Trial Begins In Iran Over Deadly Attacks Claimed By Islamic State
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) - A Revolutionary Court in Iran on Saturday began the trial of a group accused of involvement in attacks last year which killed 18 people in the first deadly operation by Islamic...
Macron’s Talk Of ‘New’ Deal With Iran May Not, In Fact, Be New
By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's talk this week of a "new deal with Iran" may not, in fact, represent anything new nor a deal with...
Iran Says Security Forces To Clamp-Down On Protests
DUBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces will "resolutely confront" unrest that could be exploited by the United States and other enemies, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday, after a wave of protests across...
Iran Says It Can Produce Higher Enriched Uranium If U.S. Exits Nuclear Deal
ANKARA, April 30 (Reuters) - Iran has the technical capability to enrich uranium to a higher level than it could before a multinational nuclear deal was reached to curb its nuclear programme, state TV...
Pushing To Bury Iran Deal, Israel Insists Nobody Wants War With Tehran
By Maayan Lubell and Dan Williams
JERUSALEM, May 1 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it does not seek war with Iran, a day after presenting purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work, but...
Iran Says Will Make Or Buy Any Weapons It Needs, Lambasts “Invading Powers”
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would make or buy any weapons it needed to defend itself in a region beset by "invading powers", as the military paraded missiles and...
Seizure of British-Flagged Tanker “Clear Violation of International Law” -UK Chamber of Shipping
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - The seizure of a British flagged tanker by Iran is in "clear violation of international law" because it was in Omani waters, the head of the UK Chamber of...
Iran calls for calm after water protests, clashes
DUBAI, July 1 (Reuters) - Iran called for calm on Sunday after protests in a southern city over water shortages turned violent overnight with reports of police shooting at demonstrators who attacked banks and...
New U.S. Sanctions Hit Hezbollah-Linked Financier, Companies
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The United States sought on Thursday to further choke off funding sources for Iranian-backed Hezbollah, imposing sanctions on its representative to Iran, as well as a major financier and...
Taliban Battle Afghan Government Forces In Western City Near Iran
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 17 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters battled police and troops in the western city of Farah overnight, officials said on Thursday, as security forces struggled to regain control of a city that...