Russia and Iran to Plan Joint Activities
Sept 20 (Reuters) - Relations between Russia and Iran have reached a new level despite opposition from much of the Western world, Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said during his visit to Teheran on Wednesday.
"We are aiming at...
US-Iran Ties Remain Adversarial but Door for Nuclear Diplomacy Remains Open, US Says
By Humeyra Pamuk, Arshad Mohammed and Steve Holland
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A detainee swap that secured the release of five Americans held in Iran on Monday does not change Washington's adversarial relationship with Tehran, although the...
How Iran, US Clinched Rare Detainee Swap and Funds Release
By Parisa Hafezi
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Iran and the U.S. were to swap five detainees each on Monday after Qatar mediated a deal between the arch foes that also unfroze $6 billion of Tehran's funds.
HOW IS THE EXCHANGE HAPPENING?
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UK, France, Germany, US Urge Iran to Reverse Bar on Some Un Nuclear Inspectors
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States, Britain, France and Germany called on Iran to reverse its decision to bar "several" U.N. inspectors, a joint statement from the countries published by the British government said on Monday.
"Iran must immediately reverse...
US-Bound Plane Leaves Doha With Five Americans Freed by Iran
By Andrew Mills, Humeyra Pamuk and Parisa Hafezi
DOHA/NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A U.S.-bound plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran left Doha on Monday as part of a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the United...
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, Ahmadinejad -Treasury Website
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and on the country's intelligence ministry, the Treasury Department's website showed.
The sanctions, issued after the two countries agreed to...
Iran Says Prisoner Swap With U.S. To Take Place Today
DUBAI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A prisoner swap involving five Iranian prisoners and five American prisoners will take place on Monday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Iranian funds frozen in South Korea will be in Iran's possession...
Protests Continue in Iran as Mahsa Amini Anniversary Passes
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Sporadic protests continued in Iran on Sunday amid a widespread crackdown by security forces a year after a young Kurdish woman's death in custody set off some of the worst political unrest in four decades.
The...
DC Protesters Gather Outside the White House to Remember Mahsa Amini’s Death in Iran
REUTERS/KL: Hundreds chanted slogans denouncing the Iranian government and calling on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to increase sanctions on Iran. Among them was Navid Mohebbi of The National Union For Democracy...
Iran Guards Detain Dual National for ‘Organising Unrest and Sabotage’
DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organise unrest and sabotage", the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, amid heightened security to thwart planned protests a year...
