Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm when it will reopen its embassy in Tehran. (Representational) Riyadh: Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following a seven year closure, a diplomatic source told AFP, sealing a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal announced in March. Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016, after […]
The package includes a ban on “military and dual-use goods” with Iran. Kyiv: Kyiv’s parliament on Monday approved a sanctions package against Russia’s ally Iran, accused of sending weapons to Moscow during its more than year-long invasion of Ukraine. The package was approved by parliament one day after Ukraine said Russia used Iranian Shahed drones […]
Ukrain’s Zelenskiy urged Iranians on Wednesday to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Iranians on Wednesday to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia in order to stop their slide into “the dark side of history.” Iranian-made Shahed drones supplied to Moscow have played a major […]
The European Union condemned the executions “in the strongest possible terms”. Paris: Iran on Friday executed three men convicted of killing security force members during protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death last year, drawing condemnation from Western governments. Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed Yaghoubi were found guilty of “moharebeh” — or waging “war against […]
The United States said Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Gulf. (Representational) Washington: The United States said Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Gulf after what it called increasing harassment by Iran of ships in the oil-rich waters. “The Department of Defense will be making a series of moves to bolster our defensive […]
Iran executes more people a year than any other nation except China, according to human rights groups Paris: Iran executed seven men in two prisons outside Tehran on drugs and rape charges Wednesday, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over the past two weeks. The United Nations had warned […]
The executions come as concern intensifies about a spike in executions in Iran this year Paris: Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social media, prompting US condemnation and accusations from Amnesty International that the Islamic republic has reached a “new low” in a spree of executions. Sadrollah Fazeli Zare […]
Iran and Belarus are currently observer states of SCO. (Representational) Benaulim, Goa: The observer countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Iran and Belarus could soon become full-time members of the charter as the decision is under consideration as of now, an official said on Thursday. Earlier, India had also invited the two countries to […]
Britain had called Alireza Akbari’s death sentence as politically motivated. A former top Iranian defence official, who was executed in January this year, was a British spy, intelligence officials have said. Alireza Akbari, Iran’s former deputy defence minister, gave the country’s strategic information, including nuclear secrets, to the British for 15 years, the New York […]
The US confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation. Washington: The U.S. confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security […]
