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DC Protesters Gather Outside the White House to Remember Mahsa Amini’s Death in Iran

REUTERS/KL: Hundreds chanted slogans denouncing the Iranian government and calling on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to increase sanctions on Iran. Among them was Navid Mohebbi of The National Union For Democracy...
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Israeli Intelligence Minister Urges UK to Declare IRGC Terrorist Organization

By Kayhan Life Staff Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel was a guest speaker in the UK House of Lords on Sept. 7 at an event organized by Lord Stuart Polak CBE to honor the memory...

US, UK, Canada Issue New Iran Sanctions

By Daphne Psaledakis and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S., Britain and Canada on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini whilst in Iran's morality police custody, which sparked months of...
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Iran’s Government Steps up Internet Crackdown One Year After Mahsa Amini Death

By Sanam Mahoozi Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - One year after young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody while under arrest for improper hijab, Iran has stepped up internet restrictions to stop a resurgence...

EU’s Josep Borrell Faces Attacks In European Parliament On Iran Policy

By Natasha Phillips The European Union’s High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, was criticized by dozens of European lawmakers over the EU’s stance on Iran, during a Sep. 12 debate at...

US Will Have Ability to Freeze Iranian Funds Transferred to Qatar if Needed

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - If necessary, the United States will have the ability to freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds being transferred from South Korean to Qatari accounts as part of a prisoner swap deal, the...

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...

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...

Canada to Deny Temporary Residency to Ex-Iran Minister Reportedly Seen in Montreal

By Kanishka Singh Aug 28 (Reuters) - Canada will deny temporary residency to Iran's former health minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday, citing Tehran's human rights record, after Hashemi was reportedly...

Jailed US Resident Excluded From Iran Hostage Deal Begins Hunger Strike, His Son Says

By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. permanent resident detained in Iran since 2016 has begun a hunger strike in protest of his exclusion from last week's deal between Washington and...