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For ten years, Zara Esmaeili sang in Iran's streets, parks and metros, often without hijab. His videos, which became viral, eventually attracted the attention of the authorities. Arrested in July 2024, she spent two months in prison before being sentenced. Today in France, where she asks for asylum, her biggest dream remains the same: to sing freely in the street.
Zara Esmaeili sang for about ten years in the streets of Tehran, in violation of the ban on women performing in public. Arrested in July 2024, detained and sentenced to 61 lashes and 4 years of suspended prison, this thirty-year-old fled Iran and lives in exile in France.
Era of 'wasting time and dictating demands is over'; US must fulfill MoU, top Iranian negotiator says.
Global energy prices have soared due to the US and Israel's war on Iran and Russia's war on Ukraine.
Two oil tankers have been struck by 'unidentified projectiles' in Hormuz says United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.
In September, oil exports from the Gulf region reached levels almost similar to those before the start of the American-Israeli war against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump promised a price drop as soon as the Iranian threat to the Strait of Ormuz would no longer have as much effect on oil flows. That's not what's going on.
DW has spoken with several Iranians who say their SIM cards, bank access and online accounts were blocked until they deleted critical content or pledged to stop activism.
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Bamo Nouri, investigative journalist and also Honorary Research Fellow with the Department of International Politics at City Saint George's University of London. He sees the end of the American military presence in Iraq as a profound shift in the balance of power inside the country. For him, the central question is not whether Iraq has formally regained sovereignty, but whether it possesses the political cohesion, security capacity and economic independence necessary to exercise that sovereignty.
By the end of November, three US aircraft carriers and two amphibious landing groups will be positioned near Iran.
The average price of a litre of diesel hit 193.3p this week, according to NI Consumer Council data.
The U.S. is reportedly sending a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, as Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms.
EU countries are set for crisis talks on soaring diesel prices, with officials warning a U.S. export ban could hurt Europe’s economic outlook.
Fuel prices have been steadily rising since the US-Israel war with Iran began in February.
Iran calls on Iraq to remove flight curbs after US sanctions, in a move that has strained bilateral ties.
Massive US military deployment to the Middle East includes 50,000 troops, F-35s and Marines to pressure Tehran.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck an electricity distribution station supplying the Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, drawing condemnation across the Muslim world. The Houthis denied involvement in the drone attack, which came as fighting intensified between government forces and rebels in Yemen.
In a series of campaign-style rallies, Trump seeks to boost Republican odds amid Iran war and rising fuel costs.
US deploys Roosevelt strike group and 2,000 Marines to the Middle East as part of a wider buildup around Iran.
On the eve of an EU meeting, the US is calling for additional diesel volumes to be placed on the market, according to the press, under threat of banning its exports. Gas oil prices reach record prices on both sides of the Atlantic, penalised by the Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and Iran's blocking of the Ormuz Strait.
The United States on Thursday urged European allies to release strategic diesel reserves immediately to curb prices driven higher by the US war on Iran. EU states will discuss a coordinated response on Friday, as Washington increases pressure following US President Donald Trump's suggestion that he could ban US diesel exports.
