Canada Frees CFO of China’s Huawei on Bail; Trump Might Intervene
By Julie Gordon and Anna Mehler Paperny
VANCOUVER, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd was granted bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, 10 days after...
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...
“Americans Have Not Achieved Their Goals by Imposing Illegal Sanctions Against Iran” – Zarif
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.S. sanctions against Iran will have "severe consequences" for the world order, the Islamic Republic said on Tuesday, days before new sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect.
Washington reintroduced...
The Leader-Leaks: Khamenei Argues Against His Own Eligibility as Supreme Leader
By Dr. Ali M. Pedram
January 17, 2018 Less than two weeks after the eruption of widespread protests in Iran, 19 minutes of one of the most closely kept secrets in the Islamic republic’s history...
Iran’s Government Closes Children’s Libraries to Cut Costs
By Kayhan Life Staff
The Iranian government recently announced its plan to close some 1,000 libraries belonging to the Institute for the Development of Children and Young Adults, also known as the Center for the...
Sweden Detains Iranian on Suspicion of Murder in Iran in 1988
STOCKHOLM, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A 58-year-old Iranian citizen has been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of murder in Iran in 1988, prosecutors said on Wednesday, and national news agency TT said the case...
Turkey’s Halkbank Fails to Halt U.S. Prosecution for Aiding Iran
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey's state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S....
UN Should Refer to Foreign Nationals Jailed in Iran As ‘Hostages,’ Richard Ratcliffe Says
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations (UN) needs to review its position on the arbitrary detention of foreign nationals in Iran, and refer to them as hostages, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of detained British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has...
France on ICC Arrest Warrant for Putin: No-One Should Escape Justice
PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - The French government said on Friday that "no-one should escape justice", as it reacted to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russia President Vladimir Putin.
"No-one responsable for...
EU Imposing Further Sanctions on Iran Officials and Entities
BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities for their role in the violent crackdown against public protests in the Islamic republic.
The new sanctions target 5 people...
