Feb 28, 2023
Iranian currency sinks to new low
The Rial has depreciated amid the country's increasing isolation over its disputed nuclear program, human rights violations and the transfer of armed “suicide drones” to Russia to help it in…
Jan 31, 2023
Blinken urges calm by Israelis, Palestinians
The two-day visit by Washington’s top diplomat to the region comes amid some of the bloodiest violence between the two sides in years. By Jonathan Hessen and Erin Viner United…
Jan 24, 2023
EU defers IRGC terror listing
At a Foreign Ministerial session in Brussels, the 27 Member Bloc imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Iran but held back from designating its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)…
Jan 20, 2023
Europe votes to blacklist IRGC
The European Parliament has called for the European Union (EU) to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, accusing the powerful force of brutally repressing anti-government protests…
Jan 16, 2023
Tehran executes UK-Iranian “spy”
The hanging of the once-prominent politician Alireza Akbari drew widespread condemnation, further straining ties with the West. By Erin Viner Iranian state media announced the execution of the 61-year-old dual…
Jan 09, 2023
US targets Iranian weapon development
New sanctions have been slapped on suppliers of Iranian armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones] that the United States says are being used by Russia against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.…
Jan 09, 2023
World concern over Iran’s executions
The hanging of two men for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic has drawn wide-spread condemnation from the European Union, the…
Jan 05, 2023
UK to designate IRGC as terrorist
This, according to sources cited by the Telegraph. By Erin Viner The United Kingdom will officially declare Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, the London-based newspaper…
Dec 22, 2022
US sanctions Iranians over protests
Washington imposed the punitive measures on Tehran’s prosecutor general and key military officials. By Erin Viner "We denounce the Iranian regime’s intensifying use of violence against its own people who…
Dec 19, 2022
Iran blames currency crash on protests
The rial has lost nearly 20% of its value since the nationwide protests erupted three months ago. By Erin Viner The Islamic Republic’s troubled currency fell to a new low…