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The Latest Breaking News from Iran

Iran arrests ‘spies linked to Israel’s Mossad’

Iran’s law enforcement intelligence organisation says Mossad gave pledges to the five arrested members of the network.

Al Jazeera

Iraq’s political chaos: Why did protesters storm the parliament?

Iraq has been unable to form a government since it held parliamentary elections in October last year.

Al Jazeera

At least 4 killed in Iran landslide triggered by heavy rains

Iranian state TV says a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Iran’s capital has killed at least four people

The Independent UK

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At Least Seven Dead in Floods Near Tehran

At least seven people were killed in floods near Tehran Thursday, most in a landslide that dumped mud four meters deep in a village west of the capital, emergency services said. The flash flooding near Tehran, in the foothills of the Alborz mountains, comes less than a week after floods…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protesters storm Iraqi parliament building to protest Prime Minister appointment

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament on Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament floor,…

Evening Standard

Iran Arrests Suspected Israeli-Linked Spies

Iranian police have arrested the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network they suspect is affiliated to Israel's secret services, Iranian law enforcement authorities said on Thursday. They did not give the nationality of those arrested but said they had received training for armed operations and sabotage.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian police say they have arrested members of suspected spy network affiliated to Israel - ILNA

Iranian police have arrested the leader and four other members of a spy network they suspect is affiliated to Israel's secret services, according to a statement released on Thursday by the intelligence organisation of Iran's law enforcement unit.

Reuters

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Paris Seeks to Consolidate Cooperation with Riyadh in Various Fields

The Elysee Palace is expected to host an important meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday. The Crown Prince’s visit to Paris - the second leg of his European tour - comes amid major international developments, mainly the Russian war on Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says Begins Building New Nuclear Research Reactor in Isfahan

Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami announced on Wednesday that a construction of a new research reactor at the Isfahan nuclear site will begin in the coming weeks, reported IRNA. He made his remarks while visiting the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site. Eslami stressed that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kraken crypto exchange under investigation for skirting U.S. sanctions

According to a report from the New York Times, Kraken has been under investigation since 2019 for allowing Iranian users to freely use its platform.

Input

The message for Biden — West Asia has moved on

The U.S. President’s visit could serve his domestic interests to some extent, but it has made no difference to the region

The Hindu

Morad Tahbaz: British-Irani released on bail from Tehran prison

The 66-year-old has been released ‘on furlough’ with an electronic bracelet, the Foreign Office said

Evening Standard

Iran says Israel-linked agents planned attack on defence plant

Iran said on Wednesday a sabotage team detained by its security forces were Kurdish militants working for Israel who planned to blow up a "sensitive" defence industry centre in the city of Isfahan, state media reported.

Reuters

Iran Tells EU it Welcomes More Diplomacy over Nuclear Deal

Iran welcomes diplomatic efforts to resolve its nuclear dispute with world powers, state media quoted Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian as saying on Wednesday, a day after the EU's top diplomat proposed a new draft text to revive a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. "Iran welcomes the continuation of diplomacy and…

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Iran Says Arrested Israel-Linked Agents Were Kurdish Rebels

Iran's intelligence ministry said Wednesday that agents linked to Israel's Mossad who were arrested last week were also members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group who planned to target a "sensitive defense center." The ministry had announced on Saturday that it arrested "members of a terrorist organization who work for…

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Sadr Followers Enter Iraqi Parliament in Show of Force

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties. The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament…

Reuters

Iran tells EU it welcomes more diplomacy, urges US to show it too seeks nuclear deal

Axios

Biden's Middle East adviser says return to Iran deal is "highly unlikely" in near future

The shrinking likelihood the deadlock in the talks will be broken increases the pressure on the U.S. to come up with a Plan B.

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Daily Mirror

'Liz Truss must deliver on promise to free my dad after 4 years in Iranian jail'

Morad Tahbaz, 66, has been released on furlough, four years after he was jailed in Tehran, as his daughter pleads with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to make good on her promise to secure his return

The Independent UK

Western European powers press Iran to agree to nuclear deal

Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a months-long standstill in negotiations, warning that what’s on the table now is “the best possible deal.”

Reuters

Iran's Khamenei says Western enemies stoking anti-hijab protests

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Western adversaries on Wednesday of being behind a movement among Iranian women activists to challenge the government's obligatory Islamic dress code.

Wales Online

Morad Tahbaz who was released from Iranian prison at same time as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe before being returned is back out on furlough

He was out for just two days previously

The Independent UK

Iran releases British-Iranian prisoner Morad Tahbaz on furlough

His daughter Roxanne Tahbaz said the Foreign Secretary’s work is ‘unfinished’ as she called for her father’s ‘unconditional release’.

Al Jazeera

Iran releases British-American Morad Tahbaz on bail

The 66-year-old environmentalist, who also holds Iranian citizenship, was arrested in January 2018, accused of espionage

The Guardian - UK

Morad Tahbaz has been freed from jail in Iran on electronic tag, UK says

Foreign Office confirms British-Iranian man is at home in Tehran and officials are working to free him permanently

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