CNN — Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to…
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Morad Tahbaz’s daughter calls on US, UK to do everything they can to free her father from Iran | CNN Politics
CNN — On the fifth anniversary of her father’s arrest, the daughter of a man wrongfully…
US intercepts Iranian shipment of 2,000 assault rifles destined for Yemen | CNN Politics
CNN — The US intercepted a shipment of more than 2,000 Iranian assault rifles destined for…
Iran sentences daughter of former president to five years in prison | CNN
CNN — The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five…
Donors pledge more than $9 billion for Pakistan’s flood recovery | CNN Business
Story by Reuters — International donors on Monday committed over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover…
Iraqis celebrate their comeback with soccer tournament after decades of isolation | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter,…
Germany detains Iranian national suspected of planning a terror attack | CNN
CNN — German police have detained an Iranian national on suspicion of planning a terror attack,…
