Middle East Updates

Developments in the Mideast war and its impact on Asia-Pacific

Arrests sweep Iran weeks after protests 

CAIRO—The Iranian security agents came at 2 a.m., pulling up in a half-dozen cars outside…

Iran sentences Nobel laureate to 7 more years in prison

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more…

Iran, US set for nuclear talks in Oman

Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Oman, their latest over Tehran’s…

In Iran, glimpses of disorder, death

This time felt different. The 25-year-old Iranian fashion designer hoped that mass protests nearly four…

Iran crackdown comes into focus amid news blackout

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly…

Iran hackers breach state TV to air prince’s video

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the…

Iran cleric calls for executions of protesters

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—As Iran returned to uneasy calm after a wave of protests that…

Middle East allies urge Trump to hold off on Iran strikes

Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold…

Activists: Iran has aired 97 coerced confessions from protesters

They are shown handcuffed, their faces blurred. The confession videos, broadcast on Iranian state media,…

Iranians able to make some calls abroad as protest death toll spikes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad on Tuesday after…