RSS FOLLOW EMAIL PRINT SHARE Agence France Presse TEHRAN: Iran will unveil this week a new jet fighter and upgrade its missile defenses to meet threats from Israel and the U.S., Tasnim news agency said Sunday quoting the defense minister. "Our first priority is our missile capability...

With its air raid simulator and battlefield reconstructions, the state-of-the-art Holy Defense Museum in Tehran seeks to glorify the Iran-Iraq war as a time when the country faced down "the whole world." As Iranians prepare to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the devastating...

 An Iranian lawmaker said Saturday that President Hassan Rouhani would appear before parliament Aug. 28 to answer questions on his government's handling of Iran's economic struggles, but an aide to Rouhani denied a date had been set. Lawmaker Assadollah Abbasi was quoted as saying...

Israel has rejected a report by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining options for strengthening the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement late Friday that "the only protection the Palestinian people...