Tag: Iran
Swedish citizen arrested for espionage in Iran
Published: Less than 30 min ago Updated: Just now fullscreen File image showing central parts of Tehran. Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP/TT A Swedish citizen has been arrested in Iran, suspected of…
When Iran held America hostage
41 years ago, the staff of the United States Embassy in Tehran was released on January 20, 1981, after 444 days of detention. First 66 then 52, the hostages will…
Iran Human Rights Organization: 3 women were executed in one day, 32 people last week in the country
One of the three women executed was Soheila Abadi, a child bride who was married when she was 15. Abadi was convicted of murdering his wife, whom he had been…
Lack of water in Iran affects the country’s farmers
Abbasinejad used to be able to grow fruit on his farm, but now he can only grow wheat grains and carrots, which he says are vital for his family. –…
The prison restaurant in Iran that helps prisoners with debts
The restaurant, or prison restaurant as the owners call it, has gone so well that they opened two more with the same theme. All profits go towards freeing prisoners who…
Flood in Iran – several dead
Published: Less than 10 min ago full screen The image is from a flood in another part of Iran in 2019. Photo: Saeed Soroush/AP/TT A flood in Fars province in…
Three Iranians suspected of plotting attacks on Israelis arrested in Turkey
This is the second operation of this kind on which Turkey communicates in less than a month. Seven Iranians are now believed to be incarcerated in Turkey for the same…
Iran recalls ambassador after Swedish verdict
Iran has recalled its ambassador to Sweden in protest against the verdict in the Stockholm district court last week where the Iranian citizen Hamid Noury was convicted of murder and…
Irritated Putin had to wait for Erdoğan in front of the cameras – “some movement” in the grain export dispute was left behind from his visit to Iran
During his visit, Putin met the presidents of Turkey and Iran. The meeting between the leaders, who are on good terms, also included an irritated moment when Putin had to…
When Erdogan makes Vladimir Putin wait for the Tehran tripartite summit
During the tripartite summit organized in Tehran, the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan made Vladimir Putin wait in front of the cameras for forty-five seconds. A gesture that speaks volumes…