Iran has summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, who represents U.S. interests in the country, and a senior Italian diplomat over the arrest by the U.S. of two Iranian nationals this week, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
U.S. prosecutors charged the two men on Monday with illegally exporting sensitive technology to Iran that they said was used in a January drone attack in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members. The U.S. blamed Iran-backed militants for the attack. Iran said at the time it was not involved.
Federal prosecutors in Boston identified the men as Mohammad Abedini, the co-founder of an Iranian-based company, and Mahdi Sadeghi, an employee of Massachusetts-based semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices.
Abedini, a resident of both Switzerland and Iran, was arrested in Italy at the request of the U.S. government. Sadeghi, an Iranian-born naturalized U.S. citizen, lives in Natick, Massachusetts.
“We consider these arrests in violation of international law,” Iranian media quoted the foreign ministry as saying, adding that the Swiss ambassador and the Italian charge d'affaires were asked to pass on Iran’s protest.
Four nations, including Iran and South Africa, have withdrawn from World Expo 2025 Osaka, citing various challenges, though 158 countries remain committed to participating.
On Tuesday, a senior United Nations official called on global powers and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal urgently.
Iran sent into space on Friday its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported.
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AZAL has released the crew list for flight J2-8243, which crashed in Aktau today.
Farid Huseynov, Head of the AZAL Press Department, has confirmed that a total of 67 people were on board the plane involved in the recent incident, including 62 passengers and 5 crew members.
Two separate road accidents in Pakistan on Monday claimed 18 lives and injured over 36, with a bus overturning near Islamabad and a van-truck collision in Sindh province.
Azerbaijan has dispatched its first humanitarian aid convoy to Syria, carrying approximately 200 tons of essential supplies. The convoy is set to travel through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey before reaching the city of Idlib, where the aid will be distributed to those in need.
Azerbaijan sends the black boxes of the Aktau plane crash to Brazil's CENIPA for decoding, ensuring transparency, objectivity, and global standards in the investigation.
The permitted duration of stay for Russian citizens in Azerbaijan has been reduced from 180 days to 90 days.
AnewZ looks back at the most significant moments of 2024, year marked by natural disasters, global unrest, geopolitical moves, historic elections and devastating military conflicts.
Russia’s gas transit to Europe via Ukraine ends after decades, closing a key supply route as the EU diversifies energy sources amid strained relations and economic shifts.
Over 50% of Ukraine's state budget spent on defense, boosting capabilities six-fold. 1.2 million drones procured, with $41.7B international aid secured.
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