Two Men Sentenced to 25 Years over Iran-Backed Plot to Kill Dissident
By Jack Queen
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Two men convicted of murder-for-hire charges were each sentenced in New York on Wednesday to 25 years in prison over what prosecutors called a failed Tehran-backed plot to kill an Iranian dissident living in the...
Amid U.S.-Iran Talks, Netanyahu Says Iran’s Entire Nuclear Program Must Go
JERUSALEM, April 27 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday repeated calls for Iran's entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled, as Washington and Tehran engage in talks for a nuclear accord.
The United States and Iran have so far...
Islamic Republic Appeals to UN over ‘Tightening Restrictions’ on Its Diplomats in New York
DUBAI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Tehran called on the United Nations to intervene in what it called the "tightening of restrictions on Iran's diplomatic mission to the United Nations in New York", according to a foreign ministry...
Iran Says It Won’t Return to Talks as Long as US Makes ‘Unreasonable Demands’
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Iran will not return to negotiations with the United States as long as Washington makes "unreasonable demands," the Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Tehran...
ANALYSIS: What Is Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic-Aligned Lebanese Group Under Pressure to Disarm?
(Reuters/KL) - The Lebanese government is expected to discuss Hezbollah's disarmament on Tuesday, facing pressure from the United States to make progress as Israel presses attacks on the Islamic Republic-backed group.
While President Joseph Aoun...
Franco-German Cyclist Arrested in Iran, Foreign Minister Says
PARIS, July 10 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old French-German cyclist missing in Iran since mid-June has been in custody there, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday.
"He was arrested for committing a crime, and an official notification regarding his situation was sent to the...
India Lifts Ban on Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses,’ Following Iran Ayatollah’s Fatwa in 1989
By Shivam Patel
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the...
Trump Campaign Says It Was Hacked, Blames Iran
By Kanishka Singh and Nathan Layne
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign said on Saturday some of its internal communications were hacked and blamed the Iranian government, citing past hostilities between Trump and Iran...
US Designates Four Iran-Aligned Militias as Terrorist Organizations
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Unites States designated four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, the State Department said.
The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali, the...
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...
