Monday, December 2, 2024

Christie’s to Auction Major Work by Bahman Mohasses to Benefit Farah Pahlavi Foundation

By Firouzeh Nabavi A major work by the renowned Iranian artist Bahman Mohasses (1931-2010) will be auctioned at Christie’s in New York on Nov. 22. “Young Minotaur Finding a Piece of Thread” (1985) was a...

Iran Offers to Cap Sensitive Uranium Stock as IAEA Resolution Looms

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Iran has tried in vain to prevent a Western push for a resolution against it at the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board meeting by offering to cap its...

US Envoy in Beirut for Talks After Lebanon, Iran-Backed Hezbollah Approve Truce Draft

BEIRUT, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce between armed group Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanon's state news agency said, hours after a proposal...

Iran Rejects European and British Sanctions on Its Shipping Lines as ‘Unjustified’

DUBAI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - New EU and British sanctions are based on false claims of missile transfers to Russia and are "unjustified", Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday. Brussels on Monday added the Islamic...

Iran, Israel Among Rivals to Showcase Their Arms at Vietnam Defence Expo

By Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Companies from Iran, Israel, China, Russia and the United States will showcase military equipment at an arms expo in Hanoi in December, Vietnam's defence ministry said...

Netanyahu Says Israel’s October Attack Hit a Component in Iran Nuclear Programme

JERUSALEM, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel's air attack on Iran last month hit an element of Tehran's nuclear programme while degrading its defence and missile production capabilities. "It's not a secret," Netanyahu said in a speech in...

ANALYSIS: Iran’s Energy Crisis Signals Imminent National Catastrophe

By Kayhan Life Staff Indicators of an energy crisis in Iran have been apparent for some time, but new developments have emerged in recent weeks. The Ministry of Energy has taken the unprecedented step of...

UK Sanctions Iran Air and IRISL Over Military Transfers to Russia

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday imposed sanctions against Iran's national airline and shipping carrier, measures it said were taken in response to Iran's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia. The state-owned Iran Air and Islamic Republic...

EU Widens Sanctions on Iranian Shipping Firms

BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The European Union has widened its sanctions against Iran over Tehran's support of Russia in its war with Ukraine, the European Commission said on Monday. The Commission said it had added the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping...

EU Worried by Reports of Iran, North Korea, China Supplying Weapons to Russia

BRUSSELS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The European Union is worried by reports of Iran, North Korea and China producing and supplying complete weapon systems to Russia for its war in Ukraine, EU Foreign Chief Josep Borrell told...