EU Working on Iran and Russia Sanctions – Diplomats
By Gabriela Baczynska and Philip Blenkinsop
BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Union countries are working on a 10th package of sanctions to take effect next month against Russia for waging war against Ukraine, diplomatic sources told...
Germany Expects Further Iran Sanctions at EU Foreign Ministers Meeting
BERLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree further sanctions targeting members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps at their meeting in Brussels on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said...
Iran’s Regime ‘Built on Repression, and Women Its First Target,’ UN Expert Says
By Natasha Phillips
Iran’s regime is “built on repression, and its first target is women,” according to Dr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic...
EU Parliament Calls for More Sanctions Against Iranian Regime
BRUSSELS, Jan 19 (Reuters) - European lawmakers adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for more sanctions against all Iranian individuals and entities responsible for human right violations and also voted for the Revolutionary Guard Corps to be...
Iranians Face Severely Cold Weather, Shortages of Gas and Electricity
By Kayhan Life Staff
Many Iranian households are currently facing shortages of energy, including gas and electricity, despite freezing temperatures. There has been a disruption in the distribution and delivery of refillable gas cylinders and...
Iranian Protester Receives Three Death Sentences for Non-Capital Crimes
By Kayhan Life Staff
A revolutionary court in Sari, capital of the northern province of Mazandaran, has handed three death sentences to Javad Rouhi, a 35-year-old man arrested during the recent nationwide protests.
The protests, which...
Iran’s Government Warns EU Not to List Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Entity
DUBAI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" by listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told the EU's High Representative for...
EU Lawmakers Want Iran Government’s Guards Branded Terrorist Group
BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, blaming the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones...
Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi Channelled Own Experience of Iran in Thriller ‘Holy Spider’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who fled her home country in 2008 in fear after a private video was leaked, says she channelled her own experience in the thriller...
Blinken Says U.S. ‘Appalled’ by Execution of British-Iranian National
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The United States is appalled by Iran's execution of Alireza Akbari, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, vowing that Tehran's abuses in its crackdown of widespread demonstrations will not go unpunished.
"We...
