U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. (Reuters) By Adam Shaw October 20, 2018 U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, returning to the Security Council for the first time since she announced her intention to step down earlier this month, [...]
French police stand guard outside the Iranian Embassy in the French capital, Paris, on Sept. 14. (AFP) September 17, 2018 The Iranian Embassy was damaged by a crowd that a local police official said Saturday was made up of “individuals,” while Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused them of being extremists and charged that the [...]
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in the parliament with Ali Larijani. (Tasnim) September 1, 2018 Days after being grilled by MPs, embattled Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s tribulation is widely reflected on social media. Rouhani, being summoned to the parliament for the first time in his five years of presidency, had previously promised to seize [...]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and his Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meeting with the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. (IRNA) September 1, 2018 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says remaining in the nuclear deal with the West is not Iran's only option. Reacting to the August 30 report by the International [...]
From left, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Iranian FM Javad Zarif, French FM Jean-Yves Le Drian, German FM Heiko Maas and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson pose for a photo during a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (AP) August 31, 2018 Iran "cannot avoid" talks on [...]
Reza Entesari, right, and Mostafa Abdi, left, have received lengthy prison terms for involvement in February anti-government protests in Tehran. (Social Media) August 18, 2018 An Iranian news outlet focusing on Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority says two of its editors have received lengthy prison sentences for involvement in anti-government protests in February. In [...]
Shota Rustaveli International Airport, Tbilisi, 12, Jun 2017. (RFE/RL) August 18, 2018 Iran has sent a protest note to the Georgian foreign ministry over what it says is mistreatment of some Iranian women wearing Hijab at the security check points of Tbilisi airport. Earlier, a hardline member of Majles (Iranian parliament), had criticized [...]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi speaking during an official meeting in the capital Baghdad on January 31, 2017, (AFP) August 14, 2018 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stepped back from his commitment to abide by new US sanctions on Iran on Monday, saying his government would only respect the dollar ban in transactions [...]
US Ambassador to Britain Robert Wood Johnson is seen walking next to US President Donald Trump during the latter’s visit to London. (AP) August 13, 2018 US Ambassador to Britain Robert Wood Johnson urged the UK on Sunday to stop supporting Iran’s nuclear deal and instead join forces with Washington to counter the [...]
Zollanvari's Gabbehs feature much simpler patterns than the more intrictate traditional Iranian carpets. (CNN) By Sebastian Shukla July 27, 2018 One of Iran's most famous export industries is warning of disaster when American sanctions snap back into place next month. The country's carpet making industry employs hundreds of thousands of skilled weavers and [...]
