Witnesses Describe Wordless Knife Attack on Salman Rushdie, ‘The Satanic Verses’ Author
By Jonathan Allen
MAYVILLE, New York, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Jurors heard on Monday how an attacker stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in a matter of seconds at a New York lecture, during...
A Weakened Iran Creates Hope for a Reset as Investors Return to the Middle...
By Marc Jones and Steven Scheer
LONDON/JERUSALEM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A historic shake-up of the Middle East is starting to draw international investors, warming to the prospects of relative peace and economic recovery after so much...
Iranian President Says U.S. Is Not Sincere Over Readiness to Engage
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday questioned the United States' sincerity in seeking negotiations with Tehran as crowds of people, many chanting "Death to America", rallied across the country...
Khamenei Rejects Any Talks With Donald Trump Amid Revolution’s 46th Anniversary
By Ahmad Rafat
On the eve of the 46th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, led by Ruhollah Khomeini, and shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump released a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)...
Ayatollah Khamenei Meets Senior Hamas Leaders in Tehran, State TV Says
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with acting Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and two other leaders of the Palestinian group in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state TV reported.
"You defeated the Zionist...
EXCLUSIVE – Venezuela’s PDVSA Resumes Light Crude Imports as Output Dwindles
By Marianna Parraga
HOUSTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has resumed regular imports of light crude as its own output of medium and light grades dwindles, creating bottlenecks for producing exportable blends, according to company...
Former White House Speechwriter Rosshirt Discusses Breakdown, Childhood in Iran
By Nazenin Ansari
Tom Rosshirt is an American author and strategist who works with leaders in business, philanthropy, and academia, and spent three years in Iran as a child. Rosshirt was President Bill Clinton's national...
Ayatollah Khamenei Says Experience Proves Talks With US ‘Not Smart’
DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday experience had proven that talks with the United States are "not smart, wise or honorable", the official IRNA news agency reported.
This week...
Iran Says Verifying Its Nuclear Programme Is an ‘Easy Task’
DUBAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said it would be easy to verify Iran was not developing atomic weapons, state TV reported on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would like to...
US Slaps Sanctions on Network Shipping Iranian Oil to China
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it is imposing new sanctions on a few individuals and tankers helping to ship millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil per year to China, in an incremental move...