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Who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and why was she jailed?

Now 44, Nazanin has been out of prison for a year - but her earlier imprisonment continues to impact her life

Wales Online

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe told daughter she was ‘beautiful’ as pair reunited

The moment is captured in a Channel 4 documentary.

The Independent UK

Iranian protesters are making demands in charters and bills of rights

It’s been six months since the latest spark ignited mass protests in Iran — the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa (Jina) Amini in morality police custody after she was arrested for allegedly failing to wear her hijab properly.

The Conversation

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China’s Good Offices

With the Saudi-Iran deal, Beijing shows there’s a place for its less judgmental, see-no-evil diplomatic approach.

Foreign Policy

Détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia raises hopes for steps towards peace in Yemen

A renewal in diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia has raised hopes of an end to fighting in Yemen, where the two regional powers have been locked in a proxy war for eight years.

France 24

Woman, life, freedom: Artists reflect on six months of protest in Iran

A rallying cry that started in the streets of Teheran is now a slogan of female solidarity that echoes around the world. Six months after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, we look at the protest movement that has mobilised hundreds of thousands of people in Iran and seen Iranian…

France 24

Iranians facing economic crisis find little New Year's cheer

Iran's bazaars are packed ahead of the Persian New Year next week

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China clearly has a plan to flex its diplomatic muscle around the world

In brokering a detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia – and offering its own peace plan for Ukraine – we have been given a glimpse of Beijing’s grander vision, writes Borzou Daragahi

The Independent UK

Capitol Lens | Bolton blossoms - Roll Call

Cherry blossoms frame John Bolton in the Russell Building, where the former national security adviser attended a Thursday briefing on Iran.

Roll Call

Middle East round-up: Iran, Saudi Arabia and a changing region?

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s Baloch population leads anti-regime protests six months after Mahsa Amini’s death

Six months after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, protests have dwindled in many parts of Iran. But in Sistan and Baluchestan province on Iran’s eastern border, hundreds of protesters still gather every week after Friday prayers, despite crackdowns by authorities.

France 24

Senior Iranian official visits UAE on heels of Saudi deal

A senior Iranian official has visited the United Arab Emirates just days after Tehran agreed to restore diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia in a Chinese-brokered deal

The Independent UK

Netanyahu in Germany Amid Tensions at Home, Iran Worries

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Germany's leaders Thursday on an abbreviated visit that comes in the shadow of tensions over his government's planned overhaul of Israel's judicial system and worries about Iran’s nuclear program. Netanyahu has meetings scheduled with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany's largely ceremonial president, Frank-Walter…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Middle East: recent developments could rewrite the political map – but a lot will depend on Israel

Following political developments in the past fortnight, two state-level policy changes in the Middle East are likely to combine to have a substantial impact on regional stability.

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France 24

Singer Ariana Vafadari on supporting protests in Iran through music and dance

As Iranians continue to brave a deadly crackdown to protest against their regime, Iranian exiles living abroad have joined the movement in any way they can. For French-Iranian opera singer and composer Ariana Vafadari, that’s meant rallying support through music. She left Iran at age five and was later deeply…

The Independent UK

Netanyahu in Germany amid tensions at home, Iran worries

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting Germany’s leaders on an abbreviated visit that comes in the shadow of tensions over his government’s planned overhaul of Israel’s judicial system and worries about Iran’s nuclear program

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Meeting of Türkiye, Syria, Iran, Russia, Officials Postponed

A meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Türkiye and Syria, scheduled for this week, has been postponed to an unspecified date, a source from the Turkish foreign ministry said on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week that the deputy foreign ministers of the four…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Sways between Optimism, Pessimism with IAEA

In the grey area between optimism and pessimism, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of Iran’s atomic agency, said Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must find political and technical solutions to outstanding issues. Iran has agreed with the IAEA regarding three locations where traces of uranium were found, Kamalvandi told…

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Amnesty International: Iran Forces Have Tortured Child Protesters

Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, against child protesters as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide protests, Amnesty International reported Thursday. Such acts include beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence, it said. Before releasing them, state agents often…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Official: Iran Will face Difficulties with China if it Doesn’t Honor Agreement

China has leverage on Iran and Tehran will find it difficult to explain if it does not honor the agreement signed with Saudi Arabia in Beijing, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to re-establish relations, seven years after they were severed, following talks…

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: inside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s six-year fight to get home

A documentary follows the British-Iranian journalist and her family. Plus: new 80s-set crime drama A Town Called Malice. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

UK urged to sanction Iranian officials on anniversary of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release

Richard Ratcliffe accuses ministers of downplaying Iran’s treatment of hostages since his wife’s release

Asharq Al-Awsat

China, Russia, Iran Conduct Naval Exercises in Gulf of Oman

China, Iran and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman from March 15-19, the Chinese and Russian defence ministries said on Wednesday. The drills, the 2023 edition of the "Marine Security Belt" exercises, will help "deepen practical cooperation among the navies of participating countries", China's defence…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shirin Ebadi Urges EU 'Not to Give In' to Iran

Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi on Wednesday urged the EU to maintain pressure on the authorities in Tehran over human rights violations. "Subordinate aid to Iran, contracts with Iran, and treaties with Iran to respecting international norms, otherwise the money will not benefit the Iranian people at all,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shamkhani Heads to UAE Thursday

Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Shamkhani will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, amid regional rapprochement, Nour News, which is affiliated with the Iranian top security body, reported. His visit to Abu Dhabi comes at a time of growing rapprochement between Iran and Gulf countries.

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