Category: 1. Iran

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has condemned the US Department of State’s statement—issued on the occasion of the anniversary of the September 2022 riot in Iran—as an explicit instance of America’s hostile…

The European Union has delayed presenting its new package of sanctions against Russia, Politico has reported, citing several EU diplomats. The outlet attributed the delay to pressure from the Donald Trump administration to impose even tougher…

Shahbazi, a father of two, was detained in January 2024 and later convicted of “spying for Israel” and “corruption on earth,” charges he denies.

Rights groups have described the proceedings as grossly unfair and based on forced confessions…

Beyond Mahsa Amini — the most internationally recognized martyr for the cause — the names of Nika Shakarami, Hadis Najafi, Sarina Esmailzadeh, Mohsen Shekari, Mohammad Hosseini and others have been engraved in the collective memory of…

The United States has announced new Iran-related sanctions, targeting a network of “shadow banking” that has facilitated financial transactions resulting from Tehran’s oil sales and other activities.

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

GERMANY’S financial regulator BaFin has fined Hamburg-based Varengold Bank €3.8 million due to “serious” money laundering deficiencies with Iran-linked transactions.

BaFin imposed a fine…

“No rational and patriotic Iranian would ever believe the claim of friendship and sympathy by a regime with a long history of meddling in Iran’s affairs and committing crimes against Iranians,” the foreign ministry said in its statement.

It…