The head of Iran’s justice ministry was quoted on Friday as saying Tehran would decide the fate of a detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail and that he could not confirm Western media reports relating to her case. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the ...
ehran'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 ...
Gholam Hossein Esmaili, head of Tehran province’s Justice Department, on Friday dismissed reports on releasing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman, in a swap deal. “Besides serving her current sentence, she has also another ongoing case against her in court... We do not know if ...
A senior Iranian judiciary official has dismissed reports that a detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government could be released soon. Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, who has denied the charges, has been in ...
The head of Iran’s justice ministry was quoted on Friday as saying Tehran would decide the fate of a detained British-Iranian aid worker sentenced to five years in jail and that he could not confirm Western media reports relating to her case. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the ...
Iranian woman imprisoned for months in Iran for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government may be released soon as she has recently become eligible for early release, her husband said on December 21. Charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, who has denied the charges, has been in prison ...
Iran’s justice ministry confirmed on Friday that authorities have opened a new case against British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been sentenced to five years in jail, and denied she might soon be released./ FILE PHOTO - Demonstrators hold placards before a march in ...
Pictures from the scene show the fire-damaged building/ At least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the interior ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke ...
run authorities in Gaza say dozens of homes were damaged during the operation/ The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of ...
After deliberating for approximately three hours spread over two days, jurors in Wilmington, Delaware, reached a guilty verdict against The charges stemmed from his 2018 purchase of a firearm, wherein he was accused of falsely denying drug use on his application and unlawfully possessing the ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece's Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
The boat capsized off waters near Yemen's port city of Aden (file photo from 2019)/ At least 49 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). Among the dead were six children and 31 ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After weeks of dry and hot weather, we finally have widespread chances for rain setting in overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. The downpours will build after midnight in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, and Highlands counties. After sunrise, the showers will begin ...
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from ...
Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse on Monday, June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. Grossman ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...