Ghorbani, a female Iranian international football referee, fled to Sweden after security threats and unfair treatment.
The US had asked Italy to arrest and extradite the Iranian national for allegedly transferring drone technology.
The West’s last chance to impose UN sanctions as part of the nuclear deal will run out of time by October.
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Swiss embassy in Tehran confirms death, seeks clarification on how prisoner died.
Tehran denies Sala’s December 19 detainment was linked to an Iranian businessman’s arrest in Italy on a US warrant.
French president says Paris will engage with the incoming Trump administration in the US on the ‘Iranian question’.
Iran and European powers to meet days before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
The next round of talks with European powers will take place one week before Trump’s return to the White House.
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said.
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Friday, December 27.
The foreign minister of the new government in Damascus says Iran must not ‘spread chaos’ in Syria.
Bashar al-Assad’s fall was a blow to Iran and its regional supporters, but anti-Houthi Yemenis see a rare opportunity.
Authorities vote to allow Meta’s instant messaging platform and Google Play as first step to scale back internet curbs.
Defence Minister Israel Katz warns Houthi rebels that Israel will ‘behead’ its leaders as it did to Hamas.
