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Iran bans director Mani Haghighi from attending London film festival

The Subtraction director had his passport confiscated by Iranian authorities and was prevented from boarding his flight to the UK, allegedly with no reason given

The Guardian - UK

Khamenei Warns against Attempts to 'Uproot' Ruling Regime in Iran

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Friday that no one should dare think they can uproot the ruling regime, in his toughest warning to protesters since Mahsa Amini's death in police custody ignited nationwide unrest now in its fourth week. Demonstrations by people from all walks of life, after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Reece James injury: Who could start at right-back for England against Iran?

The Chelsea defender could miss the World Cup after suffering a knee injury

The Independent UK

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Woman shows bruised face after she's held by Iranian security forces during protests

Iranian film star, Pantea Bahram, shared to her 685,000 Instagram followers her bruised and battered face after being held by Iranian security forces during protests

Daily Mirror

EU's Borrell urges Iran to stop repression of protesters

The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell on Friday urged Iran to stop the repression of protesters and to release those that have been detained in recent weeks.

Reuters

EU will not take decision on Iran sanctions linked to drones on Monday

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday will not take any decisions on additional Iran sanctions linked to a transfer of drones from Tehran to Moscow, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Reuters

Iran’s youthful protests stoke uncertainty among political elite

While some insist the unrest will eventually peter out, others warn there is something more fundamental at play

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Khamenei likens Iran to 'mighty tree' that cannot be uprooted by protesters

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in comments responding to violent protests sweeping the nation for a fourth week, compared the Islamic Republic on Friday to a seedling that had grown into "a mighty tree" that could not be destroyed.

Reuters

Khamenei warns Islamic Republic is a 'mighty tree' that cannot be uprooted

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday said that no one should dare think they can uproot the Islamic Republic, in his toughest warning to protesters since Mahsa Amini's death in police custody ignited nationwide unrest now in its fourth week.

Reuters

Exclusive-EU ministers to discuss Iran drones to Russia, future sanctions - sources

European foreign ministers will on Monday discuss the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia and could come to a political agreement on future sanctions related to such activity, two diplomats said on Friday.

Reuters

Authorities in Iran forced to remove poster of women in hijabs after PR fiasco

Montage in Tehran taken down within 24 hours after prominent women and relatives denounce use of their photos

The Guardian - UK

US: Return to Iran Deal Unlikely in Near Future

The United States on Thursday ruled out any imminent revival of the Iranian nuclear deal, issuing a downbeat assessment of long-stalled talks over the 2015 accord. The landmark JCPOA deal has been in tatters since then-president Donald Trump withdrew the United States from it in 2018 and Iran later backed…

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US Administration Focuses on Supporting Iranian People, Not the Nuclear Deal

The Biden administration has launched high-level talks with representatives of US tech companies to discuss supporting the free flow of information to the Iranian people. This came as State Department spokesman Ned Price declared that the administration is currently focusing on supporting the protesters and that the 2015 nuclear agreement…

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Canada Imposes New Iran Sanctions over Human Rights

Canada imposed new sanctions on Iran on Thursday in response to the government's human rights abuses and destabilizing actions, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The new sanctions list includes three entities and 17 people including longtime Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the ministry said. Others include Amir Hatami,…

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Lenderking Meets Al-Alimi as he Kicks off Tour to Back Extension of Yemen Truce

United States envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking kicked off his new tour of the region in Riyadh where he held talks with Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi. Lenderking is in the region to garner support for the extension of the nationwide truce in the war-torn…

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Iranian Women Demand Political Change amid Decades-long Grievances

Like millions of other Iranian women, retired teacher Somayyeh has been repressed by the country's hardline Islamic laws for decades but was too frightened to stand up to ruling clerics - until Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody last month. “Women have been at the forefront of protests that…

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Children Caught Up in Iran Demos Face 'Psychological Centers'

Dozens of Iranian children have been killed and hundreds detained after being caught up in protests over Mahsa Amini's death, some of them even ending up in "psychological centers", it has emerged. Iran has been rocked by nearly a month of demonstrations driven by public outrage over Amini's death after…

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Siamak Namazi Returns to Prison in Iran

Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi was forced to return to Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday after Iranian authorities had given him a furlough on Oct. 1 and let his elderly father leave Iran for medical treatment on Oct. 5, their lawyer said. Namazi, who in 2016 was convicted of espionage-related…

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Saudi Arabia Urges Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Saudi Arabia called on Thursday for the designation of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen as terrorist. The Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Abdulaziz al-Wasil said the time has come for the designation and for the boycott of the militias and drying up of their sources of funding.

The Conversation

Not 'powerless victims': how young Iranian women have long led a quiet revolution

The “Women, Life, Freedom” movement that has taken hold in Iran in recent weeks is not new. Young Iranian women have been involved in small but consistent evolutionary actions during the entire 44 years of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly in the past two decades.

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Iran President Accuses US of ‘Destabilization’ amid Protests

Iran’s president on Thursday accused the US of conducting a “failed policy of destabilization” targeting his nation, as Iranian protesters continued to call for the downfall of its rulers despite a violent and wide-ranging crackdown. President Ebrahim Raisi has repeatedly dismissed the unrest sparked by the death of a 22-year-old…

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France: Iranian Drone Transfers to Russia Would Violate UN Nuclear Deal Resolution

France's foreign ministry said on Thursday that any transfer of Iranian drones to Russia would be a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers. Three drones operated by Russian forces attacked the small town of Makariv, west of…

The Independent UK

Iraqi MPs elect new president amid threat of rocket fire

Iraqi lawmakers elected a new president in a key step toward ending a year-long political vacuum

The Conversation

Iranian women keep up the pressure for real change — but will broad public support continue?

The world has been transfixed by images of Iranian women shouting “women, life, liberty,” leading protest rallies, dancing in the streets and burning their headscarves while facing armed soldiers.

The Conversation

'Restitution' of looted African art just continues colonial policies - much more is at stake

The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in many ways, made invisible and normalised. What started with the Spanish, Portuguese or the Ottoman empires continued with the British, French and Russian empires, and now the United States. Imperial political violence continues today in Palestine,…

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