Tag: Iran
Iran needs material for a nuclear weapon for up to weeks – negotiations on a nuclear deal have been stalled for more than a month
Iran is urging the United States to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the list of foreign terrorist organizations. On Tuesday, the United States reiterated its concern about Iran’s…
Iran: “Negotiations with Saudi Arabia Restarted”
Iran’s semi-official Nur news site reported that the rival powers of the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have resumed negotiations. The negotiations, which started in Baghdad, the capital of…
Shiite imam murdered in knife attack
The knife attack on Tuesday, April 5, against three Iranian Shiite clerics, one of whom died, came to darken the Ramadan fast in Iran. An attack that could fuel tensions…
Iran announces free visas for 2022 World Cup spectators
Iran decided on Wednesday April 13 to make visas free for travelers coming from Qatar where they will come to attend matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This decision…
Sanctions on 15 US Officials from Iran
Iran announced today that it has begun imposing sanctions on 15 American officials, including former US Joint Chiefs of Staff George Casey and former US President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy…
In Iraqi Kurdistan, rocket and missile attacks are increasing
Iraqi Kurdistan is at the heart of regional tensions. Turkish forces based in its territory have been targeted twice in the past week. A few days earlier, the Iranian Revolutionary…
Iranian artists denounce violence in the cinema world
In Iran, some 170 women artists and filmmakers signed a joint letter to denounce systematic sexual violence and pressure committed by their male colleagues. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh…
In Iran, Nowruz celebrations marred by price hikes
Iranians celebrate the New Year of the Persian calendar despite high inflation exceeding 50% in recent months. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi Nowruz, the festival of spring, has…
Nowruz, the Persian spring festival, an anthropological mystery
Nowruz, the spring festival celebrated this Sunday in many countries of the ancient Persian Empire and far beyond, is celebrated at the precise moment of the spring equinox by more…
Two Britons imprisoned in Iran for years get home – Iranian media claims Britain has paid old debt
Nazan’s Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Tehran in 2016 on suspicion of conspiracy against the Iranian government. Anoosheh Ashoori, for his part, was convicted of involvement in the Israeli intelligence service.…