Tag: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran women see new opportunities alongside old barriers
AFP | Saba was just 25 when she left her design job in New York to work on a project renovating an art gallery back...
Are U.S. trade sanctions on Iran really working?
Alex Vatanka | By the end of 2018, it was not an exaggeration to call Hassan Rouhani a lame duck president. His person and his...
Broadway hits Iran with unique take on ‘Les Miserables’
AFP | Iranian theatre director Hossein Parsaee calls Victor Hugo's classic a "masterpiece without borders" but his groundbreaking production of "Les Miserables" that has hit...
Iran arrests Australian woman accused of spying
AFP | An Iranian fertility expert accused of working with foreign "espionage networks" to downplay the country's population crisis has been arrested, state news agency...
‘Sultan of Coins’: Iran executes gold market launderer and accomplice
AFP | Iran executed a trader dubbed the "Sultan of Coins" and his accomplice on Wednesday for exploiting a surge in gold demand from savers...
US sanctions on Iran, ‘toughest ever,’ take force Monday
AFP | The United States is reimposing punitive measures targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors in what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called...
Trump has ‘disgraced’ US prestige: Iran’s Khamenei
AFP | Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that President Donald Trump has "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser from...
Iran’s supreme leader warns Europe of nuclear ‘dream’
AFP | Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday warned European leaders against their "dream" of Tehran continuing to curb its nuclear programme while...
Iran military official: West used lizards for nuclear spying
AFP | The former chief-of-staff of Iran's armed forces said Tuesday that Western spies had used lizards which could "attract atomic waves" to spy on...
How risky is Trump’s Iran policy?
By James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s inclination to withdraw from a three-year old international agreement that curbs Iran’s nuclear program is...
Iran: Protests and threat of renewed sanctions lead to revolutionary guard...
James M Dorsey | Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears in the wake of recent anti-government protests to have put his weight behind President...
Could news of Ahmadinejad’s arrest by Iran be part of disinformation?
News Analysis | Contradictory reports fuelled suspicion and debate on the news of the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s arrest over ‘inciting violence’ as reported...
