ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Government Has Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Women Who Dare to Resist
By Mina Fakhravar / The Conversation
In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields.
The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s...
Iran, US to Hold Talks in Rome in Bid to Reach Nuclear Deal
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States started a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to resolve their decades-long standoff over Tehran's atomic aims, under the shadow of President Donald Trump's...
Khamenei Sends Letter to Putin Ahead of Talks With US
By Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi
MOSCOW/DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sent his foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday with a letter for President Vladimir Putin to brief the Kremlin...
Iran Rejects UK Accusation of Links to Swedish Criminal Gang
LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday rejected a British accusation that it was connected to the Sweden-based criminal gang known as 'Foxtrot' after Britain's government had earlier this week sanctioned the group saying it had committed attacks...
Rubio, Witkoff Head to Paris to Discuss Iran with Europeans
By Steve Holland and Elizabeth Pineau
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Two of President Donald Trump's top national security aides plan to hold talks in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday as the United States...
UK Sanctions Swedish-Based Iranian Criminal Network over Plots in Europe
LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - The British government on Monday sanctioned what it said was a Swedish-based Iranian criminal network and its leader, citing the group's role in attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets across Europe.
Britain imposed...
EU Ministers Adopt Iran Sanctions over Citizen Detentions
BRUSSELS, April 14 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers on Monday adopted sanctions against seven Iranian individuals and two organisations over the detention of EU citizens, which the bloc calls a policy of state-sponsored hostage-taking, diplomats said.
A...
UN Expands Iran Human Rights Mission in ‘Historic’ Move
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations has renewed and broadened the mandate for its Fact Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI), a move described as “historic” by Baroness Helena Kennedy, the leading British lawyer, lawmaker and...
UK Police Arrest Two Men Over Alleged Links to Iran-Backed Hezbollah
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police said on Thursday they had arrested two men accused of being linked to the banned group Hezbollah, saying their investigation involved alleged activity both overseas and in Britain.
Detectives...
US Treasury Chief Meets With Global Banks on Iran Oil Sanctions
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday met in Washington with 16 global banks and federal law enforcement agencies on U.S. sanctions policy on Iran including efforts to cut its oil...
