Saudi Arabia Executes Iranians for Drugs Smuggling, Tehran Protests
DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia executed six Iranian nationals for drug smuggling, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, prompting Tehran to summon the Saudi ambassador according to media reports.
The Saudi interior ministry said...
Italian Reporter in Iran Is Hostage to the Regime, Says Richard Ratcliffe
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala by the Islamic Republic on December 19 is an act of hostage taking, and nothing to do with press freedom, said Richard Ratcliffe, husband of the...
US Imposes Sanctions on Entities in Iran, Russia Over Election Interference
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement...
Syria Appoints Some Foreign Islamist Fighters to Its Military, Sources Say
By Timour Azhari, Khalil Ashawi and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
DAMASCUS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Syria's new rulers have installed some foreign fighters including Uyghurs, a Jordanian and a Turk in the country's armed forces as Damascus tries to...
Jimmy Carter, Former US President and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient, Dead at 100
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and...
Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala
DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic", Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper...
EXCLUSIVE : Detained Italian Journalist Is Islamic Republic’s Latest Hostage
By Ahmad Rafat
On Dec. 19, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) took the Italian journalist Cecilia Sala into custody as she was leaving Iran for Italy. After her detention, Sala was swiftly transferred to...
Suicide Bomber Kills Police Commander in Southern Iran – Media Reports
DUBAI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed the head of police intelligence in Iran's southern port city of Bandar Lengeh on Saturday, Iranian state media reported.
The unidentified bomber was also killed and another police...
Iran Regime Says 2025 ‘Important Year’ for Nuclear Issue
Dec 28 (Reuters) - Iran, bracing for a possible re-imposition of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy, said on Saturday that 2025 would be an important year for its nuclear issue.
Trump in 2018 reneged...
Case of Italian Journalist Detained in Iran “Complicated”, Rome Says
MILAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The case of an Italian journalist being held in Iran is "complicated", but Rome hopes to bring 29-year-old Cecilia Sala home quickly, Italy's foreign minister said on Saturday.
Sala, 29, who works for the...
