Shirin Sohani pose with their Oscar statuettes after winning in the Best Animated Short Film category for their film In the Shadow of the Cypress. AFP

Oscars: Animated short film winners dedicate award to fellow Iranians

Film & TVMarch 03, 2025

Xuanyu Harry Pang, 38, was involved in a plot to conduct an attack on the US to avenge the death of Maj Gen Qassem Suleimani, a major figure in Iran’s IRGC Quds Force. Reuters

Ex-US Navy sailor planned attack on naval station on behalf of Iran

USFebruary 27, 2025

Iran's army Commander-in-Chief, Abdolrahim Mousavi, left, and Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, inspecting drones in Tehran on January 13. EPA

US takes aim at Iran’s drone and missile programmes in latest round of sanctions

USFebruary 26, 2025

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Iran continues to rely on a shadowy network of vessels and brokers to carry out oil sales. Reuters

US imposes sanctions against 22 linked to Iranian oil

USFebruary 24, 2025

The National

Shadi's take on Iranian flights being banned from Lebanon

CartoonFebruary 20, 2025

Amir Mohammad Khalegi. Photo: LinkedIn

A student's murder in Tehran has rekindled past horrors

CommentFebruary 20, 2025

President Donald Trump has upended longstanding US policy on Gaza and Ukraine. Getty Images / AFP

A month of foreign policy under Trump leaves as many questions as answers

USFebruary 20, 2025

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian greets Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim in Tehran on Wednesday. Reuters

Qatar’s Emir discusses Gaza during Iran visit

MENAFebruary 19, 2025

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is widely believed to be the resting place of Zaynab, sister of Imam Husayn, a 7th-century religious figure who is among the most revered in Shiite Islam. Matt Kynaston / The National

The two lives of Syria's Sayyida Zaynab suburb

MENAFebruary 19, 2025

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were reportedly on a motorbike trip round the world when they were detained in Iran. AFP

British couple charged with spying in Iran

MENAFebruary 18, 2025

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