The U.S. Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday, Nov. 8, showing a foiled Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before the 2024 election. A criminal complaint reveals that an official in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ordered the surveillance and eventual assassination of Trump in September. The assassination attempt comes as Iran faces growing internal turmoil,…

An Iranian military official is facing charges for allegedly orchestrating a plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist in New York, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday, Oct. 22. The charges expose an international network of conspirators working to silence a prominent critic of the Iranian regime, according to the DOJ. Ruhollah Bazghandi, a…

It’s no secret that the relationship between the U.S. and Iran is on rocky ground. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels continue to launch attacks on ships in the Red Sea while other militant groups allied with Iran step up attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria. But a new report said the U.S. put aside those…

Two bombs exploded minutes apart, rocking the city of Kerman, Iran, about 510 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran, Wednesday, Jan. 3. The blasts killed more than 100 people, injured dozens more and left countless people running for safety. The second bomb sent shrapnel into a screaming crowd fleeing the first explosion. The gathering marked…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, carried out airstrikes against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and Syria, drawing condemnation from Iraq’s military and calls for revenge by the militias. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the militias were…