France Warns Iran Regime Against Escalating Gaza Conflict Across Region
PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said she had told her Iranian counterpart on Thursday that Tehran would bear a heavy responsibility if the conflict in Gaza spreads across the region.
"Meeting today with my Iranian counterpart...
Iran Is Part of ‘New Axis of Totalitarian States,’ Says UK Lawmaker
By Natasha Phillips
Authoritarian states outnumber democracies in the world today, and Iran is part of a new totalitarian axis, said Ian Duncan Smith, a U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker who previously led the party and...
France Says Five-Year Conviction for Citizen Held in Iran ‘Unacceptable’
PARIS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday that one of its citizens being held in Iran has been sentenced to five years in prison on a baseless conviction calling for his immediate release and that of three other of its...
UK Unveils New Safety Measures for Journalists Targeted by Iran Regime
By Natasha Phillips
The UK government announced new protections on Oct. 30 for journalists in Britain being threatened by the Islamic Republic in Iran. The measures included an online reporting tool and training for police...
ANALYSIS: What Is the Iran-Regime Funded Hezbollah Group Backing Hamas Against Israel?
BEIRUT, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the border since its Palestinian ally Hamas in Gaza and Israel went to war on Oct. 7.
The violence on the frontier between Israel and Lebanon...
France’s Macron Proposes That Anti-Islamic State Coalition Also Fight Hamas
PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday proposed that the existing international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria could be widened to also include the fight against Hamas in...
Iran-Backed Hamas Frees U.S. Hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan Held in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7,...
Mahsa Amini, Women’s Movement in Iran Win EU’s 2023 Sakharov Freedom Prize
BRUSSELS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The European Union parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Iranian woman Mahsa Amini who died in police custody last year and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran,...
US Targets Iran Missile, Drone Programs as UN Measures Lapse
By Simon Lewis and Arshad Mohammed
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday tried to limit Iran's missile and drone programs by imposing new sanctions, warning companies how to avoid selling Iran sensitive technology and dusting off...
Iranian-French Academic Adelkhah Has Returned to France From Iran, Says Paris University
PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah - who had previously been held in prison in Iran - has returned to France from Iran, said Paris' Sciences-Po university on Wednesday.
Iranian authorities had sentenced Adelkhah in 2020 to five...
