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U.S. military carries out strike in Syria on Iran-linked targets

The U.S. military said it carried out air strikes on Tuesday in Syria's Deir al-Zor against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Reuters · Aug 24, 2022

US says ‘encouraged’ by Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal

US State Department says outstanding issues remain, and the Biden administration is still undertaking ‘consultations’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2022

Iran’s ‘Butcher of Aleppo’ Oversaw Plots to Kill Israelis in Türkiye

A notorious commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), previously expelled from Syria, oversaw operations to kill Israelis, Iran International, a Persian language television station headquartered in London, has learned. General Javad Ghaffari, the IRGC Quds Force commander who had reportedly been expelled from Syria last November for ‘major breach of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 21, 2022

Residents of Rushdie suspect's Lebanese village say incident has little to do with them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, bear posters of Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for the author's death.

Reuters · Aug 15, 2022

Iran denies role in Salman Rushdie attack but claims author is to blame

Foreign ministry spokesperson blames author and supporters after stabbing that left him with ‘life-changing’ injuries

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Iran hosts drone tournament with Russia, Belarus and Armenia

The competition will last for two weeks and is aimed at testing the drones’ reconnaissance and fire-guiding abilities.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2022

Factbox: The three major issues bedevilling talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal

Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on revival of a 2015 nuclear deal while months of negotiations have entered a crucial stage.

Reuters · Aug 15, 2022

Sunak Calls for Designation of Iran Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist after Rushdie Attack

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Indian-born author Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 14, 2022

Sunak: Rushdie attack a ‘wake-up call’ to the West over Iran threat

The Tory leadership contender said there may be a case for proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022

Rushdie attack a 'wake-up call' on Iran, says UK PM candidate Sunak

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Reuters · Aug 13, 2022