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The Latest Breaking News from Iran

UK-based family of teenage Iranian protester appeals for help to save his life

MPs heard Mehdi Mohammadi Fard was tried in court without legal representation and sentenced to death.

The Independent UK

Middle East round-up: Iran sends two more men to the gallows

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Will Israel and Russia forge closer ties under Netanyahu?

Ukraine has expressed its disappointment in sign that the new Israeli government may establish closer ties to Russia.

Al Jazeera

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Iran says ex-official had role in death of nuclear scientist

Iran’s news agency claims Alireza Akbari is implicated in the 2020 assassination of a top military scientist.

Al Jazeera

Iran Video Links Detained British-Iranian to Death of Nuclear Scientist

Iranian state media published a video on Thursday in which British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, sentenced to death for spying, said he played a role in the 2020 assassination of the country's top nuclear scientist. In a separate audio recording broadcast by BBC Persian on Wednesday, Akbari said he was tortured…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran media claims British-Iranian facing execution had links to scientist killing

Iranian state media published a video on Thursday that they said showed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, who is facing the death penalty for spying, played a role in the 2020 assassination of Iran's top nuclear scientist.

Reuters

Oil, human rights, security: Here's what's in store for U.S.-Gulf relations in 2023

Visiting Saudi Arabia last summer, President Biden tried to reassure Arab leaders of U.S. commitment to the region's security. But Gulf nations aren't necessarily rushing to side with Washington.

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US Extends Protection for Ex-Trump Aides from Iran Threats

The Biden administration has again extended government protection to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his top Iran aides due to persistent threats against them from Iran. In separate notices sent to Congress late last week, the State Department said the threats to Pompeo and Brian Hook…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 40 years in prison, 74 lashes

A court in Tehran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to four decades in prison and 74 lashes after convicting him on espionage and smuggling charges.

Radio France Internationale

Sadrist Movement: Iran Fears Iraq’s Rapprochement with Gulf

The Iraqi government has continued to ignore Iran’s protests of Iraqi officials using the term “Arabian Gulf” as Basra hosts the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament. Iran has protested the name, summoning the Iraqi ambassador in Tehran to demand that it be changed to “Persian” Gulf. The term “Arabian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran FM Denies News of his Resignation, Summons Iraq Envoy over ‘Arabian Gulf’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian denied on Wednesday “rumors” about his resignation amid criticism over his participation at the Baghdad conference in Jordan last month. Critics viewed the conference as an attempt to take Iran out of “regional equations”. French President Emmanuel Macron had at the summit remarked that problems…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Says May Resort to ‘Difficult Choices’ to Make Houthis Accept Peace

The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council reiterated on Wednesday its commitment to just peace according to the three references. It stressed, however, that it may resort to “difficult choices” to force the Iran-backed Houthi militias to restore calm and end the state of “neither war, nor peace.” Members of the PLC…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cracks in authoritarian regimes offer hope in a dark year, says Human Rights Watch

Watchdog praises protests in China and Iran and international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in annual report on the state of human rights

The Guardian - UK

Uranium found at Heathrow may have been Iran test run in new terror campaign

Counter-terror officers are investigating the small amount of Uranium found in a package from an Oman flight during a routine security screening at Heathrow Airport

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

UK urges Iran to halt execution of British-Iranian man accused of spying for MI6

Iranian ex-deputy defence minister Alireza Akbari is accused of spying for the UK

Reuters

Britain urges release of dual national Akbari jailed in Iran

Britain on Wednesday urged Iran to release Alireza Akbari, a dual national who the Tasnim news agency reported Iran had sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain.

Reuters

Azerbaijan appoints first ever ambassador to Israel amid Iran row

Azerbaijan appointed its first ever ambassador to Israel on Wednesday amid escalating tensions with its large southern neighbour Iran.

Reuters

Russia's Putin and Iran's Raisi discuss energy and transport in telephone call

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed energy and transport projects with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in a telephone call on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.

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Israeli PM Vows To Fight Against Nuclearization Of Iranian ‘terror Regime’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the "terror regime" in Iran not to cross the Jewish state's red lines.

France 24

New executions in Iran: UN says regime weaponising death penalty to frighten public

The UN human rights chief has accused Iran of weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent. The statement follows the execution of four protesters, two of whom were killed last weekend. The UN body says it has information that two more executions are imminent, with more…

Al Jazeera

Iraq’s ‘Arabian Gulf Cup’ tournament name sparks anger in Iran

Tehran complains to FIFA over Iraq’s use of the name for a waterway that separates Iran and several Arab states.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Leader of Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan: Establishment of Federal System Is Our Priority

Kurdish cities in western and northwestern Iran have again turned into protest hubs where the people have been demanding the ouster of the ruling regime. Similar to previous rallies, senior Iranian officials blamed foreign enemies, such as rival countries, of stoking the protests and being behind a “global conspiracy” against…

The Independent UK

US extends protection for ex-Trump aides from Iran threats

The Biden administration has again extended government protection to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and one of his top Iran aides due to persistent threats against them from Iran

ABC News

Australian MPs throw support behind Iranians who are facing execution

Some Australian MPs are publicly backing young Iranians facing the death sentence, hoping the negative publicity for the regime might stave off imminent executions.

Reuters

France has not ruled out declaring Iran's Guards to be a terrorist group

France's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had not ruled out the idea that the European Union designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, a day after Germany said the move would be politically important and make sense.

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