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11 months ago
World politics

Iran Ousts Top Security Official Tainted by Spy Scandal

Iran on Monday removed its top national security official, one of the most powerful men in the country, after he came under scrutiny over his close ties with a high-ranking British spy.The security official, Ali Shamkhani, had been secretary of the Supreme National Council, which shapes Iranian security and foreign policy, for a decade, and before that worked at the Defense Ministry.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Iran's Khamenei says US wants to keep Ukraine war going

The supreme leader accuses Washington of starting the war, saying it benefits US weapons manufacturers.Tehran, Iran Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says the United States is not interested in putting an end to the war in Ukraine, which he maintains the Western military alliance created.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
World news

China to hold GCC-Iran summit: Report

China aims to follow up on its diplomatic success last week in negotiating an agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia.China is planning to host an unprecedented summit attended by senior officials from Iran and its six Arab neighbours of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), according to the Wall Street Journal.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Will a Renewed Iran Nuclear Deal Mean Cheaper Energy?

A successful deal to restrain Iran's nuclear program would mean that Washington lifts tough sanctions on Iran's oil and gas exports.But it may already be too late for that to help this winter.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

The first shipment of Iranian military drones arrives in Russia.

Iran has officially said that it would not provide either side of the conflict with military equipment but has confirmed that a drone deal with Russia was part of a military agreement that predated the invasion of Ukraine.
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The Russian military is experiencing major supply shortages in Ukraine, in part because of sanctions and export controls, forcing Russia to rely on countries like Iran for supplies and equipment.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
France politics

Macron defies criticism to host Saudi Crown Prince MBS in Paris

Saudi leader's visit to Paris comes two weeks after he held talks in Jeddah with US President Joe Biden.
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www.theguardian.com
11 months ago
London

Iranian dissident put under 24-hour police protection in UK after threats to life

Masih Alinejad, a leading Iranian dissident based in the US, has been put under 24-hour police protection in the UK after the Metropolitan police received credible threats to her life.Alinejad has become one of the main amplifiers of the protests inside Iran, appearing at the UN and meeting European leaders such as France's Emmanuel Macron and the Netherland's Mark Rutte.
World news
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
World news

Iran's Raisi leads large delegation in first state visit to China

Senior Iranian officials, including the central bank chief and the top nuclear negotiator, accompany president Raisi on his three-day trip.Tehran, Iran Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Beijing accompanied by a large delegation for a three-day trip to China aimed at boosting economic and bilateral ties.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid rising tensions in the Gulf

Iran has seized two Greek tankers in helicopter-launched attacks in the Gulf amid a dramatic rise in tension and violent incidents in the region.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

Iran will never acquire nuclear weapons, US promises Israel

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has sought to reassure Israel and its Gulf allies that Iran will never acquire atomic weapons, ahead of the possible renewal of the nuclear deal with Tehran.
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www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia says it will stop participating in its last nuclear treaty with the U.S.

Arms control experts warn that the suspension of the New START treaty is part of a troubling global rise in nuclear weapons.STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An unhappy kid on the playground may threaten to take his ball and go home.But what happens when a world leader threatens to take his nuclear football and go home?
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Senior Iranian ex-diplomats expressing open criticism of regime

Senior former Iranian diplomats are expressing open criticism of their government, warning that by failing to revive the nuclear deal and supplying drones to Russia in Ukraine, the country risks becoming isolated, its economy weakened and the protest movement emboldened.The increasingly stark warnings may reflect the views of a waning old guard of reformist diplomats, but appear to echo a live battle within the government over strategy and policy.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Europe news

EU preps Iran sanctions amid focus on Revolutionary Guards DW 01/18/2023

As the EU prepares its next set of sanctions in response to Iran's repression of public protests, both the European Parliament and the president of the European Commission have spoken out in favor of adding the entire Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the bloc's list of terrorist groups or organizations.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine's power and water supplies attacked again by Russia

Air strikes have cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 237

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 237th day, we take a look at the main developments.
Here is the situation as it stands on Tuesday, October 18.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Europe news

EU foreign ministers approve Ukraine aid, Iran sanctions | DW | 17.10.2022

The European Union's top diplomats met in Luxembourg on Monday, with a training mission for Ukrainian troops at the top of the agenda.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

Alleged higher Iran enrichment worries Germany, Israel

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Germany and Israel are worried about an accusation attributed to international inspectors that Iran enriched uranium to 84% purity, the German foreign minister said Tuesday, insisting that there would be no plausible civilian justification for such a move.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
Berlin

UN nuclear watchdog head to go to Iran for high-level talks

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday that its director-general will travel to Tehran for high-level meetings at the invitation of Iran's government.The announcement by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency comes days after it reported that uranium particles enriched up to 83.7% were found in Iran's underground Fordo nuclear site.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
World politics

WhyIran's Missile ProgramAlarms Its Rivals

A drone attack on an Iranian military facility over the weekend brought renewed attention to Iran's development of sophisticated missiles, a program that deeply worries its regional rivals.The strike on Saturday, which set off a large explosion in the city of Isfahan, was the work of the Mossad, Israel's premier intelligence agency, according to senior intelligence officials who were familiar with the dialogue between Israel and the United States regarding the attack.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Anoosheh Ashoori's daughter cuts hair live on TV in support of Iran protesters

The daughter of a man who was detained in Iran for almost five years has cut her hair live on television in solidarity with female protesters in the Middle East country.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Biden criticizes Iran and China on human rights and security issues.

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Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

'One miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation': The U.N. chief issues a grim warning, citing war.

The secretary general of the United Nations warned on Monday that humanity was "just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation," citing the war in Ukraine among the conflicts driving the risk to a level not seen since the height of the Cold War.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden says Trump made 'gigantic mistake' withdrawing US from Iran nuclear deal

(CNN)President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Wednesday that former President Donald Trump made a "gigantic mistake" withdrawing the US from the Iran nuclear deal and said Iran was closer now to acquiring a nuclear weapon.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
World news

Syria's Assad hoping for Iran nuclear deal success

Israel's attack on Damascus airport last week highlights the importance of a deal between Iran and the West to Syria.
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1 year ago
Europe news

More sanctions as Iran and EU clash over IRGC terror' label

EU foreign policy chief says that the bloc won't label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist' organisation, for now.Tehran, Iran The European Union will step up sanctions targeting Iranian officials deemed to be involved in an ongoing crackdown against anti-government protesters in the country, but will not go as far as declaring Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation until further legal processes are complete.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
Europe news

EU lawmakers push to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as 'terrorist' organisation

Troops from the Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force attend a manoeuver in northwestern Iran on October 17, 2022.AP Iran warned the European Union on Thursday against listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to blacklist the powerful force over its role in the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Germany news

Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti released from jail after family post bail

The celebrated Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti has been released from prison by the authorities after her friends and family provided bail.Pictures of her outside jail with campaigners holding flowers and without a hijab were shown on Iranian social media.She had been arrested for issuing statements of support for the women's movement in Iran, including by posing on Instagram without a hijab, the compulsory hair covering in the country.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Iran confirms drones to Russia but months' before Ukraine war

Tehran says it won't be indifferent' if Russia is proven to have used its unmanned aerial vehicles in the Ukraine conflict.Tehran, Iran  Iran for the first time confirmed it sold drones to Russia, but said this happened months before the start of the war in Ukraine.Speaking to reporters after an event in Tehran on Saturday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian addressed claims by Western officials that Iranian drones were supplied to Moscow for its invasion, and that surface-to-surface missiles may also be on the way.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Families accuse EU of ignoring' four Europeans held by Iran

Families of four Europeans imprisoned in Iran ask the EU to negotiate their release during the nuclear deal talks.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Iranian forces seize two Greek tankers in the Gulf: State media

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they seized two Greek oil tankers in Arabian Gulf due to violations' that were committed.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe politics

MEPs call for blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

The European parliament has called for Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to be blacklisted in Europe, a move some western politicians fear could provoke Iran to walk out of talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.The parliament has only an advisory role, but EU foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday to discuss further sanctions, and the Iranian diaspora is making the proscription of the IRGC its key demand.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe politics

Positive signals from Iran over nuclear deal put west in a tricky position

Wary western powers face an unlikely potential dilemma after a sudden push by Tehran to suggest that progress is being made to remove the last outstanding obstacles to a revived agreement to oversee Iran's nuclear programme.The unlikely prospect of Joe Biden reviving the dormant 2015 nuclear deal, potentially lifting sanctions and opening the way for Iran to make billions of dollars in oil exports, would be seen as a gross betrayal by supporters of three-month-long street protests, as well as a controversial signal to send to Ukraine about Washington's priorities.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe politics

EU and US consider further sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown

The EU and the US are considering further sanctions against Iran over the attempt to suppress demonstrations and strikes in universities over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in a police detention centre.
www.france24.com
1 year ago
France news

Macron calls Iran protests a revolution', says crackdown harms nuclear deal chances

Issued on: 14/11/2022 - 11:01Modified: 14/11/2022 - 11:04 French President Emmanuel Macron gives a thumb up sign as he prepares to board his car upon arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022.Firdia Lisnawati, AP French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday characterised the protests in Iran as a "revolution" and said the crackdown by Iranian leaders would make it harder to reach agreement on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

Ukraine accuses Iran of violating UN ban on drone transfers

Ukraine has accused Iran of violating a U.N. Security Council ban on the transfer of drones capable of flying 300 kilometers and invited U.N. experts to visit the country to inspect Iranian-origin drones being used by Russia against civilian targets.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

France, Germany, Britain press Iran on renewed nuclear deal

France, Germany and Britain have urged Iran to agree to a proposed relaunch of the agreement limiting its nuclear program, saying final texts of a deal have been readied but Iran has chosen not to seize this critical diplomatic opportunity.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

Iran says it's ready for new talks with US on nuclear deal

Iran said Thursday it is ready for new indirect talks with the United States to overcome the last hurdles to revive its tattered 2015 nuclear deal with major powers amid a growing crisis over the country's atomic program.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

UN watchdog says Iran plans to ramp up uranium enrichment

Iran plans to install two new cascades of advanced centrifuges that will allow Tehran to rapidly enrich more uranium, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Thursday, the latest escalation in the standoff over the country's atomic program.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

Israel raises Iran concerns with visiting UN nuclear chief

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran of deceiving the international community about its atomic activities as he met with the visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine accuses Iran of violating UN ban on drone transfers

UNITED NATIONS - Ukraine has accused Iran of violating a U.N. Security Council ban on the transfer of drones capable of flying 300 kilometers and invited U.N. experts to visit the country to inspect Iranian-origin drones being used by Russia against civilian targets.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

US warns of war crimes' after Russian drone attack on Ukraine

At least four people were killed in kamikaze' drone attacks that targeted Kyiv early on Monday.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Jake Sullivan: US will act 'decisively' if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine

America and its allies will act "decisively" if Russia uses a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, reaffirming the Joe Biden White House's previous response to mounting concerns that Vladimir Putin's threats are in increased danger of being realized.But Sullivan refused to be drawn out on whether the US would change its policy on lifting sanctions in exchange for a nuclear deal in light of the protests."We have communicated directly, privately and at very high levels to the Kremlin that any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic consequences for Russia, that the US and our allies will respond decisively, and we have been clear and specific about what that will entail," Sullivan told CBS's Face The Nation.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Macron says Russia's 'act of aggression' is undermining peace and calls 'neutral' nations complicit.

In some of his strongest remarks against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Moscow's war a return to "imperialism" in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Yemen's Ticking Oil Bomb Threatens the World Economy

Most of the limited international diplomatic energy devoted to ending the civil war in Yemen understandably goes to preventing the loss of lives, whether from bloodshed or famine.
www.dw.com
1 year ago
Europe news

EU foreign ministers to approve Ukraine aid, Iran sanctions | DW | 17.10.2022

The European Union's top diplomats met in Luxembourg on Monday, with a training mission for Ukrainian troops at the top of the agenda.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv says it recently liberated more than 600 settlements from Russia

Over the past month, Ukraine has retaken more than 600 settlements from Russian control, its Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporary Occupied Territories said Thursday.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
France politics

Iran's Raisi meets European leaders at UN amid nuclear deadlock

Macron reportedly offers new proposals to Raisi, but a breakthrough still appears unlikely as US midterm elections loom.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Your Tuesday Briefing: Britain Buries Queen Elizabeth II

The funeral closed with a more intimate service and private internment.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Iran's Supreme Leader Cancels Public Appearances After Falling Ill

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently on bed rest under observation by a team of doctors, according to four people familiar with his health situation.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Justice Dept. Charges Iranian in Plot to Kill John Bolton

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department charged a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday with plotting to assassinate John R. Bolton, who served as national security adviser to President Donald J. Trump.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Iran Says It Will Execute an Iranian-Swedish Scientist Accused of Espionage

Ahmadreza Djalali denies he spied for Israel or helped it kill Iranian nuclear scientists.
the Guardian
1 year ago
France news

Trump boasted he had 'intelligence' on Macron's sex life

Donald Trump boasted to close associates that he knew secrets about Emmanuel Macron's sex life from US intelligence sources, it has been reported.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Says He'd Use Military Force on Iran as "Last Resort" to Prevent Nukes

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Wednesday that he would be willing to go to war with Iran to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a position that drew condemnation from advocacy groups and foreign policy analysts who questioned the moral, strategic, and legal bases for such a stance.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Trump proposed deadly strike on top Iranian military figure, book says

Shortly before the 2020 election, Donald Trump's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, "stunned" the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff by saying the president wanted to kill a senior Iranian military officer operating outside the Islamic Republic.
The Independent
2 years ago
France news

Iran's president vows to continue nuclear activities

President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday that Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled, state media reported.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Iran delivers European peace initiative' on Ukraine to Russia

Iran says it received the proposal from a European leader, but refuses to name the official.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Los Angeles gas prices are falling fast. But how long can it last?

Southern California drivers are getting more relief at the gas pump, with the average cost of a gallon of regular gas in Los Angeles County slipping below $5.50.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Your Wednesday Briefing

Gas prices are falling.
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After climbing for months, gasoline prices have declined for 28 days in a row, giving consumers a welcome break.
The Independent
1 year ago
France news

EU coordinator heads to Tehran in bid to save nuclear deal

The European Union coordinator of talks to revive Iran's nuclear accord with world powers said Tuesday he was traveling to Tehran, as the bloc makes a last-ditch effort to salvage the deal after a weekslong standstill.
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