Saturday, August 1, 2026

Pressure Builds on Iran’s Rouhani as Parliament Targets Two More Ministers

LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against the education minister on Wednesday, ramping up pressure on the president who is under unprecedented attack from parliament over his handling of the...

Nuclear Test Ban Monitor Says He Sees Hope of Iran Joining Treaty

By Tom Miles GENEVA, April 23 (Reuters) - Iran may be interested in joining a key nuclear treaty if the United States withdraws its threat to rip up an existing deal on Tehran's nuclear ambitions,...
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VIDEO: Vahid Beheshti Resumes Hunger Strike After Fatwa Allegedly Issued Against Him

By Kayhan Life Vahid Beheshti who was hospitalised on day 72 of a hunger strike to convince the British government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK has resumed his public protest...

Britain Imposes New Iranian Sanctions over ‘Brutal Repression’

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Britain sanctioned more Iranian individuals and entities on Monday over the country's "brutal repression" of its people, including a crackdown on anti-government protests and the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari. The sanctions included an...

European Powers Say They Are Nearing Plan To Save Iran Nuclear Pact

By Marine Pennetier and Robin Emmott WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, April 25 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron called on the United States on Wednesday not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as Western envoys said Britain, France and Germany...

Iran’s Government Is Jailing and Torturing Doctors, Report Says

By Natasha Phillips Iran’s security forces are torturing, jailing and killing doctors for treating injured anti-government protesters, according to a Feb. 10 report by the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A physician in Iran interviewed by...

Jailed British-Iranian Aid Worker Ends Hunger Strike, Husband Says

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended a hunger strike in Tehran designed to push for her release, her husband told the BBC on Saturday. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager...

World Court Rules US Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, March 30 (Reuters) - In a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of...

Iranian Guards’ Business Empire to Win Big if U.S. Sanctions Lifted

By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, June 20 (Reuters) - Emerging outlines of a deal between Washington and Tehran to end their war contain a stinging paradox: sweeteners to coax Iran into compliance may strengthen an adversarial force...

Iranian Sites are Offering Wild Animals for Sale Online, Official Says

Iranian Cyberpolice has identified 29 cases of illegal wildlife trade on the internet so far, according to Colonel Jamshid Mohabat-Khani, the commander of the Environmental Protection Unit of Iran’s Department of Environment. “Even reputable online...