The security situation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is in the spotlight. The Pentagon said recently that missiles from Houthi rebels landed within mere miles of a U.S. naval vessel that was in the region to protecting an oil tanker from Somali pirates. NTD spoke to Grant Newsham, a retired Marine […]
WASHINGTON—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 Czech Republic and Slovenia and Khalid Mehdiyev, 24, […]
U.S. Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi, and House leaders hold a press conference at 9 a.m. ET on Jan. 27, to discuss the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses and to highlight a bipartisan resolution expressing support for the people of Iran. NTD will livestream the […]
CASTROP-RAUXEL, Germany—German police have taken into custody a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an “Islamist-motivated” attack, authorities in western Germany said on Sunday. The residence of the suspect in the city of Castrop-Rauxel was searched as part of the investigation, according to a joint press release […]
Earlier this year, the Iranian regime flaunted a new patriotic song targeting school children around the country. Titled “Salute, Commander,” the song was a tribute to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Imam Mahdi, a descendant of Islam founder Mohammed who Shiite Muslims believe went into hiding in the 10th century and will reappear […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi returned to Tehran early Wednesday after competing in South Korea without wearing a headscarf, an act widely seen as support for anti-regime demonstrators amid weeks of protests over the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab. After landing, Rekabi gave a careful, emotionless interview to Iran’s hard-line state television, saying that […]
New sanctions on Iran are coming down the pipeline. The U.S. Treasury and State Department have announced sanctions against a network of international companies. Those companies allegedly sold Iranian oil to China and other East Asian countries. That kind of sale violates U.S. oil sanctions on Iran. The reported purchase involves hundreds of millions of dollars of […]
TEHRAN, Iran—Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city’s mayor in a widening probe of the disaster. The collapse Monday of an under-construction 10-story tower at the Metropol Building […]
WASHINGTON—The United States has sanctioned four Iranian intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kidnap a U.S. journalist and human rights activist, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday. The sanctions come after U.S. prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who was critical of Tehran. Reuters previously […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iranian prosecutors opened criminal cases against six guards at the country’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary reported on Tuesday, after footage showing the widespread abuse of detainees at the facility leaked out last week. The judiciary’s three-day investigation into mistreatment and grim conditions at Tehran’s Evin prison had landed “some” prison guards […]
LONDON—Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy economies said Iran was threatening international peace and security and that all available evidence showed it was behind an attack on the Mercer Street tanker last week. “All available evidence clearly points to Iran. There is no justification for this attack,” said the statement, issued by current […]
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged an Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network with plotting to kidnap an American journalist from New York. According to an indictment filed in Manhattan federal court, the kidnapping ploy was part of a broader effort to lure three people from Canada and a person […]
An Iranian government newspaper warned on Tuesday that overly radical actions in the nuclear wrangling with the West may lead to the country’s isolation after Tehran ended snap inspections by United Nations inspectors. A state-run Iranian newspaper is urging caution in the nuclear dispute with the West. Warning that radical actions could lead to the […]
TEHRAN, Iran—Iranian state TV on Monday aired the launch of the country’s newest satellite-carrying rocket, which it said was able to reach a height of 500 kilometers (310 miles). The footage of the solid-liquid-fueled rocket showed the launch taking place during the daytime in a desert environment. The report did not say when or where […]
DUBAI/JAKARTA—Iran has asked Indonesia to provide details about the seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, a day after Jakarta said it had seized Iran and Panama-flagged tankers in its waters. Indonesia said on Sunday its coast guard had seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT […]
