Iran Executes Seven over Killings of Security Forces, Cleric
DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday executed seven men convicted of killing security personnel and a cleric several years ago, the judiciary’s news agency Mizan reported.
Six of the men were ethnic Arab separatists accused...
Iran Sees Surge in Executions, Child Detentions, Dissident Arrests
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s government has executed at least 1,000 people since January, imprisoned dissidents and arrested and forcibly disappeared scores of children from minority groups following the 12-day war with Israel in June. The Islamic...
US Begins Deporting Hundreds of Iranians After Rare Deal with Tehran
By Andrew Mills and Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The first group of about 400 Iranians expected to be deported from the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown were due to land in Qatar on...
Iran Executes ‘One of Most Important Spies’ for Israel
DUBAI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Iran executed a man named Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said, saying the defendant was "one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran".
Entangled in a...
France Drops World Court Case Against Iran over Detained Citizens
THE HAGUE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over...
Iranian Bahá’ís Are Being Targeted After Israel Attack, UK Official Says
By Natasha Phillips
Kumar Iyer, the U.K.’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, has told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council that the Bahá’í community in Iran are among several minority...
US Designates Four Iran-Aligned Militias as Terrorist Organizations
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Unites States designated four Iran-aligned militia groups as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, the State Department said.
The groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya and Kata’ib al-Imam Ali, the...
Nuclear Watchdog Pulls Inspectors from Iran
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, July 4 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country's nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens.
Israel launched its...
Iran-Linked Hackers Threaten to Release Trump Aides’ Emails
By Raphael Satter
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from U.S. President Donald Trump's circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.
In online...
Immigration Officers Arrest Iranian Asylum-Seekers in Los Angeles
By Sandra Stojanovic
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Reuters) - Pastor Ara Torosian received a distressed phone call from two Iranian members of his Farsi-speaking church on Tuesday -- U.S. federal immigration officers were at their Los Angeles home...
