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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

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Tehran disinfects streets to protect against COVID-19 coronavirus

Iran is one of the worst-hit countries by COVID-19.

05/03/2020

Iran

Euroviews. Mourning at Soleimani’s funeral was staged. Iranians are not rallying behind the regime ǀ View

If you logged into Twitter while Soleimani’s funeral was ongoing, you might have encountered a much different narrative about the Quds Force commander and the impact of his death. There, hundreds of thousands of people tweeted using the hashtag #IraniansDetestSoleimani.

15/01/2020

Iran

UK slams Iran over ambassador's arrest amid angry Tehran protests

The arrest came amid anti-government protests in Tehran over the missile blunder. Donald Trump warned Iran against "another massacre" of protesters.

11/01/2020

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Mourners gather in Tehran to pay homage to Qassem Soleimani

Hundreds of thousands attended the funeral procession in Tehran for a top Iranian general who was killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad. He will be buried in his hometown of Kerman.

06/01/2020

Iran

Watch: Iranian women attend first football match in 40 years

Women had been banned from stadiums when men's teams are playing since soon after the 1979 Islamic revolution. But 4,000 women's tickets were allocated for the World Cup qualifier between Iran and Cambodia.

11/10/2019

Iran

American sanctions bite as France tries to salvage 2015 nuclear deal

Iran is poised to begin work on advanced centrifuges that will enrich uranium faster as the 2015 nuclear deal unravels and a last-minute French proposal offering 13.5 billion euros to compensate Iran for not being able to sell crude oil abroad because of U.S. sanctions, looked increasingly unlikely.

05/09/2019

Iran

Tehran has further violated the Iran nuclear deal, says UN watchdog

Iran has gone further in breaching its nuclear deal by increasing its stock of enriched uranium and refining it to greater purity than allowed, says the UN's nuclear watchdog.

31/08/2019

Iran

Iran warns 'European war fleet' in Gulf would stir up tensions

Tensions in the Gulf continue as Iran warns against sending a European fleet to ensure safe passage.

29/07/2019

Iran

Iran warns talks are 'last chance' to save nuclear deal

Talks with world powers are the “last chance” to save the nuclear deal, Tehran warned — but the US wants to choke off all sales of Iranian oil.

28/06/2019

Iran

Iran says it will breach nuclear deal enrichment limit in 10 days

Iran has said it will breach an internationally agreed limit on its stock of low-enriched uranium in 10 days.

17/06/2019

United Kingdom

Detained British-Iranian mother granted diplomatic protection by UK

The Foreign Secretary has today decided that the UK will exercise diplomatic protection in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as part of the Government’s continuing efforts to secure her release.

08/03/2019

Germany

Merkel and Pence argue over Iran deal

Merkel and Pence argue over Iran deal at the Munich Security Conference

16/02/2019

Europe News

ICJ rules that case over frozen Iranian funds by US can continue

Proceedings continue in International Court of Justice over the freezing of Iranian assets by the US.

14/02/2019

Iran

Forty years later, Iran's youth deal with uprising's legacy

Forty years later, Iran's youth have different opinions on the revolution's legacy.

10/02/2019

Iran

The Iranian teenager telling the story of Tehran through its metro

Hannaneh Heydari, 19, sees the metro as a “mirror of the Tehran metropolis”. Her distinct photographs seek to tell the city’s story.

28/07/2018

Iran

Russia can be transit point for international goods to Iran: Zarif

Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif told Euronews that Moscow and Tehran are negotiating a big package of economic cooperation, as the US reimposes sanctions on Iran.

19/07/2018

Iran

Europe must turn commitments on Middle East into action: Iran's Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif told Euronews that the European Union needs to back-up its commitments with actions.

17/07/2018

Economy

Iran's economy suffers decline following US sanctions threat

Mismanagement of foreign currencies, internal economics and foreign pressure have all contributed to a rapid decline in the value of the rial

03/07/2018

Iran

Iran says nearly half of Tehran wants to drop mandatory headscarf laws

49% of those surveyed in Iran's capital in 2014 believed the government should not be allowed to dictate what women wear in public.

06/02/2018