# Iran

Last year

2023

Iran in Dublin

Iranian diplomat in Dublin denies Iran is involved in 'proxy war' in Middle East

18 Nov 2023

6.4k

Syria

US military strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

27 Oct 2023

14.0k

Gaza

Red Cross in contact with Hamas over release of hostages as Gaza death toll reaches 1,200

Updated 12 Oct 2023

8.5k

Voices

Tom Clonan: International community needs to intervene to stop a catastrophe in the Middle East

Tom Clonan

Updated 9 Oct 2023

12.5k

Prisoner Swap

Five US citizens who were jailed in Iran have been freed in a deal between both countries

18 Sep 2023

8.3k

Mahsa Amini

Iran authorities prevent commemoration of Mahsa Amini who died in police custody last year

16 Sep 2023

8.3k

Tehran

Iran court orders US government to pay $330 million for 'planning coup'

26 Aug 2023

15.2k

Heatwave

Iran orders two-day holiday due to extreme temperatures

1 Aug 2023

18.8k

Ukraine

Putin says Wagner group ‘doesn’t exist’, as Ukraine airforce downs 16 Iranian-made drones

14 Jul 2023

24.2k

Relief

Family of Bernard Phelan 'over the moon' to have Tipperary man home after Iran pardon

15 May 2023

11.0k

bernard phelan

Iranian government pardons Irish citizen Bernard Phelan after imprisoning him on spying charges

Updated 12 May 2023

34.6k

Voices

Opinion: Ireland can play its part in helping people pushing for freedom in Iran

Colin Lee

9 Apr 2023

6.1k

bernard phelan

Family of jailed Irishman accused of spying in Iran bring their fight to the Embassy in Dublin

30 Mar 2023

12.5k

Civil War

US air strikes kill 14 in Syria in retaliation for drone strike

Updated 24 Mar 2023

20.8k

Iran

Iran arrests 'a number of people' over mystery poisonings of at least 5,000 school pupils

7 Mar 2023

10.1k

Trump

Iranian general says his country is still seeking to kill Trump

25 Feb 2023

21.0k

met police

Iranian TV channel halts London broadcasts after death threats from regime

18 Feb 2023

11.2k

Protests

Thousands of protesters in Iran pardoned by country's supreme leader

5 Feb 2023

10.7k

humanitarian release

Tánaiste holds hour-long phone call with Iranian counterpart seeking release of Irishman

31 Jan 2023

7.7k

ammunition

Drone attack reportedly hits Iran defence ministry complex

29 Jan 2023

20.3k

Voices

Irish Iranians: 'We cannot give in to this barbaric regime'

Irish Iranians

18 Jan 2023

8.2k

bernard phelan

France concerned for health of French-Irish citizen on hunger strike in Iran prison

17 Jan 2023

10.6k

Alireza Akbari

Rishi Sunak condemns 'callous' execution of British-Iranian man accused of spying

Updated 14 Jan 2023

18.3k

Mahsa Amini

Iran sentences three more to death over Amini protests

9 Jan 2023

5.2k

Arrests

German police arrest Iranian man in chemical terror attack plot

8 Jan 2023

11.0k

Duesseldorf

Iranian man held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

8 Jan 2023

9.8k

Iran

Iran executes two more men in connection with protests

7 Jan 2023

11.7k

Iran

Iranian Revolutionary Guard shot dead in Tehran amid claims of botched burglary

4 Jan 2023

9.9k

Iran

Iran upholds two death sentences over protests, but orders retrial for three others

3 Jan 2023

5.7k

All time

Iran

Iran's top court orders retrial of third death row inmate sentenced over protests

31 Dec 2022

7.7k

Mahsa Amini

Iran's President vows 'no mercy' for 'hostile' protest movement

27 Dec 2022

9.8k

Saman Seydi

Iran court orders retrial of rapper protester reportedly on death row

24 Dec 2022

9.7k

Tehran

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti arrested after condemning execution of protester

18 Dec 2022

19.7k

Voices

Opinion: Iran’s nod to International Human Rights Day was more repression of its people

Brendan McNamara

16 Dec 2022

5.7k

Tehran

Iran ousted from UN women's rights body over protest crackdown

14 Dec 2022

7.3k

Iran

A doctor, rap artists and footballer among those facing death penalty in Iran

14 Dec 2022

13.0k

FIFPro

Footballer union 'sickened' as Iranian player risks death sentence

13 Dec 2022

28.0k

Mahsa Amini protests

Iran publicly executes second prisoner detained amid protests challenging the country's theocracy

12 Dec 2022

16.9k

Protests

More Iranians at imminent risk of execution, according to human rights groups

11 Dec 2022

6.1k

Protests

International outcry of 'inhumanity' as Iran carries out execution over Amini protests

9 Dec 2022

11.5k