President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to extend sanctions relief to Iran, upholding Washington’s end of the nuclear deal, but it is likely that new sanctions targeting Iranian businesses will also be implemented, the BBC …
Belgium on Thursday tried to stop the execution of a prominent Iranian-Swedish academic accused of espionage and treason in his home country, the Brussels Times reported. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders told his Iranian counterpart Mohammad …
The United States plans to use aggressive sanctions to diminish the influence of Iran in Syria and remove Iranian-backed troops from the country, a U.S. official has said. During a testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign …
A top Iranian religious figure left Germany on Thursday after facing the threat of being charged with alleged crimes against humanity, Reuters reported. Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi – considered a successor to Supreme Leader Ali …
Economic protests that broke out in Iran at the end of December and turned into a demonstration of wider anti-government sentiment, rocked some 80 cities and led to at least 22 reported deaths. Thousands of …
Europe and the United States should confront Tehran about its ballistic weapons program and its role in Syria’s civil war but a 2015 deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb must be preserved, …
U.S. President Trump is expected to agree this week to continue granting Iran a reprieve from sanctions over its nuclear program, while again signaling his displeasure with the international nuclear deal that lifted the penalties, …
The U.S. has demanded that the “brutal” leadership of Iran release all those arrested during recent anti-government protests. A White House statement said the Trump administration was “deeply concerned” that Iran had imprisoned thousands for …
The plight of jailed Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe serving a five-year sentence in Iran will be raised by Boris Johnson when he meets his Iranian counterpart for talks today, The Independent reports. The Foreign Secretary will …
Germany has summoned Iran’s ambassador in Berlin to warn Tehran against spying on individuals and groups with close ties to Israel, saying such acts violate German law, RFERL reports. News of the meeting came out …
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