Former Iranian prison official Hamid Nouri. (Twitter) August 18, 2021 A Swedish court resumed the trial of a former Iranian official, accused of being involved in mass executions and war crimes in the 1980s, according to a fatwa by the Supreme Leader Khomeini. Hamid Noury, 60, was arrested in November 2019 at Stockholm-Arlanda [...]
Militant students supporting Iran's Islamic Revolution stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took scores of hostages in 1979. (CNN) By Oubai Shahbandar August 18, 2021 More than a dozen Western nationals are being held in Iran under what many believe is a calculated hostage strategy aimed at extracting concessions from the West. [...]
Iran's Arak's IR-40 Heavy water reactor. (AFP) August 18, 2021 Iran has stressed its nuclear activities are peaceful and conform to safeguard obligations, after the UN nuclear watchdog said it has established a process to accelerate production of highly enriched uranium. International Atomic Energy Agency director Rafael Grossi informed IAEA member states that [...]
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Reuters) August 17, 2021 Iran has accelerated its enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report on Tuesday seen by Reuters, a move raising tensions with the West as both [...]
The logo of the IAEA is seen at their headquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna, June 7, 2021. (REUTERS) August 16, 2021 Iran has made progress in its work on enriched uranium metal, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report to member states on Monday seen by Reuters, despite [...]
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2021. (Reuters) August 16, 2021 US Congresswoman Claudia Tenney penned an angry letter to the EU’s top foreign diplomat to express concern over its decision to send a senior official to the inauguration of Iran’s new [...]
Family of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British man currently jailed in Iran, joined by Amnesty International CEO Sacha Deshmukh and MP Janet Daby, stage an 'empty chair' protest opposite Downing Street, in London, Aug 13, 2021. (Reuters) August 14, 2021 The family of a British-Iranian man being held in Tehran on Friday accused Prime [...]
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, May 27, 2021. (REUTERS) August 13, 2021 The British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called on the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) to release a British-Iranian dual national on the fourth anniversary of his arrest in Iran. [...]
Iranian drones are seen during a large-scale drone combat exercise in Semnan in January, 2021. (AFP) By Josh Layton August 13, 2021 The ‘kamikaze’ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which are designed to explode upon impact, are a ‘core element’ of Tehran’s attempts to exert its presence in the region, the Counter Extremism Project [...]
Former Iranian prison official Hamid Nouri. (Twitter) August 13, 2021 On the second day of the criminal trial of ex-Iranian prison official Hamid Nouri in Sweden, prosecutors painted a harrowing picture of how thousands of people were systematically sent to their deaths in the summer of 1988. Arrested in November 2019, Nouri is on trial for [...]
