Reuters - An 81-year-old Iranian-American man sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran on charges he spied and cooperated with the United States has been returned to prison after a short medical leave, his lawyer and son said on Tuesday. The decision to send Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor and ex-UNICEF official, back to prison,...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   No talks on Irans defense power, President reiterates The Iranian President vowed continued efforts to boost the countrys military power within the framework of law and religious decrees, making it clear that Tehran will never ask permission from anyone to strengthen its defense ...

FNA- Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje'i dismissed claims that Baqer Namazi, an Iranian-American, who was sentenced to 10 years of jail for spying and cooperating with the US government against Tehran has been released. "He has not been released and he has (temporarily) been granted a leave like other inmates," Mohseni Eje'i ...

Reuters - An 81-year-old Iranian-American man imprisoned in Iran, Baquer Namazi, has received a four-day leave from the Iranian government until Thursday after being discharged from a hospital, his lawyer said on Sunday. Earlier this month, Namazi, who was detained in February 2016 and later convicted of espionage charges that he denied, was taken ...

IRNA Tehran prosecutor general said on Sunday that a court in the Iranian capital has sentenced four infiltrators and US-linked agents to 10 years in prison each and the ruling was confirmed by the Apeal Court. Addressing the eighth meeting of Tehran prosecutor deputies themed Research of Judicial Dossiers, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said the cases ...

Press TV - The White House has warned Iran of serious consequences if it does not release all American citizens imprisoned in the country. "Iran is responsible for the care and well-being of every United States citizen in its custody, the White House said in a statement on Friday. President Trump urges Iran to return Robert Levinson home, who ...

Foreign Policy - N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres is making a quiet appeal to Irans leaders to release an elderly American citizen detained on what the U.S. claims are trumped up charges of espionage, according to several officials. Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and U.N. refugee chief, wrote a highly confidential letter a week ...

An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, the Iranian judiciary's official news website reported on Tuesday. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained Siamak Namazi, a businessman with dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship in his mid-...