The Americans currently detained in Iran are Baquer and Siamak Namazi, a father and son who both have long and distinguished résumés. Baquer, who is 83 years old and suffers fro …
Iran’s underground church surfaces, offering aid during coronavirus spike: report
Christians in Iran say they are risking their lives to aid their neighbors in an already hostile environment known for exporting radical Islamic terrorism, a religious freedom watchdog told Fox News.
Months into virus, biggest one-day case spike worries Iran
Months into Iran’s fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposable hazmat suit and a double layer of latex gloves every day to …
Loved ones of Flight 752 victims demand plan, timeline for holding Iran to account
The families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 are expressing frustration over a lack of progress in the investigation as they launch a new group to push for bringing …
How Iran’s clergy helped conquer coronavirus
The black-turbaned senior cleric first heard that coronavirus might have spread to Qom about two weeks before official confirmation that the holy city had become the second global centre for the …
Half year on, activists fear no justice for Iran protest killings
Half a year after protests which Iran has now acknowledged claimed more than 200 lives, rights groups fear the real toll from the crackdown was far higher and that nobody will be brought to justice.
Iranian finance firm’s CEO pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud conspiracy in Minnesota
The chief executive of an Iranian online financial services company pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud conspiracy charges that federal prosecutors in Minnesota said involved millions of dollars in …
US to seek in-person meetings with Iran over prisoner releases
The United States would like a in-person meeting with Iran to discuss prisoner releases and it wants the UN Security Council to impose an indefinite arms embargo on the Islamic Republic, a senior US …
U.S.’s Hook says wants in-person meeting with Iran on prisoners
A senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday he would love to have an in-person meeting with Iranian officials to discuss consular matters, a term U.S. diplomats use to refer to possible prisoner exchanges.
Kylie Moore-Gilbert: jailed Briton beaten for forming Iran prison choir
A Cambridge-educated academic imprisoned in Iran was drugged and beaten after forming a protest choir with fellow inmates, it has been claimed.Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who became a figurehead of …