U.S. Seeks About 20 Years Prison for Turkish Banker in Iran Sanctions Case
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to sentence a Turkish banker convicted of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions to about 20 years in prison, in a...
World Court Hears Iran Lawsuit to Have U.S. Sanctions Lifted
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Iranian lawyers will ask the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions ordered by the Trump administration...
Iran Honouring Nuclear Deal as New Sanctions Hit, IAEA Report Shows
VIENNA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Iran has continued to implement the main nuclear restrictions set by its 2015 deal with major powers even as the United States reimposed sanctions against Tehran, a U.N. atomic...
Tehran Open to Prisoner Swap With Belgium
BRUSSELS/DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday that it was open to a prisoner swap with Belgium after the latter's Constitutional Court upheld an exchange treaty in a case that could see a convicted Iranian diplomat switched for...
Iranian Chess Referee Spars with Governing Body over Women’s Solidarity
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber
GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat says a gesture of solidarity with female compatriots at a tournament in Iceland has caused a feud with the game's global body and seen...
Iran Toughens Hijab Laws, Introduces Harsher Punishments
By Natasha Phillips
Legislation in the Islamic Republic of Iran to enforce the mandatory hijab had been toughened to include increased jail terms and financial penalties for women who violate the country’s dress code.
The ‘Protection of the...
Raisi Says Hijab Is the Law in Iran As Unveiled Women Face ‘Yoghurt Attack’
April 1 (Reuters) - President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop near a holy Shi'ite...
Iran Temporarily Releases Jailed Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran has temporarily released Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer who was jailed two years ago on spying and propaganda charges, the judiciary's news agency reported on Saturday.
Sotoudeh's release...
EU Extends Rights Sanctions on Iran, at Odds Over New Measures
By Gabriela Baczynska and Robert-Jan Bartunek
BRUSSELS, April 12 (Reuters) - The European Union extended sanctions on Iran over human rights violations on Thursday, as the bloc prepared for a clash over whether to impose a...
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens To Prosecute ‘Without Mercy’ Unveiled Women
April 1 (Reuters) - Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei’s...
