BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – The Iraqi government said Tuesday it had disarmed and relocated armed groups opposed to Iran from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. In a statement, Iraq’s Higher Committee said the offices of the anti-Iran groups were evacuated and that they were disarmed and relocated to areas away from the border. It said the […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Five US citizens who had been imprisoned in Iran returned to the US on Tuesday after being released under a prisoner swap agreement by the Biden administration with Tehran. A plane carrying these five prisoners, along with two of their family members, touched down at a military facility in Virginia, located just […...
United Nations, United States – AFP The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Monday urged Iran to reconsider its decision to deny access to top UN inspectors, telling AFP that failure to cooperate will carry severe consequences. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Saturday that Iran had withdrawn accreditation fr...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Frozen funds totalling $6 billion have been transferred to Qatari banks under a US-Iran prisoner swap deal, with a plane on standby in Tehran to fly out five American detainees, a source told AFP on Monday. The release of the funds by US ally South Korea, long blocked under US sanctions, […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran accused the US and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement on Saturday of “misusing” the UN nuclear watchdog to achieve “political objectives.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been “politicized” despite Tehran’...
TEHRAN (AA) – An assassination attempt on the father of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died in police custody in Tehran last year, was foiled by security forces on Saturday, state media said. Several members of a “terrorist group” who attempted to assassinate Amjad Amini have been arrested, the state-run IRNA news agency reporte...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Saturday its security forces had arrested a cell of “counter-revolutionaries” who entered the country from northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. The cell “affiliated with counter-revolutionary groups” planned to “foment chaos and prepare media propaganda,” Mehdi Ramezani, deputy gover...
LONDON (AA) – The EU and the UK have criticized Iran over the human rights situation on the first death anniversary of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in custody in Tehran after being arrested police for allegedly violating the country’s designated dress code for women. In a statement, EU foreign policy chief Josep […]
ATHENS (AA) – The Council of the EU has announced that it listed four more individuals and six more entities from Iran over serious human rights violations. “Today’s package follows the High Representative’s declaration on behalf of the European Union to mark the anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, while […]...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran has seized two oil tankers allegedly carrying smuggled fuel in the Gulf and arrested their crews, the state television announced on Friday. “The Revolutionary Guards naval forces seized two ships over the course of the last two days,” the state television said, citing Mohammad-Sharif Shirali, a Guards ...
