The US and Qatar have reached an agreement that the Qataris will not act on any request from Tehran to access the $6 billion in Iranian funds and this was informed by US officials on Thursday.

Israel-Palestine war: Iran denies role in Hamas war

The health of a 16-year-old Iranian girl who has been in coma since an alleged assault on the Tehran metro has "deteriorated" in hospital, local media reported Wednesday.

Armita Garawand: Health of Iranian teen 'attacked over hijab' worsens

Israel has come under the worst attack it has seen in decades. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to crush the enemy, which is the militant group Hamas.

US unlocks $6 billion for prisoner swap with Iran; US-Iran financial transactions under close watch

The US intelligence community has initiated a comprehensive examination of available data, directing the nation's intelligence agencies to investigate whether Iran played a direct role in the recent deadly attack on Israel by Hamas.

US intel searches for Iranian link in Hamas attack on Israel

US Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said on Monday (Oct 9) that although US believes Iran is "broadly complicit" in Hamas attacks in Israel, it does not have "direct information" linking Iran to Hamas attacks in Israel.

No 'direct information' yet of link between Iran and Hamas attacks: US deputy NSA

The Sudanese foreign ministry said on Monday (Oct 9) that Sudan and Iran had agreed to restore their diplomatic ties. Both countries had severed diplomatic relations seven years ago.

After 7-year tiff Sudan and Iran agree to restore ties

Iran denied claims that it participated in the major attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas, calling them absurd. Foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani told reporters that "the allegations linked to an Iranian role... are based on political reasons."

Israel-Palestine war: Iran leader Ali Khamenei praises Hamas attack  amid denying role in war

Israel's representative to the United Nations Gilad Erdan shared a video in which the leaders of Hamas were seen purportedly thanking Iran for supporting the terrorist organisation with arms, money and other means.

Watch | Israel's representative at UN shares video of Hamas thanking Iran for support

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's senior adviser, on Saturday (Oct 7), extended support for the attack launched by Hamas on Israel and termed it a "proud operation".

'Proud operation': Iranian officials support deadly attack by Hamas on Israel

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Iran, on Thursday (Oct 5), detained the mother of a teenager who after an alleged assault by morality police in the Tehran metro, slipped into a coma, said a rights group.

Iran detains mother of 16-year-old who fell into coma after alleged assault by morality police

It seems that Iran-Saudi ties have been put on the back burner. A highly speculated football match, which indicated geopolitical relations were on the mend, has been cancelled. What happened at the last minute? And is this a sign of things to come?

Iran's football match with Saudi Arabia sees last-minute cancellation

This week on The West Asia Post, +A graduation ceremony in Syria's military institute took a deadly turn. +Turkiye seeks retribution for a ghastly explosion in its capital. +A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran's morality police strikes again. This time a 16-year-old is battling for her life. +Saudi-Iran tensions spill-over to sports. +Education takes a hit amid Lebanon's economic crisis, forces children to work.

The West Asia Post: A graduation ceremony in Syria's military institute took a deadly turn

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Iran's imprisoned women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi on Friday, which was a blow to Tehran's theocratic leaders and a plus for demonstrators against the government.

Jailed Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

Iran has threatened to use their drone technology against Israel and has aided Russia’s war effort in Ukraine by providing drones to the Russian army.

Iran unveils newly-developed 'Kaman-19' drone

The United States military said on Wednesday (Oct 4) that more than one million rounds of Iranian ammunition, that had been seized last year, was sent to Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: US sends over a million rounds of seized Iranian ammunition to Kyiv

A young woman, Armita Garawand, has been hospitalised in Iran after she collapsed. A rights group says she was beaten into a coma by Iran’s morality police. Priyanka Sharma tells you what happened.

Gravitas: Another Mahsa Amini?

An Iranian teenage girl has been left in a coma & is being treated in a hospital under heavy security after an assault on the Tehran subway. As per the Kurdish-focussed rights group Hengaw, Ermita Garawand, aged 16, was left with severe injuries after being apprehended & physically attacked by agents of the so-called morality police at Shohada metro station. The rights group stated the girl was being treated under tight security at Tehran's Fajr Hospital & there are currently no visits allowed for the victim, not even from her family. The rights group added her parents gave an interview to Iranian state media at the hospital but in the presence of high-ranking security officers & under considerable pressure. The claims have been denied by Iranian authorities, who say the girl fainted due to low blood pressure; and there was no involvement of security forces. Iranian authorities remain on high alert for any upsurge of social tension just over a year after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

Iran's notorious morality police: Teen girl in coma a year after Mahsa Amini's death | Details

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said that countries that are seeking to normalise ties with Israel "are betting on a losing horse", state media reported on Tuesday.

Iran's Khamenei terms normalisation with Israel a 'losing' bet: State media

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a US television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and also warned that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, “we have to get one.”

Iran's supreme leader issues warning to Saudi for normalising ties with Israel

A 16-year-old Iranian girl named Armita Garawand has fallen into a coma and is receiving medical treatment in a heavily secured hospital following an altercation in the Tehran metro on Sunday (Oct 1).

Iran hijab row again: 16-year-old slips into coma after alleged assault by morality police

Defying the Taliban’s restrictions, the Afghanistan women’s volleyball team on Wednesday went through their paces during a rigorous training session – dressed in lycra leggings and shirts sporting the traditional colors of red, black, and green, the colors of the former government’s flag.

Iran's sports infrastructure provides safe haven for Afghan women

Iran's Revolutionary Guards carried out a successful launch of a third military satellite on Wednesday (September 27), country's state media repoted citing Minister of Communications Issa Zarepour.

Iran successfully launches new military satellite into orbit, says state media

Israel arrested five Palestinians in a plot allegedly hatched in Iran to target and spy on senior Israeli politicians. Shin Bet the country's internal security agency stated the targets included Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Shin Bet: Iranian officials in Jordan allegedly orchestrated the plot

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