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...
UN Pushes for Iran Nuclear Deal Talks, Says ‘Time of the Essence’
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions...
Iranian Abedini Arrested in Italy Returns Home
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini, who had been detained in Italy on a U.S. warrant, on Sunday left jail and returned to Iran after Rome's justice minister filed to...
Italy Says No US Extradition Request for Detained Iranian Businessman So Far
ROME, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The United States has not submitted any formal request of extradition for an Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini detained in Milan, Italy's justice minister said in an interview published on Thursday.
"The matter of...
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...
Operation to Tow Stricken Tanker and Avert Spill Starts in Red Sea
ATHENS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday.
Towing the...
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...
US Imposes Sanctions on Entities in Iran, Russia Over Election Interference
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. election.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement...
Missile Fired by Iran-Backed Houthis Lands Near Israel’s Main Airport
By Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel, May 4 (Reuters) - A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main international airport, sending a plume of smoke into...
US Indicts Suspected Leaker of Classified Documents on Israel’s Plans to Strike Iran
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. government employee has been indicted for leaking classified national defense information, according to federal court records unsealed on Wednesday.
The indictment, charging Asif William Rahman with two...
