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After oil: what Malaysia and Iran may look like in a post-fossil-fuel future

As the devastation of climate change makes the need to decarbonise clearer by the day, countries face the question of what to do with their old fossil fuel infrastructure. While some environmental activists have taken to sabotaging the carbon economy on the back of its emissions in the Global North,…

The Conversation

Iran Shuts Crossings with Iraq following Border Chaos

The influx of large numbers of Iranian visitors coming to Karbala to commemorate the religious Arbaeen pilgrimage, caused turmoil at most of the border crossings in the country’s east. Iranian authorities announced they were closing all roads leading to Iraq, “due to the disturbing events that occurred on the Shalamcheh…

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3 Americans Sue Iran for Imprisoning Them on Espionage Charges

Three Americans who were jailed by Iran for more than a year and accused of being spies while hiking along the border with Iraq are suing their former captors, hoping to persuade a judge to award them damages for the torture they say they endured. The lawsuit is pursued by…

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A Question of Standing review: how the CIA undermined American authority

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones has written a concise account of damage done by US covert operations from the Iran coup to the Iraq war

The Guardian - US

Iran rejects criticism of its nuclear stance by European powers

Iran rejected as "unconstructive" a statement by France, Britain and Germany on Saturday that said Tehran's demands were jeopardising talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iranian state media reported.

Reuters

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 UK

Iran Guards Seize ‘Foreign’ Ship in Gulf for Smuggling Diesel

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 757,000 liters of diesel out of the country, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. The unnamed vessel's seven crew members, who are foreign nationals, have been handed over to legal authorities, IRNA reported…

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West Says Iran's Stance on IAEA Probe Jeopardizes Nuclear Talks

France, Britain and Germany on Saturday vented their frustration at Iran's demand in talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal that the UN nuclear watchdog close a probe into uranium particles found at three sites, adding that it was jeopardizing the talks. "This latest demand raises serious doubts as to…

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Albania reports 2nd cyberattack by Iran, on border systems

Albania’s Interior Ministry says one of its border systems has been hit by a cyberattack that came from the same Iranian source as an earlier attack that led the country to break diplomatic relations with Iran

The Independent UK

Europeans doubt Iran's intentions in nuclear talks sparking Tehran's ire

France, Britain and Germany on Saturday said they had "serious doubts" about Iran's intentions to revive a nuclear deal, comments that were rejected by Tehran and called "very untimely" by Moscow.

Reuters

How is the US involved in the Iran-Albanian political crisis?

Tehran claims Tirana has become the victim of a plot by Washington to further tarnish already-strained diplomatic ties.

Al Jazeera

Iran Guards seize foreign ship in Gulf for smuggling diesel

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have seized a foreign vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 757,000 litres of diesel out of the country, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.

Reuters

Iran-Backed Militias Run 7 Narcotic-Manufacturing Laboratories in Syria's Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) issued a report on narcotic manufacturing and cannabis cultivation in areas under Iran-backed militias' influence in Deir Ezzor. Through ongoing monitoring of the manufacture of narcotics, SOHR identified the locations of seven illicit drug-manufacturing laboratories in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias…

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Iran Strongly Condemns US Sanctions Over Albania Hacking

Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a US decision to impose sanctions on its intelligence ministry, blamed for a major cyber attack on NATO ally Albania. Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran on Wednesday after accusing it of the July 15 cyber attack that sought, but failed, to paralyze public services…

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US Secretary Says Iran’s Response ‘Takes Us Backwards’

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday that Iran's response to reviving the agreement on its nuclear program is a step "backward,” asserting that Washington will not agree to a deal that doesn’t meet its bottom-line requirements. European negotiators appeared to be progressing toward reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement…

Al Jazeera

US imposes new sanctions on Iran over Albanian cyberattack

US sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry come after Albania blamed Iran for July incident, which Tehran has denied.

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4 Detained after Germany’s Largest Ever Heroin Seizure Traced Back to Iran

Four people were detained after police made their largest ever seizure of heroin in Germany, prosecutors said on Friday, with police confiscating some 700 kilograms (1,543 pounds) as part of an operation against a gang smuggling narcotics from Iran. The drugs were seized in the port city of Hamburg at…

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US Imposes Sanctions on Iran over Cyber Activities, Cyberattack on Albania

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security and its minister, accusing them of being tied to a disruptive July cyberattack on Albania and engaging in other cyber activities against the United States and its allies. The move comes after Albania severed diplomatic relations…

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Four detained after Germany's largest ever heroin seizure

Four people were detained after police made their largest ever seizure of heroin in Germany, prosecutors said on Friday, with police confiscating some 700 kilogrammes (1,543 pounds) as part of an operation against a gang smuggling narcotics from Iran.

Reuters

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and its minister, accusing them of being tied to a disruptive July cyberattack on Albania and engaging in other cyber activities against the United States and its allies.

The Independent UK

Iran media attacks Queen’s ‘bloody legacy’, while officials ignore death

Death resurrects long and tangled ties between Tehran and UK monarchy

Asharq Al-Awsat

Growing Houthi Violations Threaten to End Truce

Houthi truce violations in Yemen have resulted in the death of over a thousand Yemenis, including soldiers and civilians, revealed Yemeni officials, adding that breaches by the Iran-backed militia threaten ending the ongoing, but fragile, UN-sponsored ceasefire. Although the UN and its envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, underrate the danger…

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Mossad Chief Hands over Evidence of Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions to Washington

Mossad chief David Barnea concluded his visit to Washington, where he held talks with senior US officials and presented them with sensitive intelligence information confirming Iran’s dishonesty in its nuclear negotiations with the US and world powers, according to Tel Aviv political sources. According to evidence carried by Barnea, Iran…

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NATO Condemns Cyberattack on Albania amid Diplomatic Row with Tehran

NATO allies on Thursday condemned a recent cyberattack against Albania that the governments in Washington and Tirana have blamed on Iran. The organization’s condemnation coincided with the Albanian counter-terrorism police searching the empty Iranian embassy in Tirana, hours after Iranian diplomats burned papers inside the premises following the severing of…

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Biden Wants Other 'Options' to Block Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability if Deal Fails

US President Joe Biden wants to ensure that the United States has "other available options" to ensure that Iran does not achieve nuclear weapons capability, if efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal fail, a White House spokesperson said. National security spokesman John Kirby said Washington would remain active…

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