China-Based Oil Firm Settles Iran Sanctions Violations, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - China-based Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co Ltd has agreed to pay more than $2.7 million to settle allegations it did business with Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions, the U.S....
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...
Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
By Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Mills
DUBAI/DOHA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will...
Iranian Caretaker Fired for Letting Women Exercise in Traditional All-Male Gymnasium
By Reza Hamidi
The caretaker and the morshed (master) of Valiye Asr Zourkhaneh ('house of strength'), a traditional all-male gymnasium in the city of Qods (province of Tehran) have been fired for allowing a few women to exercise...
Iran’s Regime A ‘Serious Threat’ to World Peace and Security, UN Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
The regime in Iran “continues to remain a serious threat to international peace and security,” according to Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...
Iran Guardian Council Ratifies Child, Adolescent Protection Act After Romina Killing
By Azadeh Karimi
Iran’s Guardian Council has ratified the Child and Adolescent Protection Act, turning it into law -- nine years after the bill was first sent to the Majlis (Iranian Parliament), according to the...
U.S. Accuses Huawei of Stealing Trade Secrets, Assisting Iran
By Karen Freifeld
NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese company, escalating the U.S. battle with...
Iran Court Upholds Iranian’s Death Sentence for Killing U.S. Woman
DUBAI, May 18 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme court has upheld the death sentence of an Iranian man for killing an American woman seven years ago to steal her car, the state-run daily Iran reported...
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...
ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Government Has Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Women Who Dare to Resist
By Mina Fakhravar / The Conversation
In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields.
The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s...
