U.S. Blacklists Iran’s Interior Minister Over Human Rights Abuses
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Iran's interior minister on Wednesday, accusing him of engaging in serious cases of human rights abuse.
Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli gave orders authorizing the...
Iran Says Navy Mounts New Defence System on Warship
DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Iran's navy has mounted a locally built advanced defensive weapons system on one of its warships for the first time, the Iranian navy chief was quoted as saying on...
Iran to Use Phone Checks for Coronavirus, School Closure Extended
DUBAI, March 5 (Reuters) - Iran will keep schools and universities closed for another two weeks and check up on people in the worst affected areas by telephone, the health minister said on Thursday, after concerns...
ANALYSIS: UN Urged to Address Iran’s Human Rights Violations
By Natasha Phillips
Leading human rights organizations have called on the United Nations to address alleged human rights violations in Iran. The appeal was made in a March 24 letter addressed to member states of...
U.S. Expects Seventh Round of Iran Nuclear Talks; No Details When
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it expected a seventh round of indirect U.S.-Iran talks on resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to take place "at the appropriate moment," but...
U.S. Threatened Europe With Auto Tariffs Over Iran Nuclear Program -Washington Post
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on European automobile imports if Britain, France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal, the...
Hijab Is No Impediment to Gender Equality, Says Faezeh Rafsanjani
By Natasha Phillips
The mandatory hijab is not an impediment to gender equality in Iran, the women’s rights activist and politician Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani told a Stanford University Zoom seminar on Tuesday.
Rafsanjani, who spoke in Persian via video link from an undisclosed...
IAEA Says Iran Has Notified It of Plan to End Snap Inspections
VIENNA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it plans to halt snap nuclear inspections outside of its declared sites, as of Feb. 23, the agency said on Tuesday.
"Iran informed the IAEA on...
US Conducted Cyberattack on Suspected Iran Spy Ship, NBC News Reports
Feb 15 (Reuters) - The United States conducted a cyberattack recently against an Iranian military ship in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden that had been collecting intelligence on cargo vessels, NBC News reported on...
Iran Prepares for Vote Seen as Litmus Test for Establishment
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Campaigning officially ended on Thursday for Iran's parliamentary election, a day before a vote seen as a litmus test of the popularity of the clerical establishment.
Street cleaners were...
