Europe News

Scientist killing 'will not help' bid to revive Iran nuclear deal

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed while driving through the city of Absard, east of Tehran, by “armed terrorist elements” using explosives and machine-gun fire, the Iranian state broadcaster said.

1 December 2020

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Iran lays to rest nuclear scientist and vows to carry his forward work

Ali Shamkhani, a top Iranian security official, used the funeral to accuse Israel of using “electronic devices” to kill the nuclear scientist.

30 November 2020

Iran

Iran vows to retaliate over top nuclear scientist's killing

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says there are 'serious indications of [an] Israeli role' in the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was shot dead on Friday

27 November 2020

Iran

British-Australian academic released after years jailed in Iran

Kylie Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison on disputed espionage charges, but was released early in exchange for three Iranians held abroad.

26 November 2020

USA

US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters

US officials accused Iran on Wednesday of being behind a flurry of emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple battleground states.

22 October 2020

Iran

Iran: UN arms embargo ends after ten years amid U.S. anger

Iran welcomed the expiration of the deal, but said it was not planning to go on a 'shopping spree'.

19 October 2020

European Union

Europe's week: Failed sanctions and a rebooted migration policy

Sanctions against Belarusian strongman, Alexander Lukashenko, failed to materialise this week, as the EU launched its much anticipated and revamped migration pact.

25 September 2020

Iraq

Forty years after the war, how are Iranian and Iraqi relations?

Tehran now wields considerable political and economic influence in neighbouring Iraq with some Iraqis deploring that their country was "handed over to Iran".

22 September 2020

Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's trial postponed in Iran

The British-Iranian national, who has served four a half years of her a five-year sentence, faces new charges.

13 September 2020

Iran

Iran executes young wrestler Navid Afkari despite global appeals

"The execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari is very sad news," the International Olympic Committee said.

12 September 2020

Iran

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.

9 September 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 August 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 August 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 August 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 July 2020

Brazil

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

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

18 July 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 July 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 May 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 May 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 April 2020