Republican lawmakers say the Obama administration's controversial “ransom” paid to Iran earlier this year is fueling a new wave of harsh sentences being handed down in the country to Iranian-Americans. “President Obama’s cash ransom payment to Iran makes Americans more vulnerable and encourages ...
year-old Iranian-American says a court in northeastern Iran has sentenced him to 18 years in prison after convicting him of "collaborating with a hostile government." Details of the trial and sentencing of Gholamrez Reza Shahini emerged Tuesday, after Shahini made contact with family members in ...
The Iranian government in recent weeks has handed down a string of lengthy prison sentences to American citizens born in Iran, a move that experts say could signal the country’s interest in a prisoner swap or payoff. A San Diego man received an 18-year sentence on Monday, according to his ...
American national says he has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in Iran for allegedly collaborating with a hostile government. in a telephone interview that he had "just laughed" after hearing the sentence. The 46-year-old graduate student from in San Diego was held in July while visiting his ...
year-old Iranian American from San Diego said Tuesday that Iran had sentenced him to 18 years in prison for “collaborating with a hostile government,” becoming the latest dual citizen to be jailed in a secret trial in the Islamic Republic. Speaking to The Times from Ninava jail in Gorgan, in ...
An Iranian American held in Tehran has reportedly been sentenced to 18 years in prison for "collaboration with a hostile government," yet another dual national convicted in a secret trial since Iran's nuclear deal with world powers. The sentence handed down to Robin Shahini, a 46-year-old ...
American held in Tehran reportedly has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest dual national convicted in secret trials since Iran's nuclear deal with world powers. Robin Shahini told Vice News in an interview aired late Monday that he "just laughed" after hearing his sentence, which ...
American dual citizen who has been jailed in Iran since July has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of collaborating with the United States and "insulting sanctities," one of his U.S.-based relatives told RFE/RL's Radio Farda. The relative, who did not want to be named ...
The Day After might sound like the title of a film or a novel. But for diplomats and policymakers, the phrase has only one meaning and that is what happens 'the day after' the fighting stops in Gaza. Given the intensity of the conflict and the absence of hope, such thinking might seem ...
is predicting severe weather Sunday, which could impact/ The most likely hazard will be high winds "with localized hurricane-force gusts possible," according to the Louisville office of the National Weather Service. Tornadoes, flooding and hail are less likely but also possible. Isolated ...
Israeli protesters stamp on aid packages destined for Gaza/ Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to other key junctions, where rival groups of activists do their best to block or protect aid ...
Police chases can be intense, but the stakes are even higher when cops are chasing an who’s already engaged in violence toward the public. That’s what precedes this chase involving/ If you’re thinking this glorified soccer mom SUV isn’t a great , well you’re right. For some reason the guy in it ...
The suspect is dead after a pursuit and a nearly four-hour standoff that forced a complete closure of the 91 Freeway in Orange County on Friday. The pursuit began around 8 a.m. in Corona, where, according to police, officers attempted to stop the driver in the area of McKinley Street and Griffin ...
This was the outcome Israel sought to avoid: a demand to halt a military operation the government regards as essential for the defeat of Hamas and the return of hostages. But there is no immediate indication that Israel will change course as a result of Friday's ruling by the International Court ...
Fog and low temperatures hindered the work of rescue teams/ A preliminary report on the helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday has found no evidence of criminal activity, state media say. The aircraft “caught fire after hitting an elevated area” and no traces of ...
Israel has said it would ignore any order to stop its offensive in Gaza/ The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to "immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah". It acted in support of a South African application last week ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis paved the way for the canonization of the first saint of the millennial generation on Thursday, attributing a second miracle to a 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006. Carlo Acutis, born on May 3, 1991, in London and then moved with his Italian ...
The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Orion Hernandez and Michel Nisenbaum were recovered from Jabalia overnight/ The bodies of three more Israeli hostages have been recovered from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said. They are those of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez, it ...