Britain Tells Iran It Will Not Let Matter of Detained Aid Worker Rest
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday he had had a frank discussion with his Iranian counterpart about detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and that he would...
Families of People Held Hostage in Iran Unite to Call for Action
By Belinda Goldsmith
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The families of people detained in Iran on false charges joined forces for the first time on Wednesday to call on world leaders meeting...
U.S. Pressure Could Work Only If Iran Deal Survives -France
By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - France's president said on Wednesday that the United States' sanctions policy on Iran could force Tehran to negotiate, but only if European powers...
UK PM May to Meet Iran’s Rouhani, Lobby for Detained Aid worker’s Release
LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will lobby for the release of detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when both attend the...
Rouhani Warns U.S. on Sanctions, Does not Rule Out Talks
By Parisa Hafezi
NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday warned the United States against pursuing hostile policies toward Tehran, saying preventing Iran from exporting oil would be "very dangerous",...
U.S. Dollars Smuggled in Large Amounts into Iran, Afghan Official Says
There has been a significant increase in the volume of U.S. dollars entering Iran illegally from Afghanistan, ILNA (the Iranian Labor News Agency) reported, quoting Sakhi Ahmad Peyman, the president of the Afghanistan Industrial...
As U.S. Sanctions Near, Europe Fails to Protect Iran Deal
By John Irish and Robin Emmott
UNITED NATIONS/BRUSSELS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - At a meeting in Washington after Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in May, a senior U.S. official told European...
UK Warns British-Iranian Dual Nationals over Travel to Iran
LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday advised British-Iranian dual nationals against all but essential travel to Iran, tightening up its existing travel advice and warning it has only limited powers to support...
Iran Says US Pullout from Nuclear Deal Threatens Regional Peace
VIENNA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal struck between Iran and major powers is "doomed" to seriously affect peace and security in the Middle East, Iran's atomic chief said...
Woman Arrested for Hijab Removal Recalls Prison Ordeal
By Firoozeh Ramezanzadeh
Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a 45-year old Iranian woman, was arrested in January after removing her headscarf in public in protest against the mandatory Islamic hijab law. Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi sought a...
