Iranian Activist Blocked from World Cup Match Allowed to Protest
By Heba Kanso
BEIRUT, June 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An Iranian activist blocked from a World Cup match in Russia after demonstrating against her country's ban on women attending soccer games planned to renew...
U.S. Seeks to Seize Gasoline in Four Iran Tankers Bound for Venezuela
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, July 2 - U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit to seize the gasoline aboard four tankers that Iran is trying to ship to Venezuela, the latest attempt by the Trump administration...
U.S. Wants U.N. to Ban Nuclear Ballistic Missile Work by Iran
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The United States will push the U.N. Security Council to toughen its stance to prevent Iran from working on ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and carrying...
Jailed British-Iranian Aid Worker Ends Hunger Strike, Husband Says
LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended a hunger strike in Tehran designed to push for her release, her husband told the BBC on Saturday.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager...
France Has Not Ruled Out Declaring Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to Be a Terrorist Group
By John Irish
PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had not ruled out the idea that the European Union designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, a day after Germany...
Thousands of Child Marriages are Celebrated In Iran Each Year
By Kayhan Life Staff
A recent report by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) said that 27,448 girls aged under 15 were married between December 2021 and November 2022.
The report added the number of girls...
UK Sanctions Iranian Businessmen
LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday said it had sanctioned 12 Russian military commanders implicated in missile strikes on Ukrainian cities as well as Iranian businessmen involved in the production and supply of military drones used in...
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...
Iranian Hospitals Refuse to Treat Famous Artists, Producer Says
Hospitals in Iran are reluctant to admit well-known artists and celebrities as patients, according to the film producer Hamed Hosseini. “They ask the paramedics to return the patients to the hospital emergency room that...
Chinese State Media Urges Canada to Defy U.S., Free Huawei Exec
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Canada should distance itself from U.S. "hegemonism" and grant unconditional freedom to Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of China's Huawei detained in Vancouver on Washington's request, state-owned tabloid Global...
