Asia Iran Iranian-Swedish university researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, sentenced to death for spying for Israel, is scheduled to be executed at the end of the month; several international organisations are mobilising to call for the sentence to be quashed
Asia Iran Vladimir Obydenov, chairman of the Russian-Iranian Business Council (RIDS), said that Moscow could replace a number of Western goods in the field of detergents and pharmaceuticals with Iranian goods
Asia Iran Finance and Economy Minister Khandouzi has cancelled his trip to the United States to attend a World Bank meeting after the United States delayed issuing visas for him and his accompanying delegation
Asia Iran President Raisi ordered an investigation after 2.000 ticketed women were denied entry to Mashhad stadium for World Cup qualifiers; the country now risks elimination from the World Cup
Asia Iran The head of Iran's Trade Development Organisation has announced a 400% increase in the export of technical and engineering services compared to the previous year
Asia Iran The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a second satellite into space, the Noor-2, in the northeastern desert of Shahroud, according to Tehran state television
Asia Iran UN experts have called on the government to abandon its efforts to enact a new law, commonly referred to as the "User Protection Bill", which would isolate the country from the global internet, giving wider control to the army and government
Asia Iran President Ebrahim Raisi visited Qatar for the first time in eleven years; bilateral agreements were signed and he attended a summit on gas exports
Asia Iran Oil production in the first month of 2022, despite lasting economic sanctions, rose by 21.000 barrels, surpassing 2,5 million barrels per day, the highest level in three years
Asia Iran The Foreign Ministry spokesman said the country expects the US delegation to arrive in Vienna with a clear agenda to remove anti-Iran sanctions, calling for statements on positive talks to be translated into actions
Asia Iran Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, condemned a new verdict handed down to Narges Mohammadi, a prominent Iranian human rights defender sentenced to eight years in prison and 74 lashes, calling on Tehran to release her "immediately and unconditionally"
Asia Iran The Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade has announced that Iran's exports have exceeded US$40 billion in the last ten months; it has been estimated that exports will reach US$45 billion by the end of the year
Asia Iran Iranian volleyball player Zahra Moghani has joined AJM FC Porto in Portugal; she is the youngest Iranian volleyball player playing in the European champions' league