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Russia, China FM attend high-level conference on Afghanistan

The top diplomats from Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan have attended a conference that focused on ensuring regional security in light of the situation in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Iran in Secret Talks with China, Russia to Acquire Ballistic Missile Fuel

China and Russia are engaged in secret talks with Iran to supply a key chemical compound used to propel ballistic missiles, according to diplomats familiar with the matter.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Uses Earthquake Relief Mission to Fly Weapons to Syria

Iran used earthquake relief flights to bring weapons and military equipment into its strategic ally Syria, nine Syrian, Iranian, Israeli, and Western sources said. The sources told Reuters that the goal was to buttress Iran's defenses against Israel in Syria and to strengthen Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Reuters is the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Japan Offers Iran Assistance to Complete Nuclear Negotiations

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi offered his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, help to push through the stalled talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Amir-Abdollahian discussed bilateral ties and regional and international developments over the phone with his Japanese counterpart. They also discussed the…

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Iranian Technical Team Inspects Diplomatic Missions in Saudi Arabia

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to reopen the embassy in Riyadh. After more than seven years of severed relations, the Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers met in Beijing during the first official meeting between the two countries top diplomatic officials.…

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Iranian Delegation Arrives in Saudi Arabia to Prepare for Embassy Reopening

An Iranian technical delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to prepare for the reopening of Tehran's embassy there, Iran's Foreign Ministry said, under a deal to re-establish ties. Both countries' foreign ministers met in Beijing earlier this month for the first formal gathering of their top diplomats in more…

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US praises Yemen progress in call with Saudi crown prince

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan praised the peace efforts and offered ‘full US support for those efforts’.

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From forever war to eternal war

Who even remembers when the First World War was known as “the war to end all wars?”

Salon

Is Oman’s hard work with Yemen and Saudi Arabia paying off?

Developments towards peace in Yemen show how productive Omani efforts have been.

Al Jazeera

US Lawmakers Urge EU to Declare IRGC a Terrorist Organization

A bipartisan group of 130 lawmakers urged the European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. In their letter to Borrell, the lawmakers urged the European official to resolve the issue urgently, noting that the IRGC had "freely and…

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Tehran Seeks to Reopen Embassy in Riyadh before Hajj Season

Director of the GCC Affairs Department Alireza Enayati at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Iran was making efforts to reopen its embassy in Riyadh and its consulate in Jeddah before the Hajj season. For his part, Iranian Minister of Economy Ehsan Khandozi said that he intends to…

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UN Optimistic over Sanaa Talks as Prisoner Exchange to Be Held on Thursday

The United Nations has expressed its optimism over the ongoing talks between Saudi and Omani delegations with the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen’s Sanaa. The delegations had arrived in Sanaa on Sunday to discuss a roadmap for peace in war-torn Yemen. The peace would start with an expanded nationwide truce…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Exclusive-Iran exploits quake relief mission to fly weapons to Syria -sources

Iran has used earthquake relief flights to bring weapons and military equipment into its strategic ally Syria, nine Syrian, Iranian, Israeli and Western sources said.

Reuters

Fresh wave of poison-gas attacks reported at Iran girls schools

A new spate of suspected poisonous-gas attacks has hit Iranian girls schools in several towns and cities this week, after authorities said they had arrested scores of people over earlier incidents.

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White House's Sullivan and Saudi crown prince discuss Yemen, Iran

(Corrects to restore dropped word 'after' in paragraph 3)

The Independent UK

US official: Top Biden aide holds call with MBS on Yemen war

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke by phone with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday amid signs that the Saudis and Iran-allied Houthis in Yemen are making “significant progress” toward finding a permanent end to their nine-year conflict

The Conversation

With Iran purportedly capable of making a nuclear bomb in a matter of months, what will its leaders do next?

The on-again, off-again talks between Iran and western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program have stalled yet again due to disagreements between the two sides.

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Saudi Arabia Stresses Importance of Following up on Steps to Restore Diplomatic Ties with Iran

The Saudi government stressed on Tuesday the importance of following up on the steps needed to restore diplomatic and consular ties with Iran. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Jeddah. Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed last month to…

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Reuters

Yemen's slide into political crisis and war

Saudi and Omani delegations have been holding talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to end its military involvement in the latest chapter of conflict in Yemen's modern history.

Al Jazeera

Iranian women post images without hijabs despite crackdown

Iranian authorities are moving away from ‘morality police’ vans towards ‘smarter’ ways of enforcing mandatory hijab law.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Army Downplays Israeli Strike Threats

Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi underestimated Israel’s ability to pose a threat to Iran, in Tehran’s first response to warnings by the Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Hezri Halevi, to launch a “preemptive” attack on Iran “even without the help of the United States.” Fars news agency quoted…

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Tehran Shows Openness to 'Permanent Peace' in Yemen, Ending Crisis in Lebanon

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Tehran and Riyadh have taken preliminary steps to exchange ambassadors in the context of the agreement to resume diplomatic relations. He also expressed his country’s openness to the possibility of reaching a lasting peace in Yemen, as well as its willingness to…

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Israel Releases Names of Iran Officials Working against Tel Aviv in Syria

Top military officials in Tel Aviv revealed on Monday details of an upcoming Israeli battle against Iran in Syria, where there are attempts to build an advanced Iran-made missile defense system that relies on Russia’s expertise in advanced missiles such as the S-300 and S-400. Those who will activate the…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Living the learned experience of bridging differences

When I was 8, my family and I immigrated to the United States from Iran. It goes without saying that neither my older brother nor I learned the intricacies of democracy in Iranian schools—quite the opposite. If I hadn’t immigrated, chances are that I would have, like so many others,…

Daily Mirror

Iranian prison guards break knees of woman, 70, locked up in notorious Evin jail

Mahvash Sabet Shahriari was brutally battered during interrogation after being sentenced to 10 years in Tehran's notorious Evin jail - which also housed freed Brit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - for anti-government protests

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