Iran Says Will Make Or Buy Any Weapons It Needs, Lambasts “Invading Powers”
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would make or buy any weapons it needed to defend itself in a region beset by "invading powers", as the military paraded missiles and...
Iran Executes Two Men Accused of Economic Crimes
GENEVA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Iran executed two men accused of economic crimes on Wednesday, part of an effort to stem financial misconduct as the country faces an economic crisis and new U.S. sanctions targeting its...
EXCLUSIVE – United States to Put United Nations Focus on Iran Protests
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States will next week put the United Nations spotlight on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody and look for ways...
Iran’s Expediency Council Could Rule on FATF By Late March, Official Says
By Kayhan Life Staff
Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, has said that the Council may issue its final decision on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations by March 21, the start of...
Iran Sticking to Nuclear Deal, IAEA Says, Amid New U.S. Sanctions
VIENNA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the U.N. atomic watchdog policing the pact reaffirmed on Thursday, two weeks after the latest wave of reimposed U.S....
Iran to Propose Tougher Divorce Law for Men, Vice President Says
The government is drafting a bill to toughen conditions under which a man can file for divorce, Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has said.
“The new bill will make it...
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...
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...
Amnesty International Reports on Iran’s Crackdown to Enforce Hijab, Including Vehicle Confiscation
By Natasha Phillips
More than a million women have been threatened with confiscation of their vehicles since April 15, after surveillance cameras caught them driving without their headscarves on, Amnesty International said.
The findings, published in a...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Pardons or Reduces Sentences for 615 Prisoners
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned or reduced the sentences for 615 prisoners on Thursday, according to Mizan, the news site of the Iranian judiciary.
The move comes during the...
