Global oil prices have jumped after Iran backed Houthis in Yemen attacked Saudi targets. The growing tensions could have an impact on your petrol bills. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how you could feel the pinch.

Gravitas: Tensions spike in Yemen: How you could feel the pinch

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded “action, not words” from the United States, while referring to the prospect of renewing 2015’s nuclear deal.

To revive nuclear deal, Iran's Khamenei demands 'action, not words' from Biden

At a time when Iran and Russia are at loggerheads with the US and the European Union (EU), Tehran's armed forces on Tuesday launched a joint naval drill with Moscow in the north of the Indian Ocean designed to 'enhance security' of maritime trade, state television reported.

Iran, Russia begin joint naval drill in Indian Ocean to 'enhance security'

Iran on Monday said that it will block snap inspection by IAEA from next week if other parties to 2015 nuclear deal don't fulfil their obligations. "If others do not fulfil their obligations by Feb.

Iran threatens to block IAEA inspections if nuclear deal terms not met

Afghanistan on Monday sent investigators to its western border with Iran to investigate the fire that tore through customs post. At least 60 people were injured in the fire on Saturday (January 13) as hundreds of fuel vehicles exploded in the blaze this disrupted power supply and caused millions of dollars of damage.

Afghanistan sends investigators to look into the massive fire at Afghan-Iran border

At least 60 people have been injured after oil and gas tankers got destroyed by multiple blasts causing a massive fire at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said on Sunday.

Fire Truck Explodes: Over 300 fuel vehicled gutted in fire

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani warns of a Covid-19 "fourth wave" as cases rise in certain areas of the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the pandemic.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warns of 4th COVID wave

At least 20 people have been injured after at least 100 oil and gas tankers got destroyed by multiple blasts causing a massive fire at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said on Sunday.

Blasts spotted from space as 100 tankers destroyed in Iran-Afghanistan border

Dozens of oil and gas tankers carrying millions of dollars worth of fuel caught fire on Saturday, creating an inferno at Afghanistan's biggest trade crossing with Iran, officials said.

Inferno on Afghanistan-Iran border as dozens of oil tankers catch fire

The UN has recently released a report that has made a shocking revelation. As per the UN report, Iran has been torturing children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

Iran tortures LGBT children with electric shock to 'cure' them: UN report

A report claims Iran's nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed by a one-tonne gun - smuggled into Iran in pieces by Mossad. This comes at a time when Iran has started producing uranium metal, that can be used in nuclear weapons.

Gravitas: Iran's top nuclear scientist 'killed by a one-tonne gun'

An Iranian consulate employee in Istanbul was remanded in custody on Friday in connection with a probe into the assassination of an Iranian dissident in Turkey in 2019.

Turkey detains Iran consulate employee in murder probe

A one-ton gun smuggled into Iran by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad killed top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a British weekly claimed citing intelligence sources.

One-ton gun smuggled by Israeli intelligence agency killed Iranian scientist Fakhrizadeh: Report

The Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran in November was killed by a one-ton gun and reportedly the gun was smuggled into Iran.

Iranian nuclear scientist killed by one-ton automated gun

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Wednesday that Iran had carried out its plan to produce Uranium metal. Iran has done this in spite of the warning by western powers that it would be a breach of 2015 nuclear deal.

Iran produces Uranium metal, breaches nuclear deal even as Russia appeals for calm

An Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian has issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine.

Iranian cleric claims COVID-19 vaccine turns people gay

Iran’s intelligence minister said persistent Western pressure could push Tehran to fight back like a "cornered cat" and seek nuclear weapons, which the Islamic Republic has for years insisted it has no intention of ever developing.

Iran's spy chief says Tehran could seek nuclear arms if 'cornered' by West

The world likes Joe Biden, but it is losing faith in America. These are the findings of a poll conducted in 12 countries in December 2020 — Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and the United States.

As Joe Biden takes over the US, does the world trust him?

US President Joe Biden said he will not lift the economic sanctions against Iran until he complies with the terms agreed to under the 2015 nuclear deal.

US President Joe Biden says 'no' to unilaterally lifting sanctions against Iran

Iran Monday dismissed an offer by France to mediate between the United States and the Islamic republic in order to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. "The nuclear deal has no need for a mediator," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters without specifically mentioning France.

Iran dismisses French mediation on nuclear deal with US

The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen`s crisis, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday, days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudi-led military operations in Yemen.

UN envoy Griffiths in Iran for first time to discuss Yemen crisis

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says the United States is "disappointed" by the UN's top court ruling that it can take up Iran's bid to overturn US nuclear sanctions reimposed by Donald Trump.

US 'disappointed' by UN court's decision to take up Iran-US sanctions case

In what could further poison already tense relations between Tehran and European capitals, a Belgian court convicted an Iranian diplomat on Thursday for plotting a thwarted 2018 bombing of an opposition rally outside Paris and ordered him to be jailed for 20 years.

Iran diplomat gets 20-year jail for Paris bomb plot in Belgium

Even as Iran announced earlier this week to release the crew of a South Korean tanker seized by it in a humanitarian move, the personnel are still on board the ship, Seoul said on Thursday.

Crew still on board seized South Korean ship despite Iran’s release pledge

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