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Tehran judiciary nixes hopes of swift release

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

Tehran's judiciary chief on Friday dismissed hopes of a swift release, possibly in time for Christmas, for British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is serving a five-year jail sentence for alleged sedition. Gholamhossein Esmaili said there was no possibility the Thomson Reuters Foundation employee could be freed until she had been tried on additional charges filed last month of "spreading propaganda". "Nazanin Zaghari has twoRead more

Canadian-Iranian sentenced to prison for conspiring to export military gear

Washington - Muslimchronicle

A Canadian-Iranian man was sentenced Friday to 32 months in prison for violating US sanctions against Iran. Between 2014 and 2016, Ali Soofi, 63, "conspired to export military items from the United States to Iran, both directly and through transshipment to intermediary countries, without a license," according to prosecutors. Soofi "sought to purchase and ship numerous items, including helicopters, high-techRead more

Saudi, Bahrain target Iran at Arab League meeting

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia warned Sunday that it would not stand idly by in the face of Iranian "aggression", as Bahrain said the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement was "in total control" of Lebanon. The foreign ministers of both Gulf states spoke at an extraordinary general meeting of the Arab League at its Cairo headquarters, called by Riyadh. The meeting comes as tensions soarRead more

US House passes ballistic missile curbs against Iran

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The US House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Thursday for new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, part of an effort to clamp down on Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement. The vote was 423 to two for the “Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act.” Among other things, it calls on the USRead more

US Navy aids Iran fishing boat after pirate attack

Washington - Muslimchronicle

An American destroyer has come to the aid of an Iranian fishing boat after a pirate attack off Yemen, the US Navy said Wednesday. Iran's coast guard called the US naval command in Bahrain to report Tuesday's incident and to ask for help following the attack south of Yemen's Socotra island, the Navy said in a statement The US commandRead more

Tillerson attends landmark Saudi-Iraqi meeting in Riyadh

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

US diplomat Rex Tillerson attended a landmark meeting Sunday between Saudi Arabia and Iraq aimed at upgrading strategic ties between the two countries and countering Iranian regional influence. Saudi King Salman and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi held the first meeting of the joint Saudi-Iraqi coordination council that aims to boost cooperation after years of tensions. Al-Abadi hailed the meetingRead more

Tillerson demands Iranian militias leave Iraq

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday demanded that Iranian "militias" leave Iraq at a press conference in Riyadh, where the US diplomat is holding talks with top Gulf officials. "Certainly Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fighting against (the Islamic State group) is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," Tillerson saidRead more

Saudi Arabia supports any action against Iranian aggression

New York - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia announced its full support for any action or sanction that can limit Iranian aggression and intervention in the regions’ countries. The Kingdom expressed regret that Iran has used the economic returns from the lifting of sanctions after compliance with the nuclear deal, to destabilize the region, develop its ballistic missiles and support terrorism in the region, including Hezbollah,Read more

Trump speech shows US 'against Iranian people': Rouhani

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump's speech in which he outlined an aggressive new strategy against Iran shows that he is "more than ever against the Iranian people", President Hassan Rouhani said Friday. "Today the United States is more than ever opposed to the nuclear deal and more than ever against the Iranian people," he said in a televised address shortly afterRead more