France Discussing with Iran Fate of Citizen Arrested in October
PARIS, Feb 20 - France is in touch with Iran to improve the conditions of a French woman who was arrested in October on the Persian Gulf island of Kish for allegedly signing an illegal mining...
Iran’s Khuzestan Dam Is a Colossal Engineering Mistake, Expert Says
Kayhan London: The salt deposit in the Gotvand Dam’s water reservoir, in the southern province of Khuzestan, rose to 10.5 million tons in 2017, causing the salinity of the Karun River to increase by...
Iranian Government Bans Sale of Open-Front ‘Manteau’ Women’s Coats
The head of Tehran’s Apparel Manufacturers and Retailers Union Abolghasem Shirazi has said that the sale of the open-front manto (women’s coat) has been banned. According to Mr. Shirazi, consumers can find a list...
Albanian Authorities Enter Mojahedin Camp To Carry Out Searches, Arrests
By Ahmad Rafat
At 8 am (local time) on June 21, hundreds of officers from the Albanian Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) and the Department of Neutralization of Armed Elements (RENEA) entered camp Ashraf-3 in the...
EU Agrees New Iran Sanctions, Won’t Label Guards As ‘Terrorist’ for Now
By Bart H. Meijer and Ingrid Melander
BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday introduced new sanctions against Iran for a "brutal" crackdown on protests, but the bloc's top diplomat said the country's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)...
Arrest of Iranian Billionaire Hossein Hedayati Confirmed by Lawyer
Dariush Alikhani, a lawyer for the Iranian billionaire businessman Hossein Hedayati, has said the authorities remanded his client in custody after he refused to post the amended bail amount. Mr. Alikhani did not disclose...
Iran Sentences Two Women to Death for ‘Corruption on Earth’- IRNA
DUBAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of "corruption on earth" and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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Iranian Oil Ministry Corruption Is Causing Shortage of Tar Bitumen, MP Says
By Hamed Mohammadi
A group inside the Iranian Oil Ministry has monopolized the sale and export of vacuum bitumen, which is the raw material used to produce bitumen, commonly known as tar or asphalt, according...
Rouhani to Appear Before Iranian Parliament Soon, Says Lawmaker
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian lawmaker said on Saturday that President Hassan Rouhani would appear before parliament on Aug. 28 to answer questions on his government's handling of Iran's economic struggles, but...
Iran Holds Ex-Central Bank Deputy, Judiciary Says
DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Iran has arrested seven people including a former deputy central bank governor and five foreign exchange dealers for alleged economic crimes, the judiciary said on Sunday as the country...
