June 20, 2025 For the first time ever, the Islamic Republic has announced it has sent some military personnel to staff UN peacekeeping operations, although most of the operations the military named no longer exist. Iran said it has not sent armed ground troops to patrol troubled parts of the world, but rather officers who […] The post Army Says It Makes Some Officers UN Peacekeepers appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 The Islamic Republic is once again actively seeking to resume relations with Egypt—and may change the name of a street in northern Tehran in an effort to impress Cairo. The street was known as Vozara Avenue before the Islamic Revolution. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981, and the Islamic Republic […] The post Iran May Curry Favor With Egypt By Axing Street Name appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 The prosecutor in Esfahan has announced he will prosecute people found walking dogs in the city. That has set off a raft of copycat actions all over Iran so that so far dog owners in at least 21 cities face the threat of prosecution. The Majlis has contemplated a ban on owning […] The post Regime Barks Loudly At Dog Owners appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 The Iranian government is currently carrying out one of its largest-ever expulsion campaigns targeting Afghan refugees, and appears to be driving out far more aliens than the similar Trump anti-foreigners campaign in the United States. Of the estimated six million Afghans who have settled in Iran– fleeing war, political instability and economic […] The post Campaign To Rid Iran of Afghans Moves Into Trumpian High Gear appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 The Islamic Republic’s former nuclear chief says Russia and China both restricted Iran’s ability to expand its nuclear program—which would be quite logical if they were suspicious that Iran might be interested in building nuclear weapons. Both Russia and China have nuclear weapons, and it is not in their national interests for […] The post Russia, China Interfere To Stunt Iran Nuclear Plan appeared first on Iran Times .
Rouzbeh Parsi, 52, longtime head of the Middle East program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, has stepped down after a probe by the group into his links to the Iranian government. The investigation concluded he was not involved in any campaign orchestrated by the Islamic Republic, but said some of his links to […] The post Parsi Bows Out appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 There were stories about how the ultra right was going to mount an effort to oust Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf (photo) when he came up for re-election in May. But nothing happened. He was re-elected May 26 by a vote of 219 to 53 against only token opposition.
Two soldiers were killed and another two injured when they ran over a landmine left over from the Iran-Iraq war in Marivan in Kurdistan province. It wasn’t explained if this was a marked field that the soldiers wandered into or if it is a minefield no one knew was there even 37 years after the […] The post Old Mine Kills Two appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarqandi has announced the emigration of nurses, physicians and other medical specialists in the last half of the last Persian year “significantly decreased” compared to the same period in the previous year. He gave no numbers. A week earlier, Ahmad Nejatian of the Nursing System Organization announced that a […] The post Medical Emigration Down, But… appeared first on Iran Times .
June 20, 2025 A new Pasdar display designed to educate the populace on the vicissitudes of hell has opened in Gilan province to something less than an enthusiastic reception. Iran International says the display has prompted widespread ridicule and criticism. From photos and videos posted on social media, the display looks very much like the […] The post Hell Comes To A Pasdar Base North of Tehran appeared first on Iran Times .