Monday, May 19, 2025

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...

U.S. Issues Iran-Related Sanctions Against China, UAE-Based Entities

WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities and individuals in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China whom it accused of being part of an Iranian weapons procurement network, as President Donald Trump seeks...
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‘Down With the U.S.A’ Mural Re-Painted in Iran Amid Increasing Tension

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U.S. Sanctions Three Iranian Officials Allegedly Involved in Death of FBI Agent Robert Levinson

By Ryan Patrick Jones March 25 (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on three Iranian intelligence officers for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of former FBI Special Agent Robert Levinson, the U.S. Treasury and State departments...

Two Convicted in US of Iran-Backed Plot to Kill Journalist

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, March 21 - Two men who U.S. prosecutors say belong to a Russian organized crime group were convicted of involvement in an unsuccessful Iran-backed plot to kill a prominent New York-based dissident and journalist. A jury in Manhattan federal court found Rafat...