Crew of Ship Seized by Islamic Republic Are Safe, Operator Says
April 17 (Reuters) - The 25 crew members of the MSC Aries, which was seized by Iran on April 13, are safe, shipping firm MSC said on Wednesday, adding that discussions with Iranian authorities are in progress to...
What Are US Sanctions on Iran? How Can Washington Impose More?
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The United States has warned it will impose new sanctions on Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said new sanctions on Tehran - which could be...
US Will Use Sanctions to Disrupt Iran’s ‘Malign’ Activity, Yellen Says
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said Iran's attack on Israel last weekend and its financing of militant groups in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq threatened stability in the Middle...
London’s SOAS University Plans Film Festival Honoring Director Bahman Maghsoudlou
By Katayoun Shahandeh
Bahman Maghsoudlou, the awardwinning Iranian filmmaker and author, is receiving a major tribute from the University of London’s School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS): 13 of his films will feature in...
Islamic Republic Says Any Action Against Its Interests Will Receive a Severe Response
DUBAI, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran will respond to any action against its interests, President Ebrahim Raisi told the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday, according to the Iranian Student News Agency, a...
Israel Urges States to Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Terrorist Organization
JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters) - Israel's foreign minister said on Tuesday he was urging countries to place sanctions on Iran's missile programme and proscribe its Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation after Iran's first-ever direct...
IAEA Chief Worried Israel Could Strike Iran Nuclear Facilities
UNITED NATIONS, April 15 (Reuters) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday he is concerned about Israel possibly targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, but that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of Iranian facilities would resume...
ANALYSIS: Biden Unlikely to Cut Iran’s Oil Lifeline After Israel Attack
By Arshad Mohammed, Timothy Gardner and Michael Martina
WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran's unprecedented missile and drone strike on Israel is unlikely to prompt dramatic sanctions action on Iran's oil exports from the Biden administration due to...
Iranians Anxious as Israel Weighs Strike Response
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, April 15 (Reuters) - The prospect of Israeli retaliation against Iran for its drone and missile attack at the weekend has alarmed many Iranians already facing economic pain and tighter social and political controls after protests in 2022-23.
Iran's...
G7 Working on Package of Measures Against Iran, Says British PM Sunak
LONDON, April 15 (Reuters) - The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialised nations is working on a package of coordinated measures against Iran following Saturday's retaliatory missile and drone attack on Israel, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said...
