Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

Agence France Presse 01/08/2023

BERLIN — An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an “Islamist attack” using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday. Munster police and the Dusseldorf prosecutors’ office said in a press…

Iranian exile who inspired the movie ‘The Terminal’ dies at French airport

Agence France Presse 11/13/2022

BOBIGNY, France — An Iranian who got stuck for 18 years in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks died on Saturday at the terminal, an airport official said. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died…

Probe on for ‘rampant’ sex trafficking activities in Mandaue City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Personnel from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) will be keeping an eye on reported ‘rampant’ sex-trafficking activities in Mandaue City. This developed after the arrest of an Iranian…

Iranian teen detained over Instagram dance videos

AP 07/08/2018

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has detained a teenager who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18, acknowledged breaking moral norms…

Ombud clears fiscal of graft raps

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/11/2015

THE Ombudsman-Visayas dismissed the criminal and administrative charges filed against Cebu City Asst. Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro who was accused of receiving a P10,000 bribe from a Filipino-Iranian in 2011. In a resolution, the anti-graft office said…

Iranian accused of rape convicted for violating alias law

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/07/2015

A Toledo City court convicted an Iranian for using  a pseudonym to misrepresent himself. Hossein Malakooti, who introduced himself as Alex, was found guilty of violating the Anti-Alias Law and was sentenced to one year and six…

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our newsletter!

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

This is an information message

We use cookies to enhance your experience. By continuing, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more here.