Saturday, February 22, 2025

ANALYSIS: Why Iran Is Negotiating With the European Union

By Ahmad Rafat   The Islamic Republic — represented by Majid Takht Ravanchi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s under-secretary for European and American Affairs — has resumed negotiations with the European Union. Ravanchi recently met with his...

Iran Nuclear Proliferation ‘Critical Threat’ in Coming Months, French Spy Chief Says

GENEVA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The risk of Iranian nuclear proliferation is a serious threat in coming months and Britain and France are working out strategies to prepare for such an event, the head of France's foreign...

EU Widens Sanctions on Iranian Shipping Firms

BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The European Union has widened its sanctions against Iran over Tehran's support of Russia in its war with Ukraine, the European Commission said on Monday. The Commission said it had added the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping...

EU Worried by Reports of Iran, North Korea, China Supplying Weapons to Russia

BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The European Union is worried by reports of Iran, North Korea and China producing and supplying complete weapon systems to Russia for its war in Ukraine, EU Foreign Chief Josep Borrell told...

Germany Says Iran Is Responsible for Death of Sharmahd

BERLIN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran is responsible for the death of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German foreign ministry official said after Iranian state media quoted the judiciary there as saying the Iranian-German national had died before his execution, announced...

Iran Says Two French Detainees in Good Health

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Two French citizens detained in Iran since May 2022 are in good health and being held in good detention conditions, Iran's judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir said on Tuesday, according to state...

Germans Should Leave Iran or Risk Being Held Hostage, Says Berlin

BERLIN, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Germany has long had a travel warning for Iran and asked nationals to leave because, as seen from the execution of a German-Iranian national, Tehran takes German citizens hostage, said a foreign ministry...

Germany to Close Iranian Consulates After Execution of Dual National

BERLIN, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Germany will shut all three Iranian consulates on its territory in reaction to the execution of a German-Iranian national but will allow Tehran's embassy to remain open, the foreign ministry said...

Sweden Urges European Union to Designate IRGC A Terrorist Organization

By Kayhan Life Staff Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson has said that Sweden is pursuing an official classification from the European Union (EU) to recognize the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist...

UK Sanctions Iranian Military Figures Following Attack on Israel

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Britain has imposed sanctions against Iranian individuals and organisations after Iran's attack on Israel on Oct. 1, Britain's Foreign Office said on Monday. The sanctions target senior figures in Iran's army, air force and organisations...