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, Ben-Gvir. As per officers, an Iranian security official living in neighbouring Jordan had recruited three Palestinian men in West Bank and another two Palestinian citizens of Israel. They were tasked to gather intelligence about several high-profile Israeli politicians.

Israel says Iranian plot to target and spy on senior politicians foiled | Details

An Iranian court has sentenced to death four people for their involvement in selling contaminated bootleg liquor that killed 17 and sent hundreds to hospitals in June, reported news agency AFP.

Iran: 4 people handed death penalty over bootleg alcohol that killed 17

In Pics | Iran claims development of drone that can land on water

Authorities in Iran released a statement claiming that they had neutralised 30 explosives that were meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and also detained 28 terrorists that had connections with the terror group Islamic State and were involved in the terror plot, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday (September 24), citing the intelligence ministry.

Iran foils terror plot, defuses 30 bombs in Tehran, arrests 28 terrorists

China has offered to help the war-torn nation of Syria with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Syrian President announcing the formation of a strategic partnership.

Syria's efforts to boost commercial ties

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. 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.”

Saudi Crown Prince MBS says ties with Israel getting ‘closer’

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.”

Saudi-Israel deal brokered by US could push influence against Iran

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said the kingdom will obtain a nuclear weapon if its rival Iran does so first, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News on Wednesday (September 20), wherein he touched upon the normalisation of ties with Israel as well.

Saudi crown prince says kingdom will obtain nuclear weapon if Iran does so

Saudi Crown Prince MBS says Israel normalisation getting ‘closer’

Five American prisoners freed by Iran as part of a $6 billion exchange, arrived in the United States on Tuesday (September 20). While the former prisoners landed at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and were tearfully united with family and friends, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York once again drummed up talks surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal Raisi said the US should prove its "goodwill and determination", referencing the prisoners' swap, to revive the nuclear pact signed eight years ago.

As American prisoners arrive in US, Iran demands end to sanctions at UNGA

After years of captivity in Iran, five Americans are finally en route to their homeland, the United States. This comes after a contentious swap agreement brokered by Qatar resulted in the transfer of approximately $6 billion in Iranian money from South Korea to banks in Doha.

Who are the Americans freed from Iranian detention? A look at their profiles

Five Americans detained in Iran arrive in Qatar, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets. US Secretary-General Antony Blinken holds an 'emotional conversation' with the freed hostages.

Iran prisoner swap: Americans freed from Iran land in Qatar

A plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran landed in the US on Tuesday (September 19) while two of the five Iranians exchanged in the prisoner swap deal have landed in the Islamic Republic, reports said.

Five Americans, two Iranians freed in prisoner swap deal land in home countries: Reports

According to officials, an important component of the planned swap, $6 billion that had been blocked in South Korea, reached Qatar on Monday and will be used to exchange prisoners between Iran and the United States. The planned discussion will take place immediately before Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline president of Iran, speaks at the UN General Assembly in New York. The transfer won't, however, mean that tensions between the United States and Iran have decreased because Iran is now enriching uranium more closely than ever to levels suitable for use in weapons.

US and Iran to complete $6 billion prisoner swap deal

A Qatari jet carrying five American citizens who were detained in Iran has arrived in Doha as part of a prisoner exchange with same number of Iranians on Monday (September 18).

US and Iran swap prisoners after Qatar-brokered deal unfreezes $6 billion of Iranian oil money

US-Iran Prisoner Swap: US and Iran to complete $6 billion prisoner swap deal

It has been a year since Iranian woman of Kurdish descent was killed in the custody of Iran's morality police after the 23-year-old was arrested for defying the country's stringent hijab law.

Morning brief: UN staff accused of sexual assault; anniversary of Mahsa Al-Amini's custodial death in Iran

While Iran continues to be in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after Mahsa Amini's death, in another surprising move, Tehran has now blocked international inspectors from monitoring nuclear activities. The IAEA has called the move 'disproportionate' and 'unprecedented'.

Iran bars International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear inspectors, says West using it for politics

On Saturday, Iranian security personnel were stationed in Mahsa Amini's hometown in expectation of disruption as people around the nation were ready to commemorate the first anniversary of her passing while in the care of morality police.

Mahsa Amini death anniversary: Iranian security forces crack down on protest in Kurdish areas

Diversity of viewpoints spurs innovation, a groundbreaking Harvard research in 2013 had concluded. Since then, reports as well as anecdotal insights have pointed out to a pattern of international investors rejecting the composition of proposed directors at shareholders' meetings that do not include women.

The Capitals: Tokyo and Tehran take women's rights in contrasting directions

Mahsa Amini's father was briefly detained by security forces in Iran on Saturday (September 16) and was released after being warned against marking the anniversary of Amini's death, said a human rights group.

Iranian security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini's father on her first death anniversary

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Saturday condemned Iran's "disproportionate and unprecedented" move to bar multiple inspectors assigned to the country, hindering its oversight of Tehran's atomic activities.

IAEA chief Grossi condemns Iran's 'unprecedented' barring of inspectors

Mahsa Amini: One year on | Protests around the globe in solidarity | WION Pulse

Iranians both at home and abroad observed the first anniversary of Mahsa Al Amini's death in the custody of country's morality police. Activists expressed concerns about a renewed crackdown aimed at preventing a resurgence of the protests that had shaken major cities the previous year.

Mahsa Amini's death and women's rights in Iran, one year on: Top points

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