Mother of Two Young Children Will Be Eligible for Release Only After 10 Years The upholding of the 16-year prison sentence against human rights defender by Iran’s Appeals Court for her peaceful work is cruel and indefensible, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said in a ...

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections in Tehran, Iran Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)/ The next U.S. ...

Iran’s Navy plans to dispatch a flotilla to the Atlantic Ocean, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said. Sayyari said the Iranian Navy will dispatch its fleet to South Africa and from there to Atlantic Ocean in the near future, Tasnim news agency reported Sept. 29. “We sail in the ...

This photo made available by Oman News Agency, shows retired Iranian-Canadian professor Homa Hoodfar, left, speaking to the media in Muscat airport, Oman, after being released by Iranian authorities, Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, Canadian-Iranian retired professor was released from prison on ...

India has rejected talking with Iran on gas import through Pakistan, Hamidreza Araqi, managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), has said. “For the time being, India is not interested in extending gas pipeline from Pakistan and therefore they have withdrawn from negotiations,” he ...

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel attends a press conference after the Franco-German Financial Council meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 23, 2016./ German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel plans to raise concerns about Iran's role in the war in Syria and its human rights record during his ...

Iran may take serious steps if the US continues to obstruct implementation of the nuclear deal, signed between Tehran and the world powers last year, Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said. If the US continues to disrupt and hamper even minor issues like ...

The ministers expressed satisfaction that the three countries are taking prompt measures for completing internal processes for the ratification of the agreement./ NEW DELHI: Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadakri has said the work on will begin soon once the tender process is over and hoped the ...

Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa (center), Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar (left) and acting Secretary General of OPEC Mohammad Barkindo (right) leave the meeting of oil ministers of OPEC in Algiers, Algeria./ Abu Dhabi: A day after Opec (Organisation of ...

U .S. political leaders of both parties argue that destroying is America’s top priority in the Middle East. In reality, that’s not nearly as important as confronting the challenge posed by Iran. The nuclear deal that went into effect a year ago may have postponed the danger of an Iranian nuclear ...

have their task cut out when they take on defending champions The Iranians, who topped the Group A, made it to the semi-finals in style after beating Vietnam 5-0 in the quarter-finals and now waits for the challenge of defending champions DPR Korea on Thursday. The four semifinalists in the AFC ...

Russia booked their place in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 final after outlasting Iran 4-3 in Tuesday’s semi-final in Medellin. The European side led from the start at the Coliseo Ivan de Bedout to reach their first-ever Futsal World Cup final, though they were made to work hard for it ...

Iran's gas exports reached near 4 billion cubic meters in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), registering a 3.4 percent rise compared to the same period in the preceding year, Shana quoted a gas official as saying on Tuesday. Pipeline from under ...

acre hilltop park overlooking Iran’s smog-blanketed capital might seem like a nice spot for romance. But the couple has not been in the mood. Delbar, a 4-year-old female Asiatic cheetah, was brought to the fenced enclosure at Tehran’s Pardisan park by conservation officials who hoped she would ...

Falih says Iran can produce at maximum that makes sense ALGIERS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - OPEC might still agree an oil output-limiting deal later this year after failing to do so in Algeria this week as the economic problems of its de-facto leader Saudi Arabia force Riyadh to cede more ground to ...

Iran and Saudi Arabia publicly reject terrorism. Each is the pot calling the kettle black./ Regarding Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir’s “ ” (op-ed, Sept. 19): The mutual accusations of state-sponsored terrorism between foreign ministers Javad Zarif of Iran (Letters, Sept. 14) and ...

The commander warned that “the Zionist regime is our biggest target.” A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday that Iran is in possession of missiles that can hit Israel. Iran's Press TV quoted Commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh ...

Oil prices plunged anew as signs of discord reemerged between Iran and Saudi Arabia over an oil production freeze being pushed by the Saudis and Russia. At a meeting of the OPEC oil cartel in Algeria on September 27, Iran rejected an offer by the Saudis to cut their oil production if Tehran ...

Due to arrive in Montreal Thursday after being held for 3 months in a notorious Tehran prison/ Kimberley Manning, left, and Margie Mendell, friends and colleagues of Canadian professor Homa Hoodfar, hug Monday in Montreal as they celebrate their friend's release from Tehran's notorious Evin ...

Iran should put an end to its hostile and sectarian policies towards its neighbours in order to help ensure peace and stability in the region, Bahrain’s foreign minister has said. Addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa charged that ...