(Bloomberg) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog reported that despite the growing presence of inspectors in Iran last year, its understanding of the Persian Gulf nation’s nuclear ambitions deteriorated amid spiking regional tensions. Most Read from Bloomberg The International Atomic Energy Agency circulated its annual nuclear-monitoring assessment among diplomats preparing to convene a key meeting […]
Iranian legislators have voted to change the country’s working week to start on Sunday. The Iranian Parliament approved a bill enacting the change on Wednesday, the country’s state broadcaster reported. The new law also includes a reduction in the regular working week from 44 to 40 hours. The main aim of the measure is to […]
The US has called on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling their fighters to carry out “reckless attacks” on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. US deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the UN Security Council that if it wants to make progress toward ending […]
The US has called on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling their fighters to carry out “reckless attacks” on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. US deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the UN Security Council that if it wants to make progress toward ending […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called on Iran on Monday to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented” amount of weaponry to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, enabling its fighters to carry out “reckless attacks” on ships in the Red Sea and elsewhere. U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the U.N. Security Council that if it […]
Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said on Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in Iran’s parliament, according to […]
The FBI is investigating whether the Biden administration’s Iran envoy, Rob Malley, moved classified information onto his personal email, where it may have fallen into the hands of a foreign actor, according to a person briefed on the case and a letter from Republican lawmakers. Investigators are trying to determine if any crimes were committed, […]
The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film There Is No Evil, has become the latest artist targeted in a widening crackdown […]
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has called on Iran to take swift and concrete steps to improve the monitoring of its nuclear programme. “I want results and I want them soon,” Grossi said at Vienna airport on Tuesday evening after returning from two days of talks with Foreign Minister […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s bid, prosecutors say. “In the end,” the operative ominously told […]
This story is part of a CBC Sask. series featuring artists’ work in celebration of Asian Heritage Month. For more on this project, visit cbc.ca/lovesk, where you can see more of the art we’ll be featuring. Shamim and Shima Aghaaminiha may have left their home country of Iran, but the sisters say they’ve found a way […]
Iran’s judiciary has filed charges against “a number of journalists and activists” after the publication of a BBC report alleging men working for the security forces sexually assaulted and killed a 16-year-old protester. The judiciary-run Mizan news agency described the BBC Eye investigation into Nika Shakarami’s death in 2022 as “fake, incorrect and full of […]