Iran Regime’s ‘Death Committee’ President Unyielding in Defence of Clerical Rule
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - As a young prosecutor in Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi sat on a "death committee" overseeing the execution of hundreds of political prisoners in the Iranian capital, rights groups say.
Now president three decades...
Biden Receives Letter from Jailed Iranian American -White House
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it had received a letter to President Joe Biden from Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges, and called Iran's...
British Foreign Minister to Discuss Iran on N. American Trip
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will seek to bolster support for Ukraine on a trip to the United States and Canada which begins on Tuesday, ahead of the first anniversary of...
Iran Arrests German for Taking Oilfield Photos, Jam-e-Jam Reports
DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Iran has detained a German national for taking photos of "sensitive oil centres" in the country's southern province of Khuzestan, Iranian daily Jam-e Jam reported on Tuesday.
"The German national was detained while taking...
Paris’ Eiffel Tower Lights Up with Slogans in Solidarity with Iranians
PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower lit up on Monday with slogans in support of Iranian protesters and women fighting for more rights.
Four months after Mahsa Amini died in custody, the French capital's wrought-iron tower...
UK Foreign Minister Cleverly Says Akbari Was ‘Lured Back’ to Iran
LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister James Cleverly said on Monday that Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national who was executed by Iran on Saturday, was "lured back" to the country three years ago before facing an arbitrary legal...
Germany Summons Iranian Ambassador for Talks in Berlin
BERLIN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Germany summoned Iran's ambassador to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin for talks on Monday against the backdrop of German concerns about Tehran's human rights record, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
"I can confirm...
Jailed Iranian American Appeals to Biden, Starts Hunger Strike
By Arshad Mohammed
Jan 16 (Reuters) - An Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges that the United States rejects as baseless appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to bring him home...
UK Sanctions Iran’s Prosecutor General After Akbari Execution
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Saturday Britain had imposed sanctions on Iran's Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari.
"Sanctioning him today underlines our disgust at Alireza Akbari's...
Alireza Akbari: The British-Iranian Executed by Tehran
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defence minister to death on charges of spying for Britain.
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