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Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity at nuclear site, media says

Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity at its underground Fordow nuclear site, according to state media on Tuesday, which described the action as a response to the UN nuclear watchdog's demand for more cooperation from Tehran. The move drew condemnation from Britain, France and Germany.

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Iran says starts enriching uranium to 60% at Fordo plant

Tehran (AFP) - Iran said Tuesday it had begun producing uranium enriched to 60 percent at its Fordo plant, an underground facility that reopened three years ago amid the breakdown of its nuclear deal with major powers.

AFP

Iran to Enrich Uranium to 60% Purity at Fordow Nuclear Site

Iran has started enriching uranium to 60% purity at its underground Fordow nuclear site, according to state media on Tuesday, which described the action as a response to the UN nuclear watchdog's demand for more cooperation from Tehran. Iran is already enriching uranium to up to 60% purity elsewhere, well…

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Iran starts enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordow plant

Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60% purity at its Fordow nuclear plant and plans a vast expansion of its enrichment capacity, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday, detailing the latest acceleration of Iran's atomic program over Western objections.

Reuters

Iran attacks positions in northern Iraq targeting Kurdish groups

Iran says Kurdish separatist groups based in northern Iraq are destabilising Kurdish-majority provinces in Iran.

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Britain Reinforces Security Measures Following ‘Iranian Threats’

The British police deployed armed reinforcements outside the Iran International television studios in London after two of its journalists were threatened by Tehran. Police on Sunday confirmed that its officers “are working in response to potential threats projected from Iran against a number of UK-based individuals. Iran's intelligence services made…

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Canada Spy Agency Probing Death Threats from Iran

Canada's spy agency said Friday it is investigating credible death threats against people in Canada by Iran, days after Britain levelled similar accusations against the Iranian regime. CSIS is actively investigating several threats to life emanating from Tehran based on credible intelligence, Eric Balsam, spokesman for the Canadian Security Intelligence…

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Cleverly accuses Iran of spreading ‘bloodshed and destruction’

The Foreign Secretary says the regime in Tehran is closer than ever before to acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The Independent UK

West Pushes Iran to Cooperate with IAEA

Western powers on Friday urged Iran to take "essential and urgent" action on issues raised by the UN's nuclear watchdog, a day after Tehran was criticized for a lack of cooperation. On Thursday the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution targeting Tehran, amid an impasse…

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Blaming Kurds for unrest, Iran threatens Iraq with offensive

Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials say a senior Iranian military official has threatened Iraq with an unprecedented ground military operation if Baghdad does not disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and fortify its shared borders with Iran

The Independent UK

Iran's atomic chief says IAEA aware of Tehran's nuclear activities

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is aware of all of Iran’s activities, the head of country's atomic energy organisation said on Friday, a day after the atomic agency's Board of Governors demanded explanation for traces of uranium at three undeclared sites.

Reuters

US Imposes New Sanctions over Iran Sanctions Evasion, Targets Chinese Firms

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on over a dozen companies based in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates that Washington accused of facilitating the sale of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum products to buyers in East Asia. The latest US move against Iranian oil smuggling comes as…

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New IAEA resolution censures Iran over insufficient cooperation

Iran continues to demand that an inquiry into nuclear particles found at its nuclear sites must be dropped.

Al Jazeera

Iranian diaspora in Paris hopes for regime change in Tehran

On September 16, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died in a Tehran hospital, three days after being arrested by the morality police for wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Iran has since been rocked by protests, which are closely followed and supported by the diaspora abroad. In Paris, the Iranian community…

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Children among dead as Iran sees large protests, strikes

Authorities in Iran deal with a three-day surge in protests as the West ramps up pressure over human rights concerns.

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MI5 Chief: Iran Tried 10 Times to Kidnap or Kill Dissidents

Iran's intelligence services made at least ten attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the UK regarded by Tehran as a threat, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency (MI5) has said. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said Wednesday that while Tehran was using violence…

The Independent UK

‘Hit the b*****ds!’: Anti-regime protests continue to rage in Iran

Unrest continues exactly two months since Mahsa Amini’s death

Reuters

IAEA chief hopes for crunch meeting in Iran after Tehran says it's off

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday he hoped a meeting with Iran later this month to end an impasse over traces of uranium found at undeclared sites would proceed after Iran's nuclear chief reportedly said it was not "on the agenda".

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British spy chief: Iran tried 10 times to kidnap or kill UK-linked individuals

Iran's intelligence services have made at least 10 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Greece, Iran agree on release of two Greek tankers seized by Tehran

Greece and Iran have reached a deal for the release of two Greek-flagged tankers seized by Tehran in the Gulf in May, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Iran's judiciary sentences three anti-government protesters to death - Mehr

Iran's judiciary has sentenced three anti-government protesters in Tehran to death on various charges such as "corruption on earth" and "waging war on God" on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, adding that the three could appeal their verdicts.

AFP

Israel blames Iran as 'drone strike' hits tanker off Oman

Dubai (AFP) - Israel blamed Iran on Wednesday after what it said was a drone strike hit a tanker operated by an Israeli-owned firm carrying gas oil off the coast of Oman.

AFP

'Three dead' as Iran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown

Paris (AFP) - Iranian security forces shot dead at least three protesters Tuesday, a rights group said, as demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini's death swelled on the anniversary of a bloody 2019 crackdown.

AFP

'Two dead' as Iran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown

Paris (AFP) - Iranian security forces shot dead at least two protesters Tuesday, a rights group said, as demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini's death swelled on the anniversary of a bloody 2019 crackdown.

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Shops in Iran, Including Grand Bazaar, Close over Protests

Iranian shops in Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar and elsewhere across the country closed their doors Tuesday amid protests gripping the nation, as two prominent football stars also announced they would not be attending the upcoming World Cup over the demonstrations. The shop closures came amid calls for a three-day national…

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