American Physical Society, APS has awarded Prisoner of Conscience and deputy president of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, Narges Mohammadi its prestigious Sakharov Prize 2018, the society’s website reports. Praising Mohammadi, who is currently behind …
U.S. President Trump’s assertive new strategy toward Iran is already colliding with the reality of Tehran’s vastly expanded influence in the Middle East as a result of the Islamic State war, The Washington Post reports. The …
The Dutch government has admitted that technology from the Netherlands may have been used to develop weapons of mass destruction in Iran, Pakistan or Syria, Times of Israel reports. Dutch intelligence services have received indications …
About 70% of American voters believe that the 2015 nuclear deal should be renegotiated, according to a recent poll quoted by Iran Focus. Full poll results will be posted online later this week. The respondents were also …
The Swiss government has confirmed that it will officially take up a protecting power mandate in the Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict, representing the rivals’ consular interests in each other’s capital, Reuters reports. Though it has been on …
A UN special rapporteur on Wednesday urged Iran to stop harassing BBC employees from the Persian service after Tehran launched a criminal investigation of 152 staff for “conspiracy against national security,” BBC reports. David Kaye, the …
The U.S. President Donald Trump poked fun after accusing the European Union of only supporting the Iran nuclear deal to “make money”, Fox News reports. Trump said he has “allowed” Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel …
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Iraq Monday night, but his welcome in Baghdad was far less effusive as the Trump administration pushes to isolate Iran, an important Iraqi ally, New York times reports. The …
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged U.S. President Donald Trump to row back on threats to quit the Iran nuclear deal which he will cite as a diplomatic blueprint for solving tensions with North Korea, The …
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations on Sunday, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to …
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