Asia Iran Bushehr 1000 MW nuclear power plant, the only one in the country, has resumed operations after being shut down two weeks ago for an overhaul
Asia Iran Behrouz Chamanara, a language professor at the University of Kurdistan, was fired in September, shortly after the local intelligence office rejected his qualifications; Chamanara declared that dismissals are used to 'impose silence' in universities
Asia Iran The Iranian men's weightlifting team took first place at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Mexico, after collecting five gold, nine silver and one bronze medal
Asia Iran According to one of two confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports viewed by Reuters, the country continues to stonewall the agency in monitoring its work; it would have enough uranium enriched to 60% purity to produce three bombs
Asia Iran An Iranian court ordered a five-year prison sentence against a French citizen tried on national security charges; France called the sentence 'unacceptable' as there appears to be no evidence to support it