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Prominent Sunni cleric denounces Iran crackdown, currency near record low

Iran's currency hovered near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market on Friday amid renewed street protests in the restive southeast, where a prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric denounced a bloody crackdown on street demonstrations.

Reuters

Germany suspends measures to promote business with Iran

Germany's government is suspending state measures designed to foster business with Iran due to the repression of nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic, the economy ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Germany Suspends Measures to Promote Business with Iran

Germany's government is suspending state measures designed to foster business with Iran due to the repression of nationwide protests in Iran, the economy ministry said on Friday. The suspension will affect export credits and investment guarantees as well as Germany's manager training and trade fair programs in Iran, the ministry…

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Editorial: Ballot for all: Let Puerto Rico have a binding vote on its status

We talk a lot in these pages about self-determination, whether it be for the people of Iran, China, Ukraine or elsewhere where the preferences of ordinary folks are made secondary to grander designs by self-appointed leaders (including certain U.S. leaders who would like to choose their voters as opposed to…

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Film Stars Call for Release of Jailed Iranian Actor Alidoosti

Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country's three-month-old protest movement. Actors Emma Thompson, Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen and directors Ken Loach and Mike Leigh were among a…

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Iran Says Arrested Four Mossad-linked Cells

Iran said intelligence ministry forces arrested four cells tied to Israel’s Mossad spy agency on Thursday. The intelligence ministry said in a statement that “relentless efforts” led to the arrest of all operatives, IRNA reported. The statement said Israel took advantage of the riots in Iran over the past weeks…

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Yemen FM: Houthis’ Rejection of Peace Calls Is an Insult to Int’l Community

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmad bin Awad bin Mubarak described on Thursday the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ ongoing rejection of peace calls as an “insult to the international community.” Bin Mubarak met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara. He called for an end to what he described as a policy…

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Will Australia receive a red card for gender equity at the 2023 Women's World Cup?

This year’s FIFA men’s World Cup has cast a media spotlight on Qatar’s human rights record. The tournament also offered an opportunity to draw attention to the current protests in Iran surrounding the mistreatment of women.

The Conversation

Iran's clerical leaders to grapple with deepening dissent in 2023

Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical leadership and society at large.

Reuters

Iran Says Respecting its ‘Red Lines’ Will Lead to Nuclear Agreement

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced that Tehran is ready to reach an agreement with Western powers regarding its nuclear file if "red lines are respected." Amir-Abdollahian stated that he had a "friendly conversation" with his counterparts in neighboring countries on the sidelines of the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation…

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Iran's Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Protester on Death Row

The Iranian Supreme Court ordered a retrial of a protester sentenced to death in early November, according to the judiciary's website, Mizan Online. According to Agence France-Presse, Mahan Sedarat was among 11 people sentenced to death for events related to the protests that have been rocking the country for three…

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An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years

The Independent UK

US sanctions Iranian officials over protest-related executions

The US Treasury has announced new sanctions targeting officials including Iran’s prosecutor general.

Al Jazeera

Australia could ramp-up actions against Iran for 'egregious' human rights abuses, inquiry told

Australia could ramp up measures against Iran for its "egregious" human rights abuses, including the execution of protesters, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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The Independent UK

US hits more Iranian officials with human rights sanctions

The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on Iran's chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country's security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on antigovernment protests

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US Slaps New Sanctions on Iranian Officials over Protest Crackdown

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, including the Prosecutor General and key military officials, over a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on Mohammad Montazeri, Iran’s Prosecutor General, accusing him…

Reuters

U.S. slaps sanctions on Iran officials over protest crackdown

The United States imposed sanctions on Iranian officials on Wednesday, including the prosecutor general and key military officials, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests.

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The world must not look away from Iran protests

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini at the hands of the 'morality police' was fuel for the protests, but an already aggrieved populace have long been used to widespread human rights violations, writes Dr Kat Eghdamian

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The Conversation

How female Iranian activists use powerful images to protest oppressive policies

Images of unveiled Iranian women and adolescent girls standing atop police cars or flipping off the ayatollah’s picture have become signature demonstrations of dissent in the past few months of protest in Iran.

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Dozens of Merchant Ships Stuck off Iran as Payment Snags Bite

Dozens of merchant ships with grains and sugar are stuck outside Iranian ports after weeks of delays as payments snags disrupt flows of goods into the country, according to trade sources and shipping data. Food is exempt from the West's sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but the impact…

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Saudi Arabia wants dialogue after Jordan meeting: Iran minister

Several factors have delayed a sixth round of direct bilateral talks, which could be held at level of foreign ministers.

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EU Stresses Importance of Reviving JCPOA Based on Vienna Talks

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell held talks on Tuesday with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ahead of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership in Amman, Jordan. Iran’s top negotiator in the nuclear talks, Ali Bagheri Kani, and the bloc’s coordinator,…

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Yemen’s Al-Alimi Reiterates Demand for Int’l Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi reiterated on Tuesday his country’s demands for the international community to designate the Iran-backed Houthi militias as terrorist. Al-Alimi received in Riyadh a delegation of the European Parliament headed by the Chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister.

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Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Stresses Security, Sovereignty of Iraq

The second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership stressed on Tuesday support to Iraq as its confronts all challenges, including terrorism. The conference was held at the Dead Sea, Jordan. Hosted by King Abdullah II, it brought together leaders from across the region, as well as officials from Europe, Türkiye…

Reuters

Iranian minister says spoke to Saudi counterpart at Jordan conference

Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday he spoke with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in Jordan the previous day, the highest-level encounter reported between officials from the rival states since they cut ties in 2016.

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