Swedish PM Says Shooting of Anti-Islam Campaigner May Be Linked to Foreign Power
By Johan Ahlander
STOCKHOLM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Swedish prime minister said the shooting of an anti-Islam campaigner just hours before a trial verdict was due on Thursday over his burning the Koran might be linked to a...
Lebanon Extends Suspension of Flights From and to Iran, Lebanese Presidency Says
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon has extended the suspension of flights to and from Iran, the Lebanese presidency said following a cabinet meeting on Monday, without clarifying the period of the extension.
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Lebanon halted an Iranian flight to Beirut...
New Zealand Reimposes Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Non-Compliance
By Lucy Craymer
WELLINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - New Zealand is reimposing sanctions on Iran due to concerns about Iran's non-compliance with its nuclear obligations, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement on Friday.
The statement said the reimposition of...
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’s Revolutionary Guards Intercepted UAE-Managed Tanker, IRGC Says
DUBAI, July 22 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed products tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, the IRGC and British security firm Ambrey said on Monday.
The vessel had...
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...
France Demands Immediate Release of French Couple Held in Iran for Three Years
July 3 (Reuters) - France on Thursday demanded the immediate release of two of its citizens held in Iran for more than three years, saying Tehran's case against them was unfounded.
The French government has accused the Islamic Republic...
US Pauses All Immigration Applications from Iran, 18 Other Non-European Countries
Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public...
US Targets Iran-Backed Hezbollah With New Sanctions, Treasury Department Says
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States targeted two senior Hezbollah officials and two financial facilitators with new sanctions on Thursday for their role in coordinating financial transfers to the Iran-backed group, the Treasury Department said.
The...
UK Police Arrest Seven Iranians in Counter-Terrorism Probes
LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police have arrested eight men including seven Iranians in two separate operations, officers said, in what the interior minister called some of the biggest investigations of their kind in...
