Iranian authorities have cut off the fingers of a man convicted of theft. The officials said the man was found guilty of 28 cases of theft, defending the amputation as the best way to deter theft despite protests by international human rights organisations. The Iranian judiciary’s news agency Mizan said the sentence had been carried […]
Iran government has accepted to permit women to attend a football match on Thursday for the first time in decades. This followed after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial male-only policy. The Islamic republic barred female spectators from football and other stadiums for around 40 years, with clerics arguing they must be […]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, also denied that he […]
Three Christians in Iran urge believers to pray for them as they and another Christian convert each received six-month prison sentences for their faith and Christian activities, activists told BosNewsLife. The detention of Asghar Salehi, Mohammadreza Rezaei, Persian Christian converts from Fars Province, and the other believer is among a series of reported government-backed arrests […]
An Iranian held for more than four years by Somali pirates has been released, a humanitarian organisation that helps hostages said on Saturday. Mohammad Sharif Panahandeh was a crew member on the FV Siraj, an Iranian fishing vessel that was captured off the coast of Somalia in March 2015, the Hostage Support Partnership said in a statement. […]
The FIFA presiden, Gianni Infantino said the ban on women attending soccer matches in Iran is “unacceptable”. The head of football’s world governing body said in a statement that FIFA’s position is “clear and firm” and that women “have to be allowed” into football stadiums in the country. Iran’s ban on women attending sports stadiums […]
The United States has revealed that the assaults on Saudi Arabia’s oil refinery in the early hours of Saturday has been traced to Iran as the Cruise missiles and drones used to carry out the attacks were launched from the Iranian soil. The drone attack on Saturday was reported to have destroyed a 5.7 million […]
The Iranian ship (Adrian Darya-1) has been denied help by Greece on the suspicion of shipping oil to Syria, prior to this denial the said ship was earlier detained in Gibraltar. In the words of Deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as he spoke to broadcaster ANT1 that his country was “not willing to facilitate the […]
Motolani Oseni President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Gwadabe has said the trade wars between the United States of America (US) and China have led to higher crude oil (Brent) prices, which is good for the naira and the Nigerian economy. Speaking yesterday to financial journalists in Lagos, […]
Motolani Oseni, Lagos Oil price hit a 2019 high, above 69 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, on the prospect that more sanctions against Iran and further Venezuelan disruptions could deepen an OPEC-led supply cut, and as the market became less worried that demand may reduce. The United States is considering more sanctions against Iran, whose […]
A passenger killed in the deadly Iranian commercial plane crash on Sunday reportedly channeled his faith just moments before takeoff, sending his girlfriend one last text. “May God protect us to arrive safe,” the unnamed passenger wrote to his girlfriend, also sending a photo of the ATR-72 jet’s propeller, according to an ARD German Television […]
Uber, the popular ride-hailing service announced Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive on Monday. The company has recently dealt with a range of controversies from an internal culture of sexual harassment and discrimination, a legal tussle with tech giant, Google, a severed relationship with drivers and investors and a #DeleteUber movement that stemmed from […]
Iran is calling for an immediate cease-fire in Yemen, where Houthi rebels have seized territory and drawn in a Saudi-led campaign of airstrikes backing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday the proposal for a halt in fighting, talks among the Yemeni parties and the formation of an inclusive government is the […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is in talks to reach a final nuclear agreement with six world powers, not with U.S. lawmakers. Rouhani’s remarks on Wednesday were an apparent reaction to developments Tuesday in Washington, where President Barack Obama pledged to sign a bill that would subject the agreement to U.S. congressional review. In […]
Oil prices jumped as much as five per cent on Monday as traders reassessed how quickly Iran could increase exports after a preliminary nuclear deal and anticipated that a months-long rise in U.S. inventories may be slowing. Brent crude tumbled nearly four per cent on Thursday after Iran and six world powers announced a framework […]
President Barack Obama has moved to reassure Israel that the US remains its staunchest supporter, amid Israeli fears over last week’s outline agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. He said Iran and the rest of the region should know that “if anybody messes with Israel, America will be there”. Critics have accused the president of conceding […]
Fears that introduction of one million barrels of Iranian oil into the already saturated crude market would force further depression of oil price, peaked Tuesday – the self-imposed deadline by involved parties for a deal to lift sanctions on Iran. The marathon negotiations have been going on for some time now between Iran and foreign […]
With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top US and Iranian officials spoke on Saturday of substantial headway, and Iran’s president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America’s top diplomat said it was up to Tehran to make the decisions needed to get there. Iranian President Hassan Rohani said “achieving a deal is […]
The international relations between Iran and the United States could enhance drastically in the upcoming years, Barack Obama has flagged. He signalled that in a video clip message where he wished the Iranian individuals a cheerful Iranian new year, Mr Obama said the two nations’ relations were entering an “early spring” Be that as it may he […]
The White House wants Congress to stop interfering in the negotiations with Iran about its nuclear capabilities. White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough warned Congress in a letter sent late Saturday that pending legislation requiring congressional approval for any deal reached with Iran about its nuclear capabilities could have a “profoundly negative impact” on […]