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Iran announces new charge against detained Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared Tuesday morning before a branch of the country’s Revolutionary Court in Tehran, where she was first sentenced to prison on murky espionage charges in 2017.

09/09/2020

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Mourning and masks: Shiites in Iran mark Ashoura amid COVID-19

Ashoura Day falls on the 10th of the Islamic month of Muharram and is preceded by days of commemoration and remembrance.

30/08/2020

World News

EU welcomes UAE-Israel agreement and is "ready to work"

EU Commission's spokeswoman Nabila Massrali said Brussels was "ready" to help facilitate negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

14/08/2020

Iran

US revises UN resolution on Iran to extend arms embargo indefinitely

The draft revision could be put to a vote as early as Friday.

12/08/2020

Iran

Iranian passenger plane 'harassed' over Syria by US fighter jet

One F-15 fighter plane did briefly surveil the Iranian passenger jet from a safe distance but disengaged after it established it was a civilian aircraft, the US confirmed.

24/07/2020

Brazil

COVID-19: Footvolley returns to Rio as Australia suspends parliament

Meanwhile, US infections are close to hit the four million mark.

18/07/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: The collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal 5 years on would be a failure of EU values

The Iranian ambassador to the EU and Belgium reflects on the state of play for Europe's foreign policy aspirations on the fifth anniversary of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

14/07/2020

Iran

Iran hopeful of avoiding conflict with US over Venezuela-bound oil

“We are hopeful that nothing would happen there,” said Tehran’s ambassador to the EU, addressing the possibility the US could try to block the oil tankers.

20/05/2020

Iran

Iran holds funeral for 19 sailors killed in accidental missile strike

In a rare admission, Tehran confirmed the accident in the Gulf of Oman.

11/05/2020

Iran

Iran launches military satellite into space amid US tensions

The 'Noor' satellite - meaning 'light' - is in orbit 425km above the Earth's surface.

22/04/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Sanctions are not the enemy of Iran’s public health as coronavirus grips - its regime is ǀ View

The spread of COVID-19 has caused governments worldwide to mobilise in the face of this emergency. Countries have implemented emergency measures to protect their citizens and shown solidarity by providing supplies where appropriate. One nation is an obvious outlier to this sentiment - Iran.

26/03/2020

France

Iran releases French researcher Roland Marchal in exchange deal

After nine and a half months in detention, Iran released French researcher Roland Marchal amid the coronavirus outbreak.

21/03/2020

France

Louvre museum closes over workers' coronavirus fears

France's Louvre museum in Paris closed its doors to the public on Sunday as workers demanded more precautions against the spread of COVID-19

01/03/2020

Germany

Iranian film wins top prize at Berlin Film Festival

Mohammed Rasouof's Iranian drama 'There Is No Evil,' a powerful rebuke to the brutal and repressive regime in Tehran, has won the Golden Bear for best film at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.

29/02/2020

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Iran quake hits villages in Turkey, kills at least nine people

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran killed at least eight people in neighbouring Turkey and injured dozens more on both sides of the border. The epicentre of the quake, was near the Iranian village of Habash-e Olya, less than 10 kilometres from the border.

23/02/2020

Iran

Hardliners set for big gains in Iran's legislative elections

Turnout will be seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership at the time of a sanctions-linked economic downturn and diplomatic isolation.

21/02/2020

Iran

Coronavirus: Two patients die in Iran as country reports first cases

Iranian authorities confirmed two cases of the new virus on Wednesday, the first in the country. Officials later said the two patients had died.

19/02/2020

Italy

Italian banks are closing Iranian citizens' accounts over US sanctions

Italian banks can not refuse their service on the basis of nationality but many Iranians facing banking difficulties say there is no other reasons being their accounts being closed.

13/02/2020

Europe News

Iranian-Israeli play explores human connections in wartime

An Israeli and an Iranian, performing side by side a play about war in Brussels. Sahand Sahebdivani, born in Iran, and Raphael Rodan, raised in Israel play versions of themselves. The piece underlining what unites rather than divides.

10/02/2020

World

IAEA head Rafael Mariano Grossi joins us on The Global Conversation

“My expectation is that they will stay for as long as Iran has nuclear activity. Independently of this agreement. There is much more in terms of nuclear activities and inspection activity than this agreement," says International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General, Rafael Mariano Grossi.

04/02/2020