January 8 and 9 marked one of the bloodiest crackdowns on protesters in Iranian history. This is not merely a claim but the consensus am …
Category: 1. Iran
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The Unfinished Dreams of Nima Palizgar, “He Was the Angel of Our Lives; They Shot Him in the Jugular”
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Yashar Nourmohammadzadeh: Killed in Parand, Buried Beside his Mother’s Grave
According to information obtained by IranWire, Yashar Nourmohammadzadeh, an ethnic Turk from Tabriz who was living in Parand, Tehran, wa …
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Iran says Turkey could host US talks in coming days, expects results soon
The protests began in Tehran and several other cities in late December, initially driven by public anger over the sharp fall in Iran’s national currency, soaring inflation and worsening economic conditions.
A series of messages circulated in…
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Flash: Iranian president has ordered start of talks with U.S. on nuke profile — Iran's semi-official Fars
Flash: Iranian president has ordered start of talks with U.S. on nuke profile — Iran’s semi-official Fars
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Leaked memo shows Iran Guards media plan to undermine exiled prince
Shiva Mahbobi, a former political prisoner and a spokesperson for the Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran, said her organization has been collecting accounts suggesting that detainees—particularly those wounded during recent…
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Pezeshkian orders start of nuclear talks with US: local media
The Tehran-bases SNN news agency has reported the news on the President Masoud Pezeshkian’s ordering of the resumption of talks with Washington.
Earlier today, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that Iran is carefully…
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Iran's top general threatens to burn U.S. in "region's fire"
TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Iran’s top general has warned that his country’s response to “the slightest mistake” by the United States would set off a regional war, according to the official news agency IRNA on Monday.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian…
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Iran says reviewing details, general outlines of potential talks with U.S.
TEHRAN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said here Monday that Iran is reviewing the details and general outlines of the potential initiation of negotiations with the United States.
He made the remarks at a…
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Iran army hails key role of youth in enhancing defense power
Speaking on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the 11th combat training course for non-commissioned officers in Tehran on Monday, he emphasized the newly conscripted officers in the army force have high capability that can help…
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Opinion Will the Chagos Deal Survive
Peter Clegg
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Feb 2 2026
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In May 2025, I authored an article entitledChagos Deal Is Done: Sovereignty Is Returned to Mauritius. Arguably, that title was somewhat premature, as a great deal has happened since then….
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