Monday, 15 November 2021 (YJC)_ As part of its response to the country's recent election, the United States has imposed new Nicaragua-related sanctions on nine individuals and the country's federal public prosecutor's office.
Monday, 21 December 2020_Nicaragua’s parliament has passed a law that would essentially ban those candidates who would support a coup d’état against President Daniel Ortega or incite foreign interference from running in next year’s presidential election.
TEHRAN, August 11 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and a high-ranking economic delegation from Nicaragua led by Minister of Finance and Public Credit Ivan Acosta discussed ways to increase bilateral economic cooperation.
TEHRAN, Apr 06 - Nicaragua on Friday released another 50 people jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government, bringing the number freed since late February to about 200 in a unilateral action separate from a broader deal covering hundreds considered political prisoners.
TEHRAN, Mar 17 - Riot police in Nicaragua used tear gas against opposition demonstrators and reporters on Saturday, temporarily detaining over a hundred people after they attempted to protest for the release of opponents to President Daniel Ortega's government.
TEHRAN, Mar 06 - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's leftist government and the opposition have agreed a "roadmap" for extended peace talks to resolve 10 months of crisis sparked by a deadly crackdown on dissent in which hundreds of people were killed.
TEHRAN, Jan 18 - Police in Nicaragua say four officers have been killed by members of a criminal gang in the country's south near the border with Costa Rica.
TEHRAN, December 24 - Brazil is excluding representatives of Nicaragua from the January 1 inauguration of new president Jair Bolsonaro because of "violations" against its own citizens, the country's incoming foreign minister said Sunday.
TEHRAN, December 15 - Nicaraguan authorities on Friday said they had seized the assets of 10 blacklisted organizations, dealing another blow to civil society after months of protests against President Daniel Ortega that were met with a heavy-handed crackdown.
TEHRAN, November 28 - The Trump administration on Tuesday added the first lady of Nicaragua and one of her senior aides to a sanctions list as part of its effort to increase pressure on President Daniel Ortega's government for its violent response to a political crisis.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Human rights organization Amnesty International said on Thursday it had documented at least six "possible extrajudicial executions" in Nicaragua during a government crackdown on protests against President Daniel Ortega.
TEHRAN, October 15 - Nicaraguan police arrested 26 people on Sunday ahead of a planned march against the government of President Daniel Ortega, local human rights groups said.
TEHRAN, September 15 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has forwarded a message of felicitation to the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Nicaragua.
TEHRAN, September 13 - The United States on Wednesday approved the return to Nicaragua of non-emergency personnel and diplomats' family members after they were pulled from the Central American nation during weeks of deadly anti-government protests.
TEHRAN, September 06 - Russia on Wednesday accused the United States of 'destructive' meddling in Nicaragua's affairs for calling a UN Security Council meeting on the crisis in the Central American country.
TEHRAN, September 02 - The United Nations human rights mission left Nicaragua Saturday after being ordered out by a government it criticized over its heavy-handed response to anti-regime protests.
TEHRAN, August 11 -On a rainy morning in Nicaragua's south, two men step out of the jungle and into a boat that will transport them a short distance over the border with Costa Rica, slipping past border guards and police to safety.
TEHRAN, August 11 -On a rainy morning in Nicaragua's south, two men step out of the jungle and into a boat that will transport them a short distance over the border with Costa Rica, slipping past border guards and police to safety.
TEHRAN, August 3 - The human rights arm of the Organization of American States said Thursday that 317 people have been killed during violence surrounding anti-government protests in Nicaragua that began in April.