Thursday, January 23, 2025

Biden and XI Discuss Iran

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping met for about four hours on Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from military conflicts to drug-trafficking. Biden welcomed the Chinese...

Meta Oversight Board to Review Handling of Video Showing Unveiled Woman in Iran

Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Oversight Board for Instagram-owner Meta Platforms META.O said on Thursday it was reviewing the app's decision to leave up, remove, and then reinstate, a post that showed a man confronting a woman in...

Women’s Activism in Iran Continues, Despite Street Protests Dying Down in Face of State...

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION By Mona Tajali Large-scale protests that erupted in 2022 across Iran, centering on women’s rights, captured the world’s attention. Iranians peacefully protested in the streets of places ranging from Tehran to small towns across the...

Dutch Court Orders Company to Compensate 5 Iranians for Supplying Iraq With Mustard Gas

AMSTERDAM, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered Dutch company Forafina Beleggingen, previously KBS Holland, to pay compensation to five Iranian victims of poison gas attacks during the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s after the...

Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Advances as It Stonewalls UN, IAEA Reports Show

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran has enough uranium enriched to up to 60% purity, close to weapons-grade, for three atom bombs by the International Atomic Energy Agency's definition and is still stonewalling the agency...

Iran Is Part of ‘New Axis of Totalitarian States,’ Says UK Lawmaker 

By Natasha Phillips Authoritarian states outnumber democracies in the world today, and Iran is part of a new totalitarian axis, said Ian Duncan Smith, a U.K. Conservative Party lawmaker who previously led the party and...

ANALYSIS: The Iran Regime’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Against Israel

By Parisa Hafezi, Laila Bassam and Arshad Mohammed DUBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader delivered a clear message to the head of Hamas when they met in Tehran in early November, according to three senior...

US, UK Impose New Sanctions on Iran Regime-Funded Hamas Following Attack

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The United States and Britain imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Tuesday targeting Hamas as they seek to cut off funding for the militant Palestinian group following its...

Brazilian Police Arrest Third Man Suspected of Links to Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Sunday arrested another man suspected of links to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, bringing the number of detainees suspected of involvement with the group to three,...

Construction Progresses at Russian Plant for Iranian Drones

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Satellite imagery shows progress in the construction in Russia of a plant that will mass produce Iranian-designed kamikaze drones that Moscow is expected to target against Ukrainian energy facilities, a research organization...