EU Condemns Iran Executions, Drone Delivery to Russia
By Sabine Siebold and John Irish
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers on Monday condemned Iran for its crackdown on anti-government protests and its drone deliveries to Russia, while moving ahead with a new package of sanctions meant...
Huawei Founder’s Daughter Arrested on U.S. Request, Clouding China Trade Truce
By Julie Gordon and Karen Freifeld
VANCOUVER/WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The daughter of Chinese tech giant Huawei's founder has been arrested in Canada and is facing extradition to the United States, dealing a blow...
Israel Says ‘Denuclearized’ Korean Peninsula Helpful Versus Iran
By Daniel Bases
NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - Friday's historic pledge by the leaders of the two Koreas to work to denuclearize the Korean peninsula should give U.S.
President Donald Trump a stronger hand to renegotiate the...
Iran Dismisses British Call for Release of Aid Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe
LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will serve out her five-year prison sentence, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, dismissing a call for her release by a British minister...
Iran Warns of Death Penalty, Asset Seizures for Spying, Aiding Enemies
DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - People accused of spying or cooperating with "hostile states" could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a recently enhanced law, an Iranian judiciary spokesperson said, a month into...
US Judge Blocks Trump’s Shutdown of Government-Funded Radio Broadcasts
By Dietrich Knauth
NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to halt its efforts to shut down government-funded radio broadcasts of Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle...
UK Sanctions 24 Iranian Officials Over Violent Crackdown on Protests
LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it was sanctioning two dozen Iranian officials including a government minister over what it called a "violent repression of protests" sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody.
The sanctions, coordinated with...
Iranian Restaurants Warned by Authorities Not to Serve Migratory Birds’ Meat
By Kayhan Life Staff
The commander of the protection unit of Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE), Colonel Jamshid Mohabat-Khani, has said the Judiciary will prosecute restaurant owners who break the law by serving dishes made...
Iran’s Lawyers Face ‘Systemic Persecution’ by Government, Says UK Law Society
By Natasha Phillips
Criminal defense lawyers in Iran are being persecuted, harassed and imprisoned for representing their clients, the UK Law Society has said in a submission filed with the United Nations Human Rights Council...
Iran’s Government Confirms It Arrested 22,000 People for Taking Part in Protests, Releases Them
DUBAI, March 13 (Reuters) - Iranian judicial authorities have pardoned 22,000 people who took part in anti-government protests, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
State media reported early last...
