Raghida Bahnam

Raghida Bahnam
World This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Natanz nuclear site near Natanz, Iran, on April 14, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

European Source to Asharq Al-Awsat: IAEA, Tehran Have Made Little Progress 

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran have made little progress over the latter’s nuclear program, a European source told Asharq Al-Awsat. …

Raghida Bahnam (Vienna)
Arab World German police transfer materials from the headquarters of the Irshad Association in Berlin, after the decision to ban Hezbollah in 2020. (EPA)

Germany Arrests Two Hezbollah Members

German federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday the arrest of two alleged members of the Hezbollah group which Germany designated as a “terrorist”…

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World European Troika Pressures Iran to Explain the Highly-Enriched Uranium

European Troika Pressures Iran to Explain the Highly-Enriched Uranium

European diplomats from Germany, France, and Britain, met last week in Oslo with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri-Kani, sources in the German…

Raghida Bahnam (Berlin)
World German criminal police confiscate evidence from the apartment of an Iranian detainee who was preparing a terrorist operation (AP)

Germany Searches for Chemicals after Arresting Iranian Brothers Accused of Terrorism

German authorities raided new sites in search of chemicals, a day after they had arrested two Iranian suspects who were preparing a terrorist attack using…

Raghida Bahnam (Berlin)
World The German Bundestag in session in mid-December. (dpa)

Over 100 German Deputies Sponsor Iranian Political Prisoners

Over one hundred German politicians are sponsoring political prisoners in Iran, as confirmed by a member of the German Bundestag to Asharq Al-Awsat. MP…

Raghida Bahnam (Berlin)
World The quarterly meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna on Wednesday (EPA)

IAEA Board Orders Iran to Cooperate ‘Urgently’ with Probe

The atomic watchdog's board of governors has passed a resolution ordering Iran to cooperate urgently with the agency's investigation into uranium traces found…

Raghida Bahnam (Vienna)
World A demonstration in solidarity with Iranian anti-government protesters in Madrid. (Reuters)

Germany Divided on How to Approach Iran

Internal conflict is growing in Germany over how to deal with Iran, where human rights violations are rampant against the backdrop of demonstrations that the…

Raghida Bahnam (Berlin)
Gulf German Chancellor Olaf Scholz boarding a place (dpa)

German Chancellor Begins Tour to Restore Relations with the Gulf

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will begin a two-day tour of Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar, on Saturday. A German official said that the…

Raghida Bahnam (Berlin)