Wednesday, April 24, 2024

French Foreign Minister Tries to Break Govt Deadlock in Crisis-Hit Lebanon

BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met Lebanese leaders on Thursday to try to break the deadlock in months of talks on forming a government to pull Lebanon out...

Germany, France, UK Offer Iran 5 Mln-Euro Package for Coronavirus

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Britain, Germany and France have offered a 5 million-euro ($5.6 million) package to Iran to help fight coronavirus in the country, Britain's Foreign Office said on Monday. The so-called E3 group would...
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ANALYSIS: New EU Foreign Policy Chief Borrell Is Sympathetic to Iran

By Ahmad Rafat Josep Borrell -- the current foreign minister of Spain, and soon-to-be High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy -- has, in the past, described Iran as a...

Iran-Aligned Houthis Say They Will Target All Ships Owned, Operated by Israel Companies

CAIRO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A spokesman for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi military, Yahya Sarea, said on Sunday the group will target all ships owned or operated by Israeli companies or carrying the Israeli flag, according to...

Israel Suspects Iran of Hacking Election Frontrunner Gantz’s Phone – TV

JERUSALEM, March 14 - Israel's Shin Bet security service suspects Iran of hacking the mobile phone of Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's toughest rival in the April 9 election, an Israeli television station reported on...

Iran’s Rouhani Says Low-Risk Economic Activities to Resume From April 11 Amid Coronavirus

DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Sunday "low-risk" economic activities would resume from April 11 in the Middle Eastern country worst-affected by the new coronavirus. Iran has been struggling to curb the...
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Member of Iran’s Powerful Clerical Body Assassinated – Fars

DUBAI, April 26 (Reuters) - A member of Iran's influential clerical body was assassinated in the country's northern province of Mazandaran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the suspected killer had...

Rouhani Rejects Resignation of Iran Foreign Minister Zarif

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON, Feb 27  - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected on Wednesday the resignation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, standing by a moderate ally long targeted by hardliners in internal factional struggles over...
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Katty Biglari’s Paris Drawings Go On Show in DC, Get Washington Post Coverage

By Nazanine Nouri Katty Biglari is an Iranian artist whose delicate new drawings of Paris have gone on show in Washington, D.C. -- and received coverage in the Washington Post. Her exquisite views of the French...

Empress Farah Remembers Her Coronation 50 Years Ago

November 03, 2017 In its October 31 issue, the French weekly Point de Vue published an exclusive interview with Iran’s former Empress Farah Pahlavi to mark the 50th anniversary of her coronation. In the course of...