Provincial governor also says Iranian forces arrested alleged IS sympathizers and seized explosives and a weapons cache
Analysts say Moscow-Tehran alliance deepening, and Kremlin's influence expanding outside Europe and countries of former USSR
Popular mobile phone app game that has taken world by storm might endanger ‘safety of citizens,’ official says; moral police said to be behind ruling
Tehran accused condemned Kurds of maintaining links with foreign forces, destabilizing Iran, but Kurds accuse Iranian government of systematic persecution
Military personnel show concern about games’ impact on soldiers’ ability to fight effectively
Local Kurds say they are fighting to get recognition they deserve in Iran; Tehran says they're fighting 'terrorists'
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is also fighting for Assad in Syria, recruits Afghans with promises of Iranian citizenship, improved living standards for their families
Assad forces struggle to drive rebels out of Aleppo, despite Russian and Iranian support
Islamic State group has been hiding weapons and money in churches, mosques and schools of Iraq’s northern city to keep them safe from coalition airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish officials tells VOA
Kurdish fighters aim to force Iran to make political concessions; Iranian officials say they're fighting ‘terrorists’ who intend to destabilize the country
Drones from at least seven nations – and several militias and military forces including IS – are crowding skies above Iraq, Syria and Turkey, according to analysts and officials in region
Venue is effort to legitimize Tehran's participation in Syria war and secure public support for it, Western analysts say
Rape and murder of an Afghan refugee girl, 6, in poor suburb of Varamin has fueled outrage in Afghanistan and drawn diplomatic protest from Kabul
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, more than 17,000 Syrian citizens of Armenian background have arrived in Armenia
Despite public commitment to resolving conflict, Moscow continues to play double game, trying to use recent escalation of violence to its advantage, one analyst says
First unit of 35 elite members stationed near Aleppo; force offers training to Syrian regime rapid reaction units, according to sources in Iran and Syria
Over 5,000 Russian-speaking Muslims play a major role within IS leadership
Syrian economist tells VOA that Iranians tend to buy properties in areas of strategic importance, such as near Shi'ite religious sites
Candidates for parliament have not mentioned topic, except a few conservatives who have praised Iran’s sacrifice in war, especially in targeting IS
Move sparks fears Tehran trying to gain foothold, raise profile in Iraqi city already torn by ethnic, religious tensions
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