U.S. Commerce Department Targets Iran, Belarus, Others in Latest Russia Action
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department targeted Belarus, Iran and others in its latest response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, imposing export control measures and adding more targets to its entity list, according to a...
White House: Russia May Send Fighter Jets to Iran
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday said it believed Moscow might provide Iran with fighter jets and other military equipment in exchange for Iran's expanded support for Russia's war in Ukraine, White House national security...
Renewed Protests in Iran’s Restive Southeast
DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Demonstrators marched in Iran's restive southeast on Friday amid reports on social media that security forces were surrounding a mosque at the centre of weekly anti-government rallies.
Anti-government protests have been taking...
Germany Working To Support Dual National Sentenced to Death in Iran
BERLIN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Germany is working to provide further support to the German-Iranian national who has been sentenced to death in Iran, a foreign ministry spokesperson said in Berlin on Wednesday, adding that it...
Iran Foreign Minister Says Nuclear Watchdog Officials To Visit Tehran
DUBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) officials will visit Tehran in the coming days, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday.
"In the framework of concluding negotiations, IAEA officials will travel to...
Germany Expels Two Iranian Embassy Employees Over Death Sentence
BERLIN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Germany has declared two employees of the Iranian embassy personae non gratae and ordered them to leave the country in response to Iran sentencing a German national to death, a statement from the foreign office...
Germany Says Efforts Disregarded After Dual National Sentenced to Death in Iran
BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Tuesday that efforts to advocate on behalf of a German-Iranian national sentenced to death in Iran had been disregarded by Tehran.
She called on the Iranian leadership to remedy...
Blinken Says Ball in Iran’s Court Over Nuclear Programme
ATHENS, Feb 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday it was up to Iran to engage to resolve a deadlock over its nuclear programme, and accused it of enabling Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Blinken,...
Two Berlin Festival Films Relive Torture in Iranian Prisons
By James Imam
BERLIN Feb 21 (Reuters) - In “Where God is Not”, Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon´s unflinching account of the torture of former political prisoners in Iran, the director asks his interviewees to relive the horrors of their...
Britain Summons Iranian Envoy, Launches Security Review
LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The British government summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in London on Monday to protest what it said were serious threats against journalists living in Britain, as ministers launched a new security...
