Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Iran

DAVOS 2023: EU's Von der Leyen backs listing Iran's Guards as terrorist group

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday she backed listing Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation to respond to the "trampling" of "fundamental human rights" in the country.

Reuters

Prince Harry dragged into row over Brit's execution as Iran aims threatening dig at UK

Prince Harry has been criticised by the official Twitter account of the Iran Foreign Ministry which said the Duke of Sussex showed no remorse over the killing of 25 'innocent' people in Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

Iran Arrests German for Allegedly Taking Oilfield Photos

Iran has detained a German national for taking photos of "sensitive oil centers" in the country's southern province of Khuzestan, Iranian daily Jam-e Jam reported on Tuesday. "The German national was detained while taking photos of Aghajari oilfield in Khuzestan province," the report said, without elaborating. Iran has been at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

U.S. Supreme Court mulls Turkish lender Halkbank's bid to avoid charges

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with thorny questions of sovereign immunity as they weighed a bid by Turkey's state-owned lender Halkbank to avoid criminal charges in the United States for allegedly helping Iran evade American economic sanctions. The nine justices heard arguments in Halkbank's appeal of a lower…

Reuters

Iran arrests German for taking oilfield photos, Jam-e Jam reports

Iran has detained a German national for taking photos of "sensitive oil centres" in its southern province of Khuzestan, Iranian daily Jam-e Jam reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

American Siamak Namazi is on a hunger strike in Iranian prison. Why now and for what?

Namazi is on a hunger strike to mark the seventh anniversary of a prisoner swap that did not include him, and calling on Biden to free detainees in Iran. His lawyer spoke with NPR about those efforts.

WEKU

Turkish Mobilization in Northern Syria Signals Stalled Normalization with Syrian Regime

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a phone call conversation on Monday, discussed developments in Syria. Turkish and Iranian media reported that Iran’s top diplomat, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, might be visiting Ankara on Tuesday to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu. Meanwhile, developments in northern…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Yemen Calls for Int’l Support to Revive its Economy, Stop Houthi Terror

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council urged on Monday international support to help revive the country’s economy, stop the collapse of the local currency and put an end to the terrorism of the Iran-backed Houthi militias. Members of the PLC, Aidaroos al-Zubaidi and Sultan al-Arada held separate talks in Riyadh with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Vows More Action Against Iran after Execution

Britain on Monday vowed more reprisals against what it said was Tehran's "weakened and isolated regime" after it executed a UK-Iranian dual national. Following the killing of Alireza Akbari on Saturday, the UK summoned Iran's most senior diplomat and recalled its own ambassador. But despite slapping sanctions on Iran's prosecutor…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen rebels, Saudis in back-channel talks to maintain truce

Yemen is seeing its longest-ever pause in fighting, more than nine months

The Independent UK

American detained in Iran launches hunger strike to mark seven years in captivity

‘I remain caged in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, holding that long overdue IOU along with the unenviable title of the longest held Iranian-American hostage in history’

The Independent UK

Alarm grows over Aussie's death sentence

Sydney man Majid Kazemi has been sentenced to death after the Iranian regime accused him of being involved in the deaths of government militia members.

AAP

Thousands march to EU parliament in Strasbourg in support of Iran protesters

Up to 12,000 people marched Monday to the EU Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters while the Eiffel Tower lit the night with the slogan “Woman. Life. Freedom,” which embodies the protest movement spilling beyond Iran.

France 24

Family of executed British-Iranian national ‘prevented from seeing body’

Alireza Akbari’s sister and daughter went to cemetery to collect his remains but were told he had already been interred

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Paris' Eiffel Tower lights up with slogans in solidarity with Iranians

The Eiffel Tower lit up on Monday with slogans in support of Iranian protesters and women fighting for more rights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France: March, Eiffel Tower Display to Back Iran’s Activists

Some 5,000 people marched Monday to the EU parliament in the French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran's anti-government protesters as Paris prepared an Eiffel Tower tribute to Mahsa Amini, whose death in September prompted the demonstrations. The Strasbourg march was organized by Iranians in Europe on the 44th…

The Independent UK

Iran has refused to release body of executed British-Iranian man, MPs told

The family has also been told the burial took place last week.

The Independent UK

France: March, Eiffel Tower display to back Iran's activists

Thousands of Iranians in Europe have marched to the EU Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters as Paris prepared an Eiffel Tower tribute to Mahsa Amini, whose death prompted the demonstrations

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

'Iranians threaten to destroy body of executed dual national Alireza Akbari,' MPs told

MPs were told doubt has been cast on the timing of his death - and that his corpse could be "destroyed" unless his family cooperated with Iranian authorities

The Guardian - UK

Senior Iranian ex-diplomats expressing open criticism of regime

Former envoys warn against policies including supply of drones to Russia and failure to revive nuclear deal

France 24

How the WhatsApp, Instagram blackout is impacting millions of Iranians

The Iranian government shut down Instagram and WhatsApp and drastically reduced internet speed on September 21 in response to nationwide protests. This has not only greatly restricted Iranians' access to information but it has also limited millions of Iranians' business activities. Three of our Observers explain how these restrictions have…

France 24

Anthropologist Chowra Makaremi says Iran protests 'fuelled by anger'

When Chowra Makaremi came to France from Iran as a child, she had to leave her mother behind. Several years later, in 1988, her jailed mother was one of thousands killed in mass executions. Now an anthropologist, Marakemi explains that the Iranian regime has long used state violence for control,…

Reuters

Germany summons Iranian ambassador for talks in Berlin

Germany summoned Iran's ambassador to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin for talks on Monday against the backdrop of German concerns about Tehran's human rights record, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

Evening Standard

Iran not safe for dual nationals, warns UK’s former top diplomat

Lord Simon McDonald’s comments follow Alireza Akbari’s execution on Saturday morning

Chicago Tribune

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.

1 … 963 964 965 966

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Foreign Affairs Committee

85 stories

Presidential Leadership Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.