Iran Moves Closer to Compliance With Global Dirty Money Watchdog’s Rules
DUBAI, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran's top arbitration body has approved a bill that could help remove Tehran from the blacklist of a global financial crime watchdog, state media reported on Wednesday, potentially advancing efforts to...
Iran’s Araqchi Says Tehran Will Not Respond to Language of Pressure over Its Nuclear...
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran and European powers are engaged in last-ditch talks to prevent the revival of U.N. sanctions on Tehran, two senior Iranian officials and two Western...
US Imposes Sanctions on Yemeni Financial Institution in Action Against Iran-Backed Houthis
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on a Yemen-based financial institution that Washington accused of financially supporting the Houthis, as President Joe Biden's administration sought to further pressure the militant group...
Trump to Meet Officials from Muslim-Majority Countries to Discuss Gaza
By Kanishka Singh and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday and discuss the situation in Gaza, which has been under a mounting assault from Washington's...
Netherlands Summons Iranian Ambassador over Alleged Assassination Attempts
THE HAGUE, April 24 (Reuters) - Iran's ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned on Thursday after the Dutch intelligence agency said it suspected Tehran of being behind two assassination attempts in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
The...
ANALYSIS: The Islamic Republic and the Trump Doctrine
By Peter Apps
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - As some 20 Islamic Republic's ballistic missiles headed for the U.S. airbase at Al Udeid in Qatar last month following U.S. strikes against Iran, the only U.S. personnel at...
Iran Executes Alleged Mossad Spy in Latest Execution, Judiciary Media Reports
DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani.
Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people...
Sweden Detains Suspected Spy, TV Reports Diplomat Is Held
STOCKHOLM, May 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's security service has detained a Swedish diplomat on suspicion of espionage, Swedish public television SVT reported on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources.
The security service (SAPO) said it had detained a person...
Iran Downgrades Diplomatic Ties with Australia After Row over Arson Attacks
DUBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Iran has downgraded diplomatic ties with Australia, its foreign ministry said on Thursday,a week after Australia expelled the Iranian ambassador over accusations that Tehran directed two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney...
Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala
DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the laws of the Islamic Republic", Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Sala, 29, who works for the newspaper...
