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Iranian film director Jafar Panahi sentenced to six years in prison

Award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday.

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Iran: Award-winning film director Panahi to serve decade-old jail term

Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi will serve a six-year prison sentence originally issued by a Tehran court in 2010, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, amid a stepped-up crackdown on dissent in the Islamic Republic.

Reuters

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Jafar Panahi sentenced to six years in jail

The Iranian director was arrested last week for criticising the government after enquiring about the earlier arrest of fellow film-maker Mohammad Rasoulof

The Guardian - UK

Iranian filmmaker Panahi sent to prison to serve 6-year sentence

Jafar Panahi was handed the sentence for supporting demonstrations and ‘propaganda against the establishment’ in 2010.

Al Jazeera

Iran is ready to export military equipment and weapons -YJC

Tehran is ready to export military equipment and weapons, Iran's army ground forces commander Kiumars Heydari said on Tuesday according to the student-led news agency Young Journalists Club (YJC).

Reuters

Iran's Khamenei tells Erdogan military strike on Syria will destabilise region

A military strike on Syria would destabilise the region, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan who is in Tehran for a summit on the Syrian conflict, state TV reported.

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Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

Iran’s judiciary has ordered one of the country’s leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced, as the government seeks to silence criticism amid growing economic turmoil and political pressure

The Independent UK

Iranian Judiciary Says Panahi Must Serve Six-year Sentence

Award-winning dissident Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, arrested last week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced Tuesday. Panahi, 62, has won a number of awards at international festivals for films that have critiqued modern Iran, including the top prize in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran and Russia's Gazprom sign primary deal for energy cooperation

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russian gas producer Gazprom signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding worth around $40 billion, Iran's oil ministry's news agency SHANA said.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin to visit Iran in rare international trip

The Russian president will meet Iranian and Turkish premiers in Iran conference

Evening Standard

Iran’s Khamenei warns Erdogan against Syria military operation

Turkish president met Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Raisi in advance of a trilateral summit with Russia.

Al Jazeera

Putin claims progress made in talks over lifting Ukrainian wheat blockade

Russian president makes comments in Tehran, where he had a meeting with leaders from Turkey and Iran

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Tehran Urges Ankara to Tackle Syria Security Concerns Through 'Political Means'

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his country wants a political solution to address Turkey’s security concerns in Syria, stressing that the return of refugees and support for peace, stability and security in the war-torn country are among the issues on the agenda of the upcoming meeting between Iran, Russia…

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Tehran Makes Rare Hints at Capacity to Build Nuclear Weapons, Israel Threatens Military Response

A few hours after Iran made a rare hint at its technical capacity to build a nuclear bomb, Mohammad Javad Larijani, a former high-ranking official and one of the Larijani brothers who have long been influential regime insiders, said that if Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb “no one…

France 24

Putin in Iran for summit overshadowed by Ukraine war

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei Tuesday urged strengthened energy co-operation with Moscow in a meeting with Vladimir Putin after Russia's president arrived in Tehran for a three-way summit on the Syria war.

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Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip outside Former Soviet Union since Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a…

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The Independent UK

Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe during its grinding campaign in Ukraine

Axios

Putin arrives in Iran for rare foreign trip to meet Erdoğan and Raisi

Syria, Ukraine and oil will be on the agenda.

Al Jazeera

Five takeaways from President Biden’s first trip to Middle East

Joe Biden reaffirmed old commitments to allies and pushed for further Israeli-Arab normalisation during visit to region.

The Independent UK

With friends like these: Putin, Erdogan and Raissi to meet in Tehran

Reports that Iran is planning to sell Russia hundreds of combat drones in what would be a milestone in relations between the two adversaries of the US

Reuters

Putin forges ties with Iran's supreme leader in Tehran talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

As his war on Ukraine rages, Russia’s Putin heads to Iran

The increasingly isolated president will meet his Turkish and Iranian counterparts in Tehran to discuss Syria as the Eas

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kohavi: Attack on Iran at Center of Israeli Army Preparations

Israeli army chief Aviv Kohavi has said it was Israel’s “moral obligation” to prepare a military response against Iran’s nuclear program. In a speech at a ceremony marking the change of the military’s Home Front Command chief on Sunday, Kohavi said: “Preparing the home front for war is a task…

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