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Iran

Iran to hold talks over its nuclear programme with European countries

Iran says it’s ready to hold talks over its nuclear programme and to address the West’s concerns.

Europe News

Cecilia Sala returns home, freed from Iran prison

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrives in Rome after spending weeks in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison.

World News

Iran releases Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison

Sala has been detained in Iran since 19 December, three days after she arrived in the country on a journalist visa.

Europe News

Tehran warns Rome ties at risk if detained Iranian not released

Mohammad Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan’s Malpensa airport on a US warrant on 16 December, accused of supplying the technology for a drone strike in Jordan which killed three US service personnel.

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Europe News

Italy summons Iran's ambassador over journalist Cecilia Sala's arrest

Complicating matters are indications that Sala's fate has become intertwined with that of an Iranian man who was detained in Italy on 16 December, just three days before her arrest in Tehran.

Europe News

Italy says talks ongoing with Iran to release Cecilia Sala from prison

Sala was reporting in the Iranian capital when she was detained on 19 December, according to the Italian foreign ministry.

Italy

Italian newspaper urges Iran to free journalist held in notorious jail

Cecilia Sala, who works for Il Foglio, was arrested in Tehran before Christmas while on a reporting trip and is now being held in Evin prison.

Iran

Iranian police detain Italian journalist on assignment in Tehran

The Italian Foreign Ministry reports that the Italian reporter was arrested in Iran's capital last Thursday while she was filming a news report.

Europe News

Social media users across Arab world react to Magdeburg attack

Social media users across the Arab world reacted to the attack on a Christmas market in Germany, sharing unverified allegations and reposts.

Cinema

Mohammad Rasoulof on Iranian censorship, fanaticism and love

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his country this year in order to present his new film to the world and to keep working freely. He speaks to Euronews Culture about the year that changed his life and representing Germany at the Oscars.

Markets

Iranian rial falls to historic low as regional tensions hit currency

The Iranian rial fell to its lowest level in history on Wednesday, losing more than 10% of its value since Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November. The drop signals new challenges for Tehran as it remains locked in the wars raging in the Middle East.

Iran

Iran pauses implementation of stricter hijab law for women

The bill’s delay follows defiance of existing hijab rules by Iranian women inspired by mass protests sparked by the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini.

USA

Two charged over Iran-linked drone attack on US troops in Jordan

Both defendants are charged with US export control violations, but one also faces separate charges of conspiring to provide material support to Iran.

Culture news

Iranian singer arrested after performing without hijab

Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested on Saturday after performing a YouTube concert without wearing a hijab, her lawyer told local media.

World News

What fate awaits Syria after the fall of al-Assad?

As rebels seize control in Syria after more than a decade of war, the future is uncertain. Key concerns include al-Assad's allies, regional dynamics, and potential for further conflict.

Syria

Who are the key players in Syria and who stands to gain or lose?

The new reality in Syria may prove beneficial for some actors and detrimental for others — and there is no simple explanation, as there never has been for the last 13 years.

Syria

Syria looks to carve a new future after end of 24-year Assad rule

A mountainous task ahead as Syria, battered by almost 14-years of division and fighting under a brutal civil war looks ahead to shape its new future after the end of Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule.

Syria

Rebels to form interim government after al-Assad flees

Rebel forces took control of Damascus on Sunday, marking the end of Bashar al-Assad's decades-long autocratic rule.

Syria

Syrian insurgents close in on Damascus, state media deny Assad flight

Syrian insurgents have reached Damascus suburbs, their first advance near the capital since 2018, while Syrian state media deny rumours of Assad fleeing.

World News

Syrian insurgents led by HTS advance on city of Homs

The move is the latest in a lightning advance spearheaded by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group over the past week which has seen them seize Aleppo and Hama in the face of little resistance by government forces.