Shortly after the new investment restrictions were announced.

The BBC Farsi-language service aired an audio message from Akbari on Wednesday.often using them as bargaining chips in negotiations.

and others has sanctioned Iran over the protests andsupplying Russia with the bomb-carrying drones now targeting Ukraine.Irans government for months has been trying to allege without offering evidence that foreign countries have fomented the unrest gripping the Islamic Republic since the death of 22-year-old Amini in September after her detention by the morality police.a group that has been monitoring the unrest.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly summoned Irans charg daffaires in the United Kingdom and separately warned: This will not stand unchallenged.It also harkened back to the mass purges of the military that immediately followed Irans 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national.

Akbari had previously led the implementation of a 1988 cease-fire between Iran and Iraq following their devastating eight-year war.during a dinner hosted by the North on Monday.

which handles inter-Korean affairs.we will meet reporters in an official setting (again to share the outcome).

said that it will have consultations with North Korea to hold family reunions on a regular basis.said that talks are underway for a September trip to Pyongyang.