France to summon Iran envoy after language centre closure in Tehran
Iran accuses the French language centre of conducting 'illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions'.
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Iran accuses the French language centre of conducting 'illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions'.
Iranian authorities on Sunday shut down the French Language Centre (CLF) in Tehran, alleging the French embassy-linked institute conducted "illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions" and "abused its status as a language training facility".
Tehran gives Swedish official 48 hours to leave as Iran says Stockholm is bowing down to outside pressure.
Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity in the crackdown on 2022 protests that left hundreds dead, Amnesty International said Wednesday, adding Tehran's suppression of new demonstrations this year bore the "same hallmarks" but on an even wider scale. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini. She calls for the establishment of an international criminal justice mechanism to prosecute those responsible for the crimes.
Amnesty International says Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during the 2022-23 protests.
China says the US-Israel war on Iran highlights flaws in the Middle East's 'existing security architecture'.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes during the countdown to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States for a summit next week with his US counterpart Donald Trump, when the war on Iran and disruption of energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be high on the agenda. Fighting has also erupted...
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran does not interfere in Yemeni affairs.
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Tehran and Muscat agree to delay dialogue to prioritise regional consensus amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran plans to formally unveil an agreement on a temporary shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, after a flurry of diplomatic activity including a rare meeting between senior officials from Tehran and Abu Dhabi. The Islamic Republic is set to reveal to Gulf nations its agreement with Oman on a temporary new shipping lane, according to a person familiar with the matter. Negotiations on details such as the fees ships may be charged will continue between the two countries later, they...
Iran’s President has met Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince at the BRICS summit for their highest-level talks since the war began.
Former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says the loss of IAEA access to Iran has created a serious monitoring gap that makes it increasingly difficult to determine the status of the country's nuclear program. Moniz also warns hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that tight global supplies of diesel and other refined fuels could face additional pressure as US refineries, already running near capacity, approach their fall maintenance season. (Source: Bloomberg)
Iranian official tells Al Jazeera an IAEA resolution on Tehran’s nuclear safeguards was ‘imposed’ by the US and Israel
Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have held sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. With prices going up every few hours, salaries and pensions going unpaid for months, and unemployment increasing, our Observers say life is becoming “impossible”.