Irans 'Hostage Diplomacy': How Tehran Uses Arrests To Extract Concessions

Iran, since the Islamic revolution, has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its foes, in a strategy of "hostage diplomacy" that has long presented Europe ...
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'Hostage diplomacy': longstanding Iran tactic presenting dilemma for West

Iran since the Islamic revolution has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its ...

Fake IDs, forged reactor and nuclear lies: How Mumbai’s ‘BARC scientist’ tried to sell bogus blueprints to Iran

When the Mumbai Crime Branch raided his residence, they found fake passports, Aadhaar and PAN cards, a counterfeit BARC identity card, and fourteen maps with supposed nuclear data.

How Mumbai man, posing as fake scientist, tried to sell nuclear ‘design’ to Iran firms

The Mumbai Police arrested a 60-year-old man, who posed as a scientist of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), last ...

I can’t stand holidays — I never want to leave the UK again

I have no idea why other British people like them so much. It seems that the average Brit can't wait to pay through the nose ...

Iranians commemorate anniversary of 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover at time of tensions

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed Monday during a meeting with students that there would be no move toward ...

With pharaoh-like fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...