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Russia says 'provocative' drone attack on Iran could have caused out-of-control escalation

Russia on Monday condemned Sunday's drone strike on a military factory in Iran and warned against what it called "provocative" actions that could trigger an escalation in an already tense situation.

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Monitor: Seven Dead In Eastern Syria Air Strikes

Seven people have been killed after air strikes destroyed a convoy of trucks that crossed into eastern Syria from Iraq, a war monitor said Monday. The seven were “truck drivers and their assistants, all of them non-Syrians", the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that they were “killed as…

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Iran Receives Messages from Nuclear Deal Parties via Qatar

Iran announced on Sunday that it has received, via Qatar, messages from countries participating in the stalled 2015 nuclear deal talks. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian made the announcement during a press conference in Tehran with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. The Iranian official did not provide…

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Azerbaijan to Evacuate Embassy in Iran After Attack

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism". Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect…

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Macron Salutes Fight of 'Martyr' Mahsa Amini

French President Emmanuel Macron commended the "battle" of Iranian martyr Mahsa Amini, who was killed for not wearing the veil. In a video on his Twitter account, the French President indicated that repression was increasing worldwide, adding that as often the first victims of these oppressions were women and young…

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Blinken: Our Ties with Saudi Arabia Are Constantly Evolving

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo on Sunday as part of a Middle East tour that will take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories. In remarks to Al Arabiya television, he said US ties with Saudi Arabia are constantly evolving. “We’ve had a relationship – an…

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Israel strikes Iranian munitions facility with targeted drones

Move could significantly escalate tensions between Tehran and the west as nuclear negotiations stall

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Reports of torture, unfair trials in Iran trigger fresh alarm over fate of protesters

Rights groups warned that several young people, including teenagers who’ve been jailed by Iran for their involvement in anti-government protests, are at risk of being executed and have been tortured.

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Fast-paced ‘Andy Warhol in Iran’ packs real insight into an imaginary kidnapping

While Northlight Theater production is limited to a single hotel room, its stories of the American pop artist and his revolutionary Iranian captor cannot be contained within its walls.

Chicago Sun-Times

Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits

An alarming spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence and sharp responses by both sides are testing the Biden administration as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken plunges into a cauldron of deepening mistrust and anger on visits to Israel and the West Bank this week

The Independent UK

Blinken begins Middle East trip amid spate of violence

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt on Sunday at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and with Iran and Ukraine high on the agenda.

Reuters

Khomeini’s Grandson Warns against Regime Popular Base Shrinking

Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Iran’s first Supreme Leader Rouhollah Khomeini, has warned against the decline of the popular base of the Iranian regime at a time when Iranians continue to protest against the ruling establishment. Khomeini delivered his warning at a National Trust Party (NTP) meeting. Based on a reformist…

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France Shows Concern over Course of Events in Iran

Dozens of protesters have gathered at the place du Trocadero in Paris in a show of support for French nationals detained in Iran. The detainees have been described as “hostages” by the French government, which confirmed that seven French nationals were being held in Iranian prisons such as Tehran’s notorious…

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Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake in Iran Kills Three

At least three people were killed and hundreds were injured as a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Saturday night. The earthquake hit the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, in northwest Iran, around 9:44 p.m. local time, citing the Iranian Seismological Center in Tehran. "This incident has left 816…

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Drone Attack Hits Iran Ammunition Factory

A loud explosion at a military plant in Iran's central city of Isfahan was caused by a drone attack, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, citing the defense ministry. "One of (the drones) was hit by the air defense and the other two were caught in defense traps and blew…

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Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting

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Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations

Iran and Azerbaijan disagree on whether Friday’s attack on the Azeri embassy in Tehran constituted a ‘terrorist act’.

Daily Mirror

Iran earthquake: Two dead and hundreds injured as huge 5.9 magnitude shake hits

The earthquake, which was registered as 5.9 magnitude by the United States Geological Survey, hit the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province at roughly 9.44pm local time

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Earthquake in Iran’s Khoy kills three, injures hundreds

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Khoy, which has experienced several earthquakes in the previous months.

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Iran thwarts drone attack on Isfahan military site, state media says

A loud explosion at a military plant in Iran's central city of Isfahan is caused by an "unsuccessful" drone attack, Iranian state media reports.

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Iranian military factory hit by drone attack

A loud explosion struck a military industry factory near the central Iranian city of Isfahan overnight in what Tehran said on Sunday was a drone strike by unidentified attackers.

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Report: Iranian Olympic Skier Flees to Germany

Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi has quit her home country and applied for asylum in Germany, a Persian-language media outlet outside Iran reported Saturday, publishing an emotional interview with the athlete. Ahmadi, in her early 20s, was the only Iranian woman to qualify for last year's Beijing Winter Games. "I…

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Paris Rallies Demand Release of Europeans Imprisoned in Iran

Families and friends of a growing number of Europeans imprisoned in Iran gathered in Paris on Saturday to call for their release. The French government this week denounced the plight of seven French citizens held in Iranian prisons, calling the detentions “unjustifiable and unacceptable.” Iran has detained a number of…

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New Congress projects first bipartisan front in support of Iranian protesters

Senators push for more sanctions while House unifies around resolution to support protests

France 24

Protesters gather in Paris to support French nationals detained in Iran

Protesters have gathered at the place du Trocadero in Paris in a show of support for French nationals detained in Iran amid rising diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

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