Monday, March 23, 2026

Pentagon Review Faults Hegseth over Signal Messages on Yemen Strikes, Sources Say

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Pentagon investigation has faulted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it...

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Iran Over Human Rights Violations

SYDNEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Australia's foreign minister said on Saturday the government would place targeted sanctions on Russia and Iran in response to what it called "egregious" human rights violations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in...

Iran to Introduce New Home Loan Scheme for Married Couples, Minister Says

Married couples could be eligible for mortgage loans of up to $38,000 provided they can make a monthly repayment of $1,190, the Serat al-Mostaghim news website has reported, citing Iranian Minister of Roads and...

Iran Is New Transit Point for Somali Charcoal in Illicit Trade Taxed by Militants:...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax,...
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Death Sentence for Anti-Government Protests Violates Sharia Law – Cleric

DUBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A prominent dissenting Sunni cleric on Friday said the death sentence of an Iranian protester involved in anti-government unrest violated sharia law, as President Ebrahim Raisi promised to press on with...

INTERVIEW: Hunger-Striking Iranian Rights Activist Vahid Beheshti Urges UK Action

By Ahmad Rafat Vahid Beheshti, a journalist and human rights activist, has been on a hunger strike outside the British Foreign Office in London since Feb. 23 in an effort to urge the British government...

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 in Iran Starts Hunger Strike – Husband

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - A British-Iranian aid worker jailed in Tehran has begun a hunger strike to demand release, her husband said on Saturday, adding he would support her by fasting outside Iran's embassy...

The Islamic Republic and the Demise Of Shia Doctrine

By Reza Parchizadeh In August 2016, the official website of the late Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a Shia theologian and democracy advocate -- currently run by his family and followers -- published an audio recording of him...

U.S. Judge Delays Turkish Banker’s Sentencing in Iran Sanctions Case

NEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday delayed by nearly four weeks the sentencing of a Turkish banker convicted in January of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions. Mehmet Hakan Atilla, 47,...