U.S. Sanctions Policy Threatens Middle East Security -Iran Deputy Foreign Minister
GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) - Washington's sanctions policy threatens the security of the Middle East, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday, according to a statement on the ministry's website.
Araqchi, while on a...
Pentagon Says Will Not Break Law of War, Despite Trump Threat
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper strongly suggested on Monday that the U.S. military would not violate the laws of armed conflict by striking Iranian cultural sites, a move threatened by...
Iran Reports COVID-19 Death Every Three Minutes, Speaker Tests Positive
DUBAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - One person is dying from COVID-19 every three minutes in Iran, state television said on Wednesday, as the health ministry reported a record daily toll of 415 fatalities.
Parliament speaker Mohammad...
CIA Employee Who Leaked Classified Documents on Israel’s Plans to Strike Iran to Plead...
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel's plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday to criminal charges that he willfully retained and transmitted national...
US Navy Says It Prevented Iran From Seizing Tankers in Gulf of Oman
By Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul
DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series...
U.S. Fines Emirates $400,000 for Flying Over Iranian Airspace
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Thursday it fined Emirates airline $400,000 for operating flights in parts of prohibited Iranian airspace in 2019.
The flight was carrying the JetBlue Airways code and...
Australia Welcomes Release of British-Australian Academic from Iran Jail
SYDNEY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday welcomed the release of British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was detained in Iran in September 2018 and had been serving a 10-year sentence for espionage.
"I am extremely pleased...
Soccer-Skocic Dismissed as Iran Coach – IRNA
July 11 (Reuters) - Dragan Skocic has been dismissed as Iran head coach with little more than four months to go to the World Cup finals in Qatar, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
It said that Iran's football federation had decided to dismiss the 53-year-old, adding...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Arrest About 100 Protest Leaders – Iranian Judiciary
GENEVA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested about 100 leaders of protests that erupted last week over gasoline price rises, Gholamhossein Esmaili, spokesman for Iran's judiciary, said on Friday according to the official...
France Summoned Iran’s Chief Diplomat in Paris Over Tensions on Ballistic Missiles
PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry on Thursday summoned Iran's diplomatic charge d'affaires in the country over the alleged transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia, a diplomatic source said on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony...
