Iran has sentenced to death a former defence ministry official with dual British-Iranian citizenship over accusations that he was spying for MI6. Alireza Akbari was transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday evening, a sign that an execution is imminent, and his wife,
British police found a small amount of uranium in a package at London’s Heathrow Airport last month. “While the uranium was detected and reportedly posed no harm to the public, it’s never good to hear about fissile material from one nuclear weapons
Germany’s longstanding efforts to conduct business with the Islamic Republic of Iran include a robust trade relationship at a time when the regime has reportedly killed at least 700 protesters and arrested as many as 19,000. Berlin is facing intense criticism for placating Tehran. The
Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage charges in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-year-old Olivier Vandecasteele
Iran, which has already executed four people who took part in protests in recent months, sentenced three more people to death on Monday on charges of “waging war on God.” The three men – Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi and Saeid Yaghoubi –
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that Iran “could potentially be contributing to widespread war crimes” in Ukraine by supplying its drones to Russia. Sullivan made the remark during President Biden’s trip to Mexico City and just weeks after
Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy. Iran’s judiciary identified those executed as Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad
A series of offensive cartoons depicting Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has provoked outrage in Tehran. The magazine’s latest issue features the winners of a recent cartoon contest in which entrants were asked to
Tehran handed down two death penalty sentences this week to two teenagers who were involved in the nationwide demonstrations protesting the Khamenei regime and who were deemed to have waged “enmity against God” and “corruption on Earth.” Arshia Takdastan, 18, was sentenced
Iran held top military drills Friday in a joint effort involving air, sea and land forces, in what one major general referred to as “the war before the war” while he spoke against the threat Israel and the U.S. pose. The drills,