Swift to Disconnect Messaging for Some Iranian Banks This Weekend
PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - SWIFT will disconnect some Iranian banks this weekend, the Belgium-based financial messaging service's chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt said on Friday, adding it was regrettable.
SWIFT said earlier this week that it...
Iran Executes Man Accused of Spying for Israel, Mizan Reports
DUBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - A man accused of spying for Israel was executed in Iran, according to a report from judiciary news outlet Mizan on Wednesday that named the defendant as Pedram Madani.
...
UN Adopts Resolution To Investigate Iran Protests
By Natasha Phillips
The United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) approved a resolution calling for an independent investigation into nationwide protests in iran which are in their 10th week and have left more than 400 people dead. The resolution...
Iran Charges Foreigners $12,000 to $15,000 for Hunting Permits
Ali Teymouri, the director of the Hunting and Fisheries office of Iran’s Department of Environment, has said that it costs anywhere from $12,000 to $15,000 for foreign nationals to obtain a hunting permit.
The government...
Iranian Filmmaker Roustayi Concerned About Return Home Despite Cautious Cannes Film
By Michaela Cabrera and Miranda Murray
CANNES, France, May 23 (Reuters) - Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustayi said on Friday that he was careful in how he shot his Cannes Film Festival entry "Woman and Child", which never...
US Court Orders Iran to Pay Damages to Family of Late Journalist Siamak Pourzand
By Natasha Phillips
The Iranian government was ordered to pay $34.8 million in damages by a US court for imprisoning and torturing the journalist Siamak Pourzand, who subsequently took his own life while under house arrest.
The sentence was handed down by a court in the...
Upheld Death Sentence Against Iranian-German Citizen ‘Unacceptable’ -Berlin
BERLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said Iran's decision to uphold a death sentence on dual Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd was "unacceptable" and that Sharmahd was not given a fair trial.
In a...
New U.S. Sanctions Hit Hezbollah-Linked Financier, Companies
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The United States sought on Thursday to further choke off funding sources for Iranian-backed Hezbollah, imposing sanctions on its representative to Iran, as well as a major financier and...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Admits Detaining Tens of Thousands of Protesters – IRNA
DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government protests, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after a deadly state crackdown helped quell...
Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche and Tom Little
OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Iranian women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic's condemnation.
The award-making...
