The president has the authority to lift the house arrest of the Green Movement prominent figures, said deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Motahari, in a challenge to conservatives.
Iran has stayed within limits on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with world powers but is close to once again breaching a ceiling on its stock of one chemical, a quarterly report by the U.N. atomic watchdog showed on Friday.
President Rouhani’s adviser has denied his office chief of staff has been arrested for espionage. Meanwhile, Hesamodin Ashena neither confirmed nor denied that any of his staff has been detained for spying.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately reinstate its temporary ban on travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries, arguing that it would make the United States safer.
A New York judge on June 1 cleared former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a former U.S. attorney general to work as attorneys for a Turkish-Iranian businessman seeking settlement of a U.S. Iran sanctions case.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country plans to build walls along its borders with Iraq and Iran, similar to the one currently being erected along the frontier with Syria.
Ali Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, told media leaders on June 1 that it should be more difficult for the authorities to close down newspapers or block websites.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has categorically denied accusations by a former member of parliament that if the regulations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) are implemented, the Iranian government would have to hand over IRGC commander Ghasem Soleimani to the United States.
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, has said the redesign of the Arak heavy-water reactor will be completed within the next three or four years.
The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years.
The spokesperson of Islamic Republic's Judiciary confirmed to reporters on Wednesday, May 31, that a person working for one of President Hassan Rouhani's advisors has been arrested on espionage charges.
After days of wrangling and leaked reports by reformists and conservatives in Iran, the parliament finally voted to elect its leadership on Wednesday, May 31.
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