Nasdaq to Pay $4 Mln Settlement Over Apparent Iran Sanctions Violations
Dec 8 (Reuters) - New York-based stock exchange Nasdaq Inc NDAQ.O agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to the U.S. Department of Treasury over apparent violations of sanctions against Iran by a former Nasdaq unit, the department's...
Iran Bans Imports of Musical Instruments and Sunglasses
By Kayhan Life Staff
Iran has classified musical instruments and sunglasses as luxury items and banned their import, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Mehdi Mirashrafi, has said.
“There is an...
Men Must Not Look at Women During Ramadan, Says Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman
The newly appointed Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili has warned the public against violating Islamic codes of conduct during the holy month of Ramadan (May 5-June 4).
“I urge those who are not fasting because of...
Flags of Inconvenience – Noose Tightens Around Iranian Shipping
By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Marianna Parraga
LONDON/DUBAI/PANAMA CITY, July 26 (Reuters) - Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran, around Africa's southern tip and into the Mediterranean, the Grace 1 oil tanker...
ICC Prosecutor Urges Judges to Urgently Rule on Warrants for Israeli, Hamas Officials
THE HAGUE, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court stressed the court had jurisdiction to investigate Israeli nationals and asked judges to urgently decide on arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Pope Condemns Iran Government’s Use of Death Penalty Against Protesters
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned Iran's execution of protesters for the first time on Monday in his traditional New Year's address to diplomats, and said the war in Ukraine was...
New Iran Law Could Make Arbitrary Detention Easier, Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
A new law in Iran that transfers the power to grant and revoke lawyers’ licenses from the Iranian Bar Association (IBA) to the judiciary could make it easier for the government to detain...
Member of Iran’s Bahai Community Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
On December 16, a Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced Yekta Fahandezh-Saadi, a member of the Bahai community in Shiraz, capital of the southern province of Fars, to 11 years in prison. The court found...
Separated by Travel Ban, Iranian Families Reunite at Border Library
By Yeganeh Torbati
DERBY LINE, VERMONT/STANSTEAD, QUEBEC, Nov 28 (Reuters) - During the six-hour drive from New York City to a tiny town in northern Vermont, Iranian student Shirin Estahbanati cried at the thought of seeing...
Iran Warns Trump It Might Withdraw From Non-Proliferation Treaty
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that Tehran might quit a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons if U.S. President Donald Trump scraps...
