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The Latest Breaking News from Iran

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Modernising UAE leader Khalifa moved UAE closer to U.S

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on Friday, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach helped steer the United Arab Emirates through a tense era in regional politics by aligning the Gulf oil producer closer with Washington and its allies, including Israel.

Reuters

UK PM Johnson meets British-Iranian aid worker for first time since her release

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday met Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian aid worker who was released after six years of detention in Iran and who has criticised the government for not getting her home sooner.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and family meet Prime Minister in Downing Street

MP Tulip Siddiq said the British-Iranian dual national deserved ‘to hear directly’ from Boris Johnson why it took so long to get her home.

The Independent UK

Soaring bread prices spark protests and shop fires in Iran - IRNA

Soaring bread prices have triggered protests in Iran in which some shops were set on fire, prompting police to arrest scores of "provocateurs", the official IRNA news agency said on Friday.

Reuters

Lebanon to vote in first election since financial meltdown

Lebanese vote on Sunday in the first election since their country's economic collapse, a test of whether Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amidst soaring poverty and anger at ruling parties.

Reuters

Iran arrests dozens protesting sudden price hike in food staples

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 22 demonstrators who had been protesting sudden price hikes of subsidized staple foods in two southern cities, state media reported early Friday.

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EU Says Talks with Iran ‘Positive Enough’ to Reopen Nuclear Negotiations

The EU's foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed there had been enough progress during consultations between his envoy and Iranian officials in Tehran this week to relaunch nuclear negotiations after two months of deadlock. Talks to revive Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers have been on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran, Qatar Link 'Regional Dialogue' to Nuclear Deal

Qatar and Iran have stressed their determination to resolve differences in the region through dialogue. The two countries also underlined the importance of reaching an agreement in the nuclear negotiations between the international community and Tehran. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held talks on Thursday…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Top EU diplomat hopeful for deal at Iran nuclear talks

The European Union’s foreign policy chief says he's hopeful that stalled talks with Iran over the country’s nuclear program can yield an agreement

The Independent UK

Paris demands 'immediate release' of French nationals detained in Iran

France has summoned a senior Iranian diplomat after two of its citizens were detained in Tehran in what Paris said was a baseless arrest – as wider talks on reviving a nuclear deal have reopened, the EU foreign policy chief said on Friday.

Radio France Internationale

EU's Borrell says coordinator trip to Iran was positive

The EU's foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed a trip to Tehran by his coordinator to the Iran nuclear talks this week had unblocked the situation after two months of deadlock in efforts to revive the 2015 accord between Iran and world powers.

Reuters

Iran Arrests at Least 22 Protesting Staple Food Price Hikes

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 22 demonstrators who had been protesting sudden price hikes of subsidized staple foods in two southern cities, state media reported early Friday. The arrests follow Iran's announcement this week that the cost of cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk would rise by as much…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Envoy to Iran Nuclear Talks Detained at German Airport

The European Union’s main representative at the nuclear talks with Iran says he was briefly detained with colleagues at Frankfurt Airport, in breach of diplomatic rules. Enrique Mora of Spain, who has long led the EU delegation at the talks in Vienna, said the incident happened Friday morning as he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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EU's Iran talks coordinator Mora says he was held at Frankfurt airport

The European Union's Iran nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora was detained for a short time at Frankfurt airport by German police on his way to Brussels on Friday, he said on Twitter.

The Times of India

Heels get an interesting twist

Heels are dated back to the 10th Century in Iran, where the Persian soldiers would wear heels while they were riding horseback, as they helped keep their feet secure in the stirrups. From this era, heels evolved in terms of their shape and image and had a whole new purpose…

Al Jazeera

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim meets top Iranian officials in Tehran

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Raises Prices of Food Staples, Stirring Panic

Iran abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples such as cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk on Thursday. Scores of alarmed Iranians waited in long lines to snatch up bundles of food and emptied supermarket shelves across the country in the hours before the price…

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The Independent UK

Iran raises prices of food staples, stirring panic and anger

Iran has abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples like oil, chicken, milk and eggs

The Guardian - UK

Iran arrests French couple and threatens to execute Swedish-Iranian

Cécile Kohler and her husband held after holiday, while threat to kill scientist seen as reprisal for Swedish war crimes trial

Reuters

French source: pessimistic US, Iran can quickly resolve nuclear deal differences

There is still use in reviving the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday, even though he was pessimistic that the United States and Iran could resolve an outstanding bilateral issue quickly.

The Independent UK

To circumvent Ukraine and bottlenecks, a controversial new trade route emerges: Iran

Exclusive: Despite US sanctions, transportation industry insiders see the Islamic Republic as key land route for moving goods across Eurasia

The Independent UK

Qatari emir in Iran for talks amid tensions over nuke deal

Qatar’s emir has arrived in Iran for talks with the Iranian president, state media reported, as efforts to save Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hit a deadlock

Asharq Al-Awsat

France Says 2 Citizens Arrested in Iran, Demands they be Freed Immediately

France said on Thursday that two of its citizens have been arrested in Iran and demanded they be freed immediately. "The French government condemns this baseless arrest.

France 24

Paris demands 'immediate release' of French nationals detained in Iran

France's foreign ministry on Thursday demanded the "immediate release" of two French nationals detained in Iran, a day after Tehran's intelligence ministry said it arrested two Europeans for attempting to "destabilise" the country.

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