PARIS, France -- Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based...
PARIS, France -- Iran on Monday executed a second man convicted in connection with protests that have shaken the regime for almost three months, defying an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement. Majidreza Rahnavard had been sentenced to death...
As Christmas holidays inch closer, Filipino consumers will receive new round of gifts at the pumps next week with petroleum prices anticipated to have heftier rollback by Tuesday, Nov. 29, according to oil companies. Calculation by industry players showed diesel products will have bigger price cut...
VIENNA, Austria -- Negotiators kicked off a fresh round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Vienna on Thursday, seeking to salvage the agreement on Tehran's atomic ambitions. Outside view taken on August 4, 2022 shows the Hotel Palais Coburg in Vienna, the venue where the meeting of the Joint...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Monday it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in the talks stalled since March. "We remain optimistic that the negotiation process will lead us to a logical and reasonable...
PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran's nuclear capabilities was "still possible" but must happen "as soon as possible". Macron also "expressed his disappointment" at the absence of...
PARIS, France -- Iran on Saturday carried out its first public execution in over two years, an NGO said, denouncing the practice as "medieval" as concern grows over rising repression in the Islamic republic. Iman Sabzikar, who had been convicted over the murder of a police officer in February 2022...
TEHRAN, Iran -- At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas after hitting an excavator, state media reported. A handout picture made available by the Iranian Red Crescent on June 8, 2022 shows rescuers at the scene of a...
TEHRAN, Iran -- The death toll from the collapse of an Iranian building two weeks ago has risen to 41 after three more bodies were found, local authorities said Monday. The 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in Abadan in southwestern Khuzestan province collapsed on May 23,...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Washington is "imposing new conditions" in the negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement. "On the issue of lifting sanctions, they (the Americans) are interested in proposing and imposing new conditions outside the negotiations,"...
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Thursday criticised a decision by the United States to impose new sanctions on the Islamic republic, saying it shows the Americans have bad intentions towards its people. The US Treasury announced on Wednesday the newly imposed sanctions targeting several entities it...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US optimism that a deal to restore the 2015 agreement to limit Iran's nuclear developed has soured, with the State Department warning Tuesday it was headed toward "Plan B" if Tehran doesn't budge. Just a week ago Washington officials were hopeful that an agreement that...
