Iran

UN plans second Syria constitution meeting for September

The UN envoy for Syria will host senior officials from a range of countries for talks on drafting a new constitution in September

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Iran air force pilot killed in F-5 fighter jet crash

An Iranian F-5 fighter jet crashed in southern Iran, killing its pilot and injuring the co-pilot, state media reported

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Iran’s first indigenously developed fighter jet looks a lot like the American F-5

Iran unveiled the "Kowsar," it's first domestic fighter jet that looked remarkably like the Northrop Grumman F-5

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Declassified document shows Iran, Iraq and Libya could have South African chemical weapons

Declassified US documents released this week to mark Nelson Mandela's death suggest South Africa sold chemical weapons to Iran

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Iran’s military to procure up to 800 tanks as part of defense modernization plan

Iran's military could receive 800 tanks as part of a plan to boost defense capabilities, Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozaffarinia said

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Russia’s poisoned chalice in southern Syria

Russia has few good options for curtailing the behavior of its Iranian and Hezbollah allies against Israel in Syria

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Iran and the bomb: Does Tehran really want nuclear weapons?

Iran is well aware of the deep hostility that its neighbors and the Trump administration and Iran’s neighbours have towards it, and racing for a nuclear bomb would invite them to act, Sirous Amerian argues

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A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict

Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation

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Israel strikes dozens of ‘Iranian military targets’ in Syria overnight

Israel said it hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight, including one where a rocket attack on the Israeli army in the Golan Heights originated.

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Russia’s dangerous disregard to the growing Iran-Israel war in Syria

Neil Hauer investigates Russia’s contribution to de-escalating tensions between Iran and Israel in Syria, which appears negligible at best, and actively antagonistic at worst

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