Category: 1. Iran

TEHRAN – About ten hours after a UNSC session on Iran’s nuclear program concluded on Tuesday, as morning broke in Tehran, Iranian officials began to publicly react to remarks put forth by the U.S. during the meeting. Their reactions signaled…

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Fuel smuggling is a persistent…

The Hamas attack, the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June and Israel’s relentless strikes on Iranian-aligned actors did not end the region’s conflicts, but they changed how states now manage them.

In place of grand diplomacy or formal pacts, a…

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The remarks highlight…

The 20-point plan, agreed on by US and Ukrainian negotiators, was being reviewed by Moscow, but the Kremlin is unlikely to abandon its hardline territorial demands for full Ukrainian withdrawal from the east.

Zelensky also conceded there are some…

The Times reported on Tuesday that the signatories told Prime Minister Keir Starmer that despite the ceasefire in Gaza, “now is not the time to return to business as usual with the Israeli government”.

They called on sanctions on the Israeli…

The letter said Israel’s “bombardment against civilians, destruction of property and insufficient delivery of humanitarian aid” were jeopardising the ceasefire that the US, Egypt and Qatar brokered in October.

“It’s imperative that we…

The recent appearance of Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, a daughter of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, on a city street has attracted public attention due to her distinctive outfit.