The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Commentary: Let’s avoid another nuclear arms race

In an annual exercise since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets its Doomsday Clock to provide an educated guess of how close humanity is to the apocalypse. The organization will announce its 2023 clock this month, and I expect the outlook is bleaker.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 16, 2023

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his nation’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to move away from atomic power

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

EU Condemns Akbari’s Execution…UK Reconsidering Support for Nuclear Deal

The European Union joined on Sunday the widespread Western condemnation of Iran’s execution of Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari. “The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the execution in Iran of Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari and recalls yet again its strong opposition against the application of capital punishment in any…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 16, 2023

Iraq prime minister al-Sudani backs continued US troop presence

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says foreign forces still needed in training capacity to combat ISIL (ISIS).

Al Jazeera · Jan 15, 2023

Iranian hardliners urge revenge on UK after Alireza Akbari’s execution

Newspaper editor calls for UK agents to be named, despite zero evidence British-Iranian dual national was a spy

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

UK ‘reviewing support for Iran nuclear deal’ after execution of Alireza Akbari

Alireza Akbari, who was allegedly tortured to force a confession, was executed on Saturday following accusations that he was an MI6 spy

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2023

Dad on death row pleads with Iranian regime to let him see baby girl before he's hanged

Condemned Hassan Firouzi, 34, was seized by security police in his hometown of Shahr-e Ray on October and accused of taking part in a street demo in Tehran during the nation's widespread protests

Daily Mirror · Jan 15, 2023

The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer review – peace and quiet in political hotspots

The travel writer’s quest for spiritual transcendence takes him from Iran to North Korea in a book that rarely illuminates the people he encounters

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

Analysis: Akbari execution signals rising Iran tensions with West

The execution of the former deputy defence minister has led to a backlash from the UK, where he had held citizenship.

Al Jazeera · Jan 15, 2023

Paris: Tehran’s Violations of International Law Will Not Remain Unanswered

France has joined the rest of the world in condemning the execution of Alireza Akbari, a former Iranian official with dual nationality who was tried on charges of spying for British intelligence. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned on Saturday Iran’s execution of Iranian-British national Akbari, describing it as a “despicable…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 15, 2023