Thursday, March 5, 2026

EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say

By Natasha Phillips Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...

European Refiners Winding Down Purchases of Iranian Oil

By Ron Bousso, Amanda Cooper and Shadia Nasralla LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - European refiners are winding down oil purchases from Iran, closing the door on a fifth of the OPEC member's crude exports after...

Dual National ‘Held Hostage’ in Iran Even After Release, Lawyer Says 

By Natasha Phillips Iranian-American Baquer Namazi has been barred from leaving Iran, even after his case was closed last year and a travel ban against him was lifted, according to his son Babak Namazi. Babak Namazi issued a press...

Iranian Traffic Police Ban Women from Riding Electric Motorcycles 

By Kayhan Life Staff Women are banned from riding electric motorcycles in public, the head of Tehran’s traffic police Brigadier General Seyyed Kamal Hadianfar has said. The Traffic Police is a branch of the Law...

Iran Abstains on Landmark Pandemic Agreement Vote by World Health Organization Members

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 20 (Reuters) - Members of the World Health Organization adopted an agreement on Tuesday to better prepare for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19, but the absence of...

Iran’s Government Starts Trial of Female Journalist Who Covered Amini’s Death

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - A Revolutionary Court in Iran on Tuesday began the trial of a female journalist behind closed doors on charges linked to her coverage of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody...

British Lawmakers Seek Diplomatic Protection for Detained British-Iranian

By Natasha Phillips A letter sent on May 19 and signed by 60 British lawmakers has demanded that UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab grant the jailed dual national Anoosheh Ashoori diplomatic protection. Mr. Ashoori was arrested and detained in...

Britain Tells Iran It Will Not Let Matter of Detained Aid Worker Rest

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday he had had a frank discussion with his Iranian counterpart about detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and that he would...

Iran Confirms Detention of Three Australians – Fars

DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary on Tuesday confirmed the detention of three Australian citizens that had been announced last week by the Australian government, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency. "Two of...

Google Removes Several Blogs, Youtube Accounts Linked to Iran

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it had identified and terminated 39 YouTube channels linked to state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Google has also removed 39 YouTube channels and six...