Iran Regime Tries Swedish EU Employee for ‘Spying for Israel’
DUBAI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that it had begun the trial of a Swedish national employed by the European Union who is charged with spying for Israel and "corruption on earth,"...
U.S., European Powers Divided Over Confronting Iran at IAEA, Diplomats Say
By Francois Murphy and John Irish
VIENNA/PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. and its three top European allies are divided over whether to confront Iran at the U.N. nuclear watchdog by seeking a resolution against it and thereby...
Sweden and Iran Exchange Prisoners in Breakthrough Deal
By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, June 15 (Reuters) - Sweden and Iran carried out a prisoner exchange on Saturday, officials said, with Sweden freeing a former Iranian official convicted for his role in a mass execution in the...
Swedish Diplomat in ‘Seventh Heaven’ Following Release From Iran
STOCKHOLM, June 16 (Reuters) - Swedish citizen Johan Floderus said he was in seventh heaven following his release from an Iranian prison on Saturday, in a recording published on the Swedish government's website on Sunday.
Sweden and Iran carried out...
U.S. Targets Iranian Petrochemicals, Petroleum in Fresh Sanctions
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on companies it accused of playing a critical role in the production, sale and shipment of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum to buyers in...
France Demands Immediate Release of French Couple Held in Iran for Three Years
July 3 (Reuters) - France on Thursday demanded the immediate release of two of its citizens held in Iran for more than three years, saying Tehran's case against them was unfounded.
The French government has accused the Islamic Republic...
Iran’s Government Executes British-Iranian Accused of Spying, Prompts Western Condemnation
DUBAI/LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iran has executed a British-Iranian national who once served as its deputy defence minister, its judiciary said, defying calls from London and Washington for his release after he was handed the death...
VIDEO:Mattie Heaven Insists Anti-IRGC Campaign in UK Will Continue Despite Security Fears
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mattie Heaven, the wife of anti-IRGC campaigner Vahid Beheshti, explains the campaign to convince the British government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK. Ms Heaven is a...
Iranian Abedini Arrested in Italy Returns Home
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who had been detained in Italy on a U.S. warrant, on Sunday left jail and returned to Iran after Rome's justice minister filed to...
Iran Frees Two French Citizens, Says Macron
By Dominique Vidalon
PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - Two French citizens, Bernard Phelan and Benjamin Briere, have been freed from detention in Iran, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said in a separate statement that both men...
