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Embassy in Tehran seeks clarification on how unidentified prisoner died as judiciary’s media reports he killed himself. Switzerland has confirmed the death of one of its nationals who was imprisoned on espionage charges in Iran’s Semnan province. Pierre-Alain Eltschinger, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the death on Thursday, the…
Tehran denies Sala’s December 19 detainment was linked to an Iranian businessman’s arrest in Italy on a US warrant. Iran has released journalist Cecilia Sala after three weeks in jail, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office says. Meloni’s office issued a statement on Wednesday announcing Sala’s release had been secured more than three weeks after…
Iran and European powers to meet days before Donald Trump returns to the White House. Talks between European powers and Iran on its nuclear programme are expected to take place before United States President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House later in January. Where do things stand and what does each side want? Presenter:…
New Delhi: Iran will do whatever it can in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing a death sentence in Yemen, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala’s Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July 2017. The 37-year-old nurse is currently lodged…
Last Updated:January 02, 2025, 08:50 IST The Iranians were put to death in Dammam, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast, for having “clandestinely introduced hashish” into Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia conducted the world’s third-highest number of executions in 2023, after China and Iran, according to the rights group Amnesty International. (Image Credit: Reuters) Saudi Arabia has…
Iran summoned the Saudi ambassador on Wednesday. Tehran: Iran summoned the Saudi ambassador on Wednesday to protest Riyadh’s execution of six of its citizens for drug trafficking, the foreign ministry said. “Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Tehran was summoned,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that Tehran conveyed its “strong protest” against Riyadh’s action, which…
The next round of talks with European powers will take place one week before Trump’s return to the White House. The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and France, the United Kingdom and Germany will take place in Geneva in January, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reports, citing the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem…
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said. An Italian journalist has been arrested by police in Iran, according to Italy’s foreign ministry, and the government is making efforts to bring her home. Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested by police in Tehran on…
