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Iran's Guards commander says Israel creating conditions for own destruction

Israel is creating conditions for its own destruction, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday during a Jerusalem Day rally in which the country’s new domestically-made Kheibar Buster missile was displayed.

Reuters

US House Passes Stop Iranian Drones Act

The US House of Representatives unanimously passed the Stop Iranian Drones Act (SIDA) to end its drone program and impose sanctions on its supporters. The bill was approved by 424 votes against two and required approval from the Senate and a presidential signature to become law. Republicans Tom Massie and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran: 'Terrorist attacks' on nuclear facilities behind move of centrifuge machines

The relocation of a significant part of centrifuge machines to a safer location was due to a “terrorist attack” against Iran's Karaj nuclear site, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran was quoted as saying on Friday.

Reuters

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Iran Moves Centrifuge-Parts Workshop Underground at Natanz, IAEA Says

Iran's new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up underground, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday, a move apparently aimed at protecting it from possible attacks. The workshop uses machines from a now-closed facility at Karaj that suffered…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi-led coalition says it will release 163 Houthi prisoners

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Thursday it would release 163 prisoners from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group who fought against the kingdom, as part of a humanitarian initiative, Saudi Arabia's state news agency (SPA) reported.

Reuters

Iran set up centrifuge-parts workshop underground at Natanz, IAEA says

Iran's new workshop at Natanz for making parts for centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, has been set up in one of the halls of the underground Fuel Enrichment Plant there, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Thursday.

Reuters

Iran's Shamkhani Receives Iraqi Speaker, Asserts Response to Any Action that Harms National Security

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, has warned that Tehran would react swiftly and decisively to any action to harm his country's security from Iraqi territory. Shamkhani spoke during his reception of the Iraqi Speaker, Mohammad al-Halbousi, who arrived on his first visit to Tehran since…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran Wants to Expand Strategic Ties with China to Confront US

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Tehran wanted to “expand its long-term strategic relations” with China at a meeting with Beijing’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Tehran on Wednesday. Raisi told Fenghe that Tehran sees its ties with Beijing as strategic. Closer cooperation would serve to confront what the Iranian president…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Executions See 'Alarming Rise' in 2021

Executions in Iran rose by 25 percent in 2021, a report by two leading NGOs said Thursday, expressing alarm over a surge in the numbers executed for drug offences and also the hanging of at least 17 women. The rate of executions in Iran also accelerated after the June election…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran ‘has not received’ £400m payment from UK agreed before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release

Hold-up of payment in Oman suspected to be linked to detention of British-Iranian conservationist Morad Tahbaz

The Independent UK

Iran seeks to expand its military cooperation with China

Iran’s state media say President Ebrahim Raisi expressed his government's desire for closer cooperation with China during a visit to Tehran by the Chinese defense minister

The Independent UK

Iran has not received £400m agreed by UK at time of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release

Debt paid as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh-Ashoori were released is blocked in Oman, Iran says

The Guardian - UK

Iranian Hulk squashes frying pan in show of strength after fight cancellation

Iranian Hulk has squashed a frying pan during a video on social media, bending it in half as a signal of frustration after his fight with Martyn Ford was cancelled

Daily Mirror

Taliban, Tehran to Launch Talks to Contain Border Tensions

ran and the Taliban agreed on Tuesday to hold talks soon to contain border tensions, while the Iranian National Security Council denied reports of sending tanks and armored vehicles to borders. A state of alert was raised by the Taliban and Iran against the backdrop of skirmishes that took place…

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Senior Diplomatic Sources: An Iran Nuclear Deal is Still Possible

Despite the clear impasse in negotiations to revive the nuclear agreement between the West and Iran, it appears that there is still hope. Senior diplomatic sources close to the Vienna talks voiced their belief to Asharq Al-Awsat that it was still “possible” to strike a deal. Delegations participating in the…

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Blinken Sticks to Efforts for Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed on Tuesday that Washington still believes that reviving the nuclear deal with Tehran remains as “the best way to address the nuclear challenge posed by Iran.” He stressed the US ability to curb Iran’s other malign activities. Speaking to the Senate Committee on…

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White House Worried Iran Could Develop Nuclear Weapon in Weeks

The White House is worried Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in weeks, press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted earlier in the day the country has accelerated its nuclear program. "Yes it definitely worries us," Psaki said, adding the time needed for…

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Toll Holdings to pay US$6m for ‘reckless disregard’ of US sanctions

Logistics firm self-reported almost 3,000 violations of sanctions targeting terrorism and regimes in North Korea, Iran and Syria, US treasury says

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Iran’s attempts to kill Pompeo, current U.S. officials are real and ongoing, Blinken says

WASHINGTON — Iran’s attempts to assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are real and ongoing, his successor, Antony Blinken, told Congress on Tuesday.

Reuters

Corrected (Official) White House worried Iran could develop nuclear weapon in weeks

(White House corrects to show that Psaki was referring to the time it would take to obtain sufficient fissile material for one nuclear bomb and not the production of an actual nuclear weapon)

Al Jazeera

Blinken defends Iran deal talks against congressional criticism

US secretary of state backs efforts to restore the multilateral pact amid stalled push to revive the agreement.

The Guardian - UK

Time running out to reach Iran nuclear deal, warn experts

Letter signed by former diplomats says Iran close to developing nuclear weapons capability

Salon

The long history of oil price shocks

Oil prices were steadily climbing before Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Tribune News Service

Analysis: The Senate’s treaty oversight has atrophied just as it’s needed most

WASHINGTON — Pressing national security concerns stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear development are highlighting anew just how much the Senate has allowed its capacity to oversee treaties and international agreements to deteriorate.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Court Sentences 2 Students to 16-year Prison Terms Each

A court in Iran has sentenced two students to 16-year prison terms each on charges of endangering national security, the judiciary’s spokesman said Tuesday. According to the spokesman, Zabihollah Khodaeian, the two sabotaged public facilities, tried to cooperate with opposition groups and spread propaganda against the system.

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