Iran’s Pezeshkian Says Tehran Indifferent to US Election Result
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the result of the U.S. election did not matter to his country, state media reported on Thursday, amid heightened tensions with Washington over its...
India Lifts Ban on Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses,’ Following Iran Ayatollah’s Fatwa in 1989
By Shivam Patel
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the...
Iran Says US Elections Are an Opportunity to Review ‘Wrong Approaches’
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. elections are an opportunity to review the "wrong approaches" of the American government, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday according to state media, after Donald Trump won...
Trump Could Harden Iran Oil Stance but Struggle to Stem Flow to China, Analysts...
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's return to the White House could mean tougher enforcement of U.S. oil sanctions against Iran, potentially trimming global supplies, but his administration could struggle to get...
Iranians Worried, Elated, Wary in Mixed Reaction to Trump Win
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election drew mixed reactions among ordinary Iranians, with some fearing a heightened risk of war and economic hardship but others hoping his hardline stance might bring...
Iran Sentences Four People to Death Over Charges of Spying for Israel, Fars News...
DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Four people were sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in northwestern Iran over charges of spying for Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.
Fars said three of the defendants -...
UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Says He May Head to Iran Soon as Trump Return...
By Angelo Amante and John Irish
ROME/PARIS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he might head to Iran in the coming days to discuss its disputed atomic programme and that he expected...
Iran Plays Down Importance of US Election, Voices Readiness for Confrontation
DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Iranians' livelihoods will not be affected by the U.S. elections, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani was reported as saying on Wednesday after Donald Trump claimed victory in the presidential vote.
Arab and Western officials have told...
Arrest of Unclothed Student Puts Iran’s Women Back in Global Spotlight
By Natasha Phillips
The detention of a female university student who publicly stripped to her undergarments to protest the mandatory hijab has once again put the status of Iranian women and their incarceration in the international spotlight.
Ahoo Daryaei was seen on videos...
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...
