The U.S. on Monday urged the United Nations’ highest court to toss out a case filed by Iran that seeks to recover around $2 billion worth of frozen assets the U.S. Supreme Court awarded to victims of a 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran.
Read moreThe U.N. human rights chief is condemning the execution in Iran of a woman convicted of murdering her husband five years ago when she was 17 years old.
Read moreMike Pompeo’s week will end with a visit to North Korea where he hopes to improve relations with Pyongyang. But even as the secretary of state prepared for his goodwill mission, he issued a tough statement for another long-time U.S. antagonist: Iran.
Read moreThe United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to the safety of civil aviation.
Read moreBrandishing props, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran before the U.N. General Assembly of having a secret atomic site in the country’s capital.
Read moreIn his first solo press conference since February 2017, President Donald Trump addressed allegations of sexual and physical assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by recalling his own experiences with similar allegations, blaming Democrats for what he called a “big fat con job” and warning men that we live in a “very dangerous period in our country.”
Read moreFive world powers have agreed with Iran to establish a financial facility in the European Union to facilitate payments for Iran’s exports, including oil, as well as its imports. It is a key move sought by Tehran following the U.S. pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal and its re-imposition of sanctions.
Read moreIn an executive order signed Wednesday, President Donald Trump set in motion plans to impose new sanctions on any foreign nations, people or entities that interfere in U.S. elections.
Read moreFighting their client’s convictions for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, attorneys for Turkish banker Hakan Atilla on Thursday argued the jury should have heard tapes casting doubt on the credibility of the star witness.
Read moreExecutives with Twitter and Facebook vowed on Wednesday to better protect their platforms from foreign interference in future elections, but conceded there is no shortage of challenges when it comes to rooting out the bad actors.
Read moreIranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to convince parliament on Tuesday that his plans will pull the country out of an economic nosedive worsened by America’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, further isolating his relatively moderate administration amid nationwide anger.
Read moreIran went to the United Nations’ highest court Monday in a bid to have U.S. sanctions lifted following President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this year to re-impose them, calling the move “naked economic aggression.”
Read moreThe U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say.
Read morePresident Trump signed an executive order Monday restoring nuclear-related sanctions on Iran that the Obama administration had suspended as part of the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
Read moreIranians on Monday shrugged off the possibility that a bellicose exchange of words between President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart could escalate into military conflict, but expressed growing concern America’s stepped-up sanctions could damage their fragile economy.
Read moreU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that America and its Gulf Arab allies want to show Iran that its actions have “a real high cost,” stepping up his warnings after Tehran threatened to disrupt Mideast oil supplies.
Read moreIran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers.
Read moreA former Israeli government minister charged with spying for Iran went on trial Thursday in Jerusalem for allegedly relaying information to the country’s top enemy.
Read moreIran issued a new warning over Mideast oil supplies as the United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it could increase its own production, the latest remarks to follow President Donald Trump’s demand for lower global energy prices.
Read moreAuthorities have arrested a Belgian married couple of Iranian heritage and charged them with preparing an extremist attack in France against the Iranian opposition there.
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