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Smoldering Iran nuclear crisis risks catching fire

Even as the United States and its European allies grapple with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with China, the smoldering crisis over Iran's nuclear program threatens to reignite.

Reuters

Israel Defense Minister: Iran Nuke Enrichment Could Ignite Region

Israel’s defense minister claimed Thursday that Iran could have enough enriched uranium for five nuclear weapons, and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.” His remarks echoed international concerns, which have mounted over the past months, on Tehran enriching uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel minister: Iran nuke enrichment could ignite region

Israel’s defense minister says Iran could have enough enriched uranium to make five nuclear weapons, and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.”

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Eurasian foreign ministers gather in India on regional security

Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathered in India on Thursday to discuss regional security matters, including adding Iran and Belarus to a union of nations seen as a counterweight to Western influence in Eurasia.

Reuters

‘I’m in intense pain’: Vahid Beheshti passes 70 days on UK hunger strike

Camped outside Foreign Office, Beheshti is demanding Iran’s Revolutionary Guards be proscribed

The Guardian - UK

Iranian president meets Palestinian officials in Syria

A Palestinian official says Iran’s president has met with senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support to them

The Independent UK

Iran Arrests Firm Managers for Backing Labor Strikes

Iranian authorities have arrested managers at companies for backing workers' strikes in an energy-producing region in the south, Iranian media reported Wednesday. "A number of managers" were arrested for "having supported the acts of counter-revolutionary elements" and "organized strikes" at South Pars projects, AFP quoted Fars news agency as saying.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Microsoft: Iran Accelerates Its Cyber Influence Operations Worldwide

Microsoft warned that Iran is accelerating its cyber-enabled influence operations to go in tandem with its geopolitical goals worldwide. “Iran continues to be a significant threat actor, and it is now supplementing its traditional cyberattacks with a new playbook, leveraging cyber-enabled influence operations (IO) to achieve its geopolitical aims,” a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA Affirms Reinstalling Surveillance Cameras in Iran

The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed the reinstallation of surveillance cameras in Iran, as part of the recent deal between the IAEA director-general and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. IAEA's spokesman Fredrik Dahl told the German news agency (dpa) that work was “underway” to reinstall surveillance cameras at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Official Says Saudi Trade Delegation to Visit Tehran Soon

A Saudi trade delegation will visit Iran soon to attend a business exhibition, said Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari on Wednesday. Running from May 7-10, Iran Expo 2023 is an exhibition focused on Iranian export potential and sponsored by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian journalists remain imprisoned for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death

Iran is one of the most repressive countries in terms of press freedom, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, which ranked it 177th of 180 nations. Since the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran, 72 journalists have been arrested and…

France 24

Greece warned shipowners days before Iran seized tankers - sources

Greece issued a series of warnings to shipowners to avoid sailing close to Iranian waters days before Tehran seized two tankers amid heightening tensions in the region, according to documents and industry sources.

Reuters

Syria and Iran leaders sign long-term oil, trade agreements

The agreements were signed in Damascus to bolster economic ties between war-torn Syria and longtime ally Iran.

Al Jazeera

No Application of Iranian Inheritance Law in Maryland Court

From In re Estate of Ahmad, decided Mar. 23 by the Maryland intermediate appellate court, in an opinion by Judge Dan Friedman, joined by Justices Douglas Nazarian and Terrence Zic: The decedent, Mehdi Ahmad, was born in Iran in 1923…. In 1982, after being summoned to appear before the Islamic…

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How Iranian authorities are cracking down on unveiled women

Iranian authorities have begun imposing fines and denying entry to public transport, airports and hospitals to women who refuse to wear the hijab. Police have closed cafés, restaurants and shopping malls where customers do not wear the Islamic hijab to force shop owners to make the headscarf compulsory for women.…

The Guardian - UK

Raisi flies to Syria for first Iranian presidential visit since start of civil war

Tehran seeks to bolster influence over Damascus as Gulf states move to normalise relations with Assad

Al Jazeera

Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week amid US confrontation

US Navy says several Iranian vessels approached the tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and forced it into Iranian waters.

Reuters

Syria, Iran sign strategic cooperation accord, including oil MoU - news agency

The presidents of Iran and Syria on Wednesday signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement, including a memorandum of understanding on oil industry cooperation, the Syrian state news agency reported.

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US Navy: Iran Seizes Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days, the US Navy said. The Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Niovi. It said Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the ship. The Navy published pictures of a…

The Independent UK

US Navy: Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days

Reuters

Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week in Gulf -U.S. Navy

Iran seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, and the U.S. State Department called for its release, in the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Raisi in Syria; visit hailed as ‘strategic victory’

President’s deputy says it also represents a failure of US policies in the region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria and Iran Sign Long-Term Oil and Trade Agreements

The presidents of Iran and Syria signed Wednesday a series of long-term cooperation agreements on oil and other sectors to bolster economic ties between the two allies. Iran's Ebrahim Raisi, leading a large economic and political delegation, met with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, after landing in the war-torn country…

The Independent UK

Iran's president lands in Syria for rare meeting with Assad

Iran’s president has landed in Damascus on the first visit by an Iranian head of state to war-wracked Syria since Tehran helped tip the balance of power there to the government

Asharq Al-Awsat

Quartet of Syrian-Turkish Normalization to Meet in Moscow on May 10

The foreign ministers of the quartet Russia, Syria, Türkiye, and Iran will meet in Moscow on May 10 to advance the normalization path between Damascus and Ankara and address several issues related to enhancing the chances of a political settlement, a Russian diplomatic source told Asharq Al-Awsat. The diplomat said…

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