Iran, U.S. Make Competing Claims Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
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DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump...
Fugitive Iranian Judge’s Death in Bucharest: Was It Really Suicide?
By Ahmad Rafat
The death of a 52-year-old former Iranian judge, Gholamreza Mansouri, at the Duke Hotel in Bucharest has cast a shadow on relations between Iran and Romania. At around 2:30 pm local time...
U.S.-Iran Trade Barbs at U.N. After June War, Nuclear Talks Hinge on Enrichment Red...
Dec 23 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the U.S. saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington's terms.
The...
OPINION: Iranian Women and the Removal of the Veil
By Roshanak Astaraki
It has been 88 years since a law was passed in Iran authorizing the removal of the hijab (known as the kashf-e hijab). Nearly nine decades later, Iranian women are mounting a...
EU Countries to Add 10 New Individuals and Entities to Iran Sanctions
BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - EU countries have agreed to add 10 new individuals and entities to the Iran sanctions list, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
One of the sources...
Russian-Backed Union Signs Free Trade Pact With Iran
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia's economy ministry and the EEU said on Monday.
The agreement will become permanent and replace...
Rouhani Says No Urban Quarantines Planned as Iran Coronavirus Toll Hits 19
DUBAI, Feb 26 (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran had no plans to quarantine any "cities and districts" in response to the country's coronavirus outbreak, which the health ministry said had killed...
Iranian Plot to Kill Israel’s Ambassador to Mexico Contained, US Official Says
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico starting late last year, but the effort was contained and there is no current threat, a U.S....
Iranian Musician Faces Jail Over Women Dancers and Singers
By Ban Barkawi
AMMAN, Aug 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier this month, in the country's latest move to...
Serbia Scraps Visa-Free Entry for Iranians
BELGRADE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Serbia has scrapped visa-free entry for Iranians, little more than year after it introduced it to boost tourism, a government decree published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday said.
"The...
