Friday, January 10, 2025

Iran Says It May Send Forces to Combat Syrian Rebels in Hama

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Intense airstrikes overnight drove Syrian rebels back from the edge of Hama, a major city whose fall would pile pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, both sides said on Wednesday. Rebels...

Inspired by Iran-Iraq War, Photographer Gohar Dashti Shows Her ‘Home’ Series at Paris Photo...

By Nazanine Nouri The Iranian-born photographer Gohar Dashti featured prominently at the recent edition of Paris Photo, a major international fair dedicated to photography and held this year in the newly restored Grand Palais, the...

US Deepens Sanctions on Iran’s ‘Shadow’ Oil Fleet

By Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey and Florence Tan WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday ramped up sanctions on Iran, targeting 35 entities and vessels it said carried illicit Iranian petroleum to foreign markets as part of what...

UN Mission Meets Victims, Survivors of Iran’s 2022 National Protests

By Kayhan Life Staff Members of the United Nations’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran have met with survivors and victims of the protests that erupted in Iran in 2022 and...

Israel and Iran-Backed Hezbollah Exchange Strikes as Ceasefire Violations Mount

By Maya Gebeily and Adam Makary BEIRUT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and three injured on Monday from Israeli strikes on two southern Lebanese towns, Talousa and Haris, as the Israeli military...

Fuel Oil Smuggling Network Rakes in $1 Billion for Iran and Its Proxies

By Maha El Dahan and Yousef Saba DUBAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A sophisticated fuel oil smuggling network that some experts believe generates at least $1 billion a year for Iran and its proxies has flourished in...

ANALYSIS: Why Iran Is Negotiating With the European Union

By Ahmad Rafat   The Islamic Republic — represented by Majid Takht Ravanchi, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s under-secretary for European and American Affairs — has resumed negotiations with the European Union. Ravanchi recently met with his...

Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi Released After Death Sentence Overturned

DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison on Dec. 1 after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime, the Iranian judiciary's Mizan news agency reported early...

Iran, Russia Foreign Ministers Say They Support Syria in Confronting Rebels, Iran State Media...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia voiced support for Syria on Saturday during a major attack by rebel groups, Iranian state media reported. Iran's Abbas Araqchi told Russia's Sergei Lavrov in a phone call...

Israel Says It Killed October 7 Attacker, Probes Claim He Was World Central Kitchen...

Nov 30 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in a vehicle strike in Gaza, and is investigating claims that the individual...