A senior Iranian businessman says the country will soon access another $10 billion of its blocked funds.

A German court refuses the extradition of an Albanian man to the UK, citing "inadmissible" conditions at Britain’s detention facilities.

South Korean activists have accused Seoul of suppressing the human right to assemble and demonstrate after it decided to ban rallies following protests over Japan’s release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

Iran says it has no more frozen funds abroad after securing release of resources in South Korea and Iraq.

Japan has begun releasing radioactive treated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, amid widespread opposition to the move by regional countries, particularly China.  

The Foreign Ministry says the process of release of Iran's funds, which have been blocked in South Korea under the pretext of US sanctions, is underway.

A source says Iran has secured release of over $10 billions of funds blocked because of US sanctions.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the Islamic Republic is pursuing the release of Iranian funds frozen in Japan due to US sanctions.

Iran has started the process of releasing a large number of Iranian prisoners arrested during the recent foreign-backed riots in the country following Ayatollah Khamenei's approval of mass amnesty.

International human rights organizations call for immediate and unconditional release of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Abduljalil al-Singace.