South Korea Says It’s Making Efforts to Transfer Iran’s Frozen Funds
SEOUL, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Efforts are under way to transfer Iran's funds that had been frozen in South Korea, foreign minister Park Jin said, after Teheran reached a deal with the United States to release American citizens...
Iran’s Guardian Council Passes Amendment Bill on Acid Attacks, Spokesman Says
By Azadeh Karimi
The Guardian Council has approved an amendment bill that imposes longer prison sentences on people who carry out acid attacks, according to Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the Spokesman for the Guardian Council.
Mr. Kadkhodaei made...
Trump’s Iran Sanctions Resolve Faces Test from Oil-Thirsty China, India
By Timothy Gardner, Humeyra Pamuk and Henning Gloystein
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department began telling countries around...
United Nations ‘Orange the World’ in Iran
By KayhanLife Staff
Every year, the United Nations marks 16 days of activism against gender-based violence from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day), 2022,...
Chinese State Media Urges Canada to Defy U.S., Free Huawei Exec
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Canada should distance itself from U.S. "hegemonism" and grant unconditional freedom to Meng Wanzhou, a top executive of China's Huawei detained in Vancouver on Washington's request, state-owned tabloid Global...
EU Can Proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Without Delay, Lawyers Say
By Natasha Phillips
Seven Iranian-born attorneys based in France have signed a letter on June 9 indicating that the European Union can designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization without delay, and without...
Iran Military Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty for Spies, Judiciary Spokesman Says
Iranian authorities have successfully dismantled several U.S. spy networks in recent years, the Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced during a televised news conference in Tehran.
“U.S. intelligence agencies have used several teams to conduct espionage...
U.S. Investigating Possible Stanchart Iran Breaches After 2012 Deal -CEO
By Lawrence White
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating whether Standard Chartered breached Iran-related compliance rules as recently as 2013, a year after it settled with them over earlier allegations of breaches...
Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Rapper Toomaj Salehi Death Sentence
DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday.
Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian told...
U.S. Judge Delays Turkish Banker’s Sentencing in Iran Sanctions Case
NEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday delayed by nearly four weeks the sentencing of a Turkish banker convicted in January of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, 47,...
