News in brief
Iran has executed three men convicted of armed robbery, including several attacks in the capital Tehran, the judiciary’s news agency Mizan Online reported on Wednesday. The country, which enforces the death penalty for a wide range of crimes, ranks second in the world after China in the number......
Two French nationals have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Iran after being found guilty of espionage and collaboration with foreign intelligence services, according to Iranian state media. The ruling, which carries sentences of 31 and 32 years respectively, has further strained diplomatic relations......
Tehran — Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed on Tuesday the recent peace offer made by U.S. President Donald Trump, calling it “contradictory” to Washington’s “hostile and criminal behavior” toward the Iranian people. In a statement released......
Lennart Monterlos, the 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist, who was imprisoned in Iran in June during a bike tour, returned discreetly to Paris on Thursday morning. Sources close to the case confirmed that Monterlos landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly before 9:20 a.m. after several months......
The Taliban’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in India on Thursday for a historic two-day visit, marking the first time a senior member of Afghanistan’s Taliban government has traveled to New Delhi. The visit is seen as part of Kabul’s broader effort to gain international......
Iran has rejected accusations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it is developing intercontinental missiles capable of reaching U.S. cities, calling such claims an “imaginary threat.” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded Tuesday on X, saying Israel was “trying......
Iran announced on Saturday that it had executed six members of a group found guilty of carrying out “terrorist” attacks in the country’s main oil-producing region, Khuzestan. According to the judiciary’s official website Mizan, “the death sentence against six separatist......
A group of imprisoned opposition politicians in Georgia has appealed to the UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, urging her to impose sanctions on members of the ruling Georgian Dream party. The leaders, jailed in Rustavi prison near Tbilisi, accuse the government of fostering growing ties with Iran......
Iran announced on Tuesday that 120 of its citizens will return home this week after being expelled from the United States. According to Hossein Noushabadi, a senior official at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the deportations are part of Washington’s stricter immigration measures under President......
The Iranian national currency, the rial, hit a historic low against the US dollar on Sunday morning following the reinstatement of UN sanctions, according to several currency tracking websites. Informal market rates indicate that one dollar is exchanging for approximately 1.12 million rials, while one......
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian stated on Saturday that the United States demanded that Iran hand over all its enriched uranium in exchange for a three-month extension of suspended sanctions, calling the request “unacceptable.” “They want us to give them all our enriched uranium,”......
Israeli authorities have announced the arrest of Yaakov Perl, a 49-year-old dual Israeli-American citizen, on charges of spying for Iran. Perl, who had been living in Morocco for several years, was detained on September 4, though details of the case were only made public on September 25. Investigations......
Paris – The family of Cécile Kohler, a 40-year-old French teacher imprisoned in Iran since May 2022, expressed cautious optimism on Thursday after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a “solid prospect” for the release of French detainees in the country. Kohler and her......
