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London (CNN) A committee of US senators has called on the United Nations to investigate a network of secret torture centers in Iran exposed by a CNN investigation last month. The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the CNN report — which revealed a swathe of clandestine detention centers used by the Iranian regime to […]
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned nine companies for allegedly helping move Iranian petroleum products and petrochemicals valued at hundreds of millions of dollars to buyers in Asia via a previously sanctioned Hong Kong company. Three companies in Malaysia and Singapore are among those facing sanctions, Treasury said Thursday. The companies were allegedly involved in […]
Listen to this article here WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged three men in an alleged plot that originated in Iran to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses there, officials said Friday. The men, Rafat Amirov, 43, of Iran, Polad Omarov, 38, of the […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cooperative Foundation and senior Iranian officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests. The move is the latest Washington response to the Iranian crackdown on unrest after the death of young Iranian Kurdish […]
Tyler Adams, the captain of the U.S. men’s national team, took a question about discrimination in the United States from an Iranian reporter at the Qatar World Cup after the same reporter pointed out Adams has mispronounced Iran. The unidentified Iranian reporter told Adams during a press conference that “once and for all, let’s get […]
During a press conference ahead of the Tuesday World Cup match between Iran and the U.S., Iranian reporters pelted a series of political questions at the American team’s leaders. U.S. head coach Gregg Berhalter and captain Tyler Adams fielded inquiries about government relations between the two countries, as well as their personal opinions on the […]
American soccer player Tyler Adams got peppered by a couple of questions from an Iranian journalist ahead of Tuesday’s pivotal match between United States and Iran at the 2022 World Cup. One was about his pronunciation of ‘Iran’ and the other was about being a Black man representing the U.S. Press TV’s Milad Javanmardi pointed […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, including the Prosecutor General and key military officials, over a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on Mohammad Montazeri, Iran’s Prosecutor General, accusing him […]
Her eyes filled with tears as she and two other women of Iranian descent discussed the recent events in their homeland. Two men have also recently been executed, one Monday early in the morning, the other last Thursday, for being a part of the resistance movement. According to reports, Monday’s execution victim was a 23-year-old […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris has hailed the bravery of Iranian women calling their courage “inspirational.” Referring to the Time magazine’s selection of Iranian Women as the heroes of the 2022, Harris said in a tweet, “I am inspired by the women of Iran and their bravery.” She added that Washington will continue to work […]