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Iran Warns the US against Destabilizing Regional Security

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned the United States and its allies against destabilizing the security of the Middle East after US President Joe Biden signed a joint security declaration in Tel Aviv directed primarily against Tehran. "The great nation of Iran will not accept any insecurity or crisis in the…

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Hezbollah Shifts Strategy from 'Defense' to Threatening Israel with Escalation

The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel shifted Hezbollah's strategy from "commitment to defense" to threatening Tel Aviv with an attack. Hezbollah Sec-Gen Hassan Nasrallah warned of the outbreak of war if Lebanon was banned from extracting oil and gas from its water. The official statements of the party's…

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Biden Meets with Abbas in West Bank on Friday Before Heading to Saudi Arabia

US President Joe Biden visits Saudi Arabia on Friday with three main topics on his agenda. Biden is expected to hold bilateral talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Director Accuses Iranian Authorities of Kidnapping Him

Iranian renowned film director Jafar Panahi described his arrest by authorities last Monday as “theft” and “kidnapping.” In his first phone call with his wife, Tahira Saidi, after he was transferred to Iran's notorious Evin Prison, Panahi said that prison officials did not allow him access to medical services. His…

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Biden news - live: Saudi trip sends ‘wrong message’ says Rep Omar as Air Force One makes historic flight

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Iran regime official jailed for life in Sweden for role in 1988 prisoner massacres

“It is a historic day”: First time ever an Iranian official has been tried and sentenced for infamous 1988 killings

The Independent UK

Biden's 3 big Middle East misses

His trip inadvertently underscores key promises he hasn't fulfilled.

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Iran: U.S. efforts to maintain Israel's security will not lead to regional stability

Iran said on Thursday that as long as Washington's main goal was to maintain "the fake state of Israel's security," the Middle East will not achieve stability and peace, Iranian state TV quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying.

Reuters

Iranian foreign ministry summons Swedish envoy over court verdict against former official

The Iranian foreign ministry summoned the Swedish chargé d'affaires in Tehran on Thursday and handed him a note of protest over a Swedish court sentence against the former Iranian official Hamid Noury, Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam reported.

Reuters

Iranian 1988 war mass executioner jailed after being ‘lured to Sweden in sightseeing sting’

Hamid Noury is set to spend a minimum of 20 years behind bars in Sweden

Evening Standard

Iran vows ‘harsh response’ for US and allies stoking ‘insecurity’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s remarks came as US, Israel pledged to use all means to deny Tehran nuclear arms.

Al Jazeera

Joe Biden defends human rights record ahead of Saudi visit

President says he will not avoid rights issues but skirts commitment to discuss Khashoggi murder

The Guardian - UK

Iranian leader oversaw brutal mass executions with guards told to 'kill them quickly'

One survivor told Amnesty they saw numerous bodies strewn on the ground in a section of the prison where there were 12 chairs with 12 ropes hanging above them in Iran

Daily Mirror

Biden won't commit to confronting Saudi Arabia over journalist's murder

JERUSALEM — President Joe Biden on Thursday would not commit to confronting the leaders of Saudi Arabia over the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he travels to the kingdom later this week .

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US, Israel Sign Joint Pledge to Deny Iran Nuclear Weaponry

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms. "We will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon," Biden told a news conference following the signing of the declaration. Thursday's statement reaffirmed US support for Israel's regional…

Axios

Biden: U.S. is "not going to wait forever" for Iran on nuclear deal

Biden and the Israeli prime minister signed a declaration vowing to "never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon."

Al Jazeera

Sweden hands life sentence to ex-Iranian official over 1988 purge

Hamid Noury is convicted of committing war crimes and murder while working as an assistant to the deputy prosecutor.

The Conversation

Enriching uranium is the key factor in how quickly Iran could produce a nuclear weapon – here's where it stands today

Iran’s nuclear program is a major topic in President Joe Biden’s meetings this week with leaders in the Middle East. The most challenging part of producing nuclear weapons is making the material that fuels them, and Iran is known to have produced uranium that is near-weapons grade.

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The Independent UK

Biden says US ‘not going to wait forever’ for Iran to reenter nuclear agreement

Mr Biden says curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions is ‘a vital security interest to both Israel and the United States and ... the rest of the world’

Reuters

Biden says won't wait forever for Iran's response on nuclear deal

The United States will not wait forever for Tehran's response on returning to a 2015 nuclear deal, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday, following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

Reuters

Swedish court convicts Iranian ex-official over 1988 prison executions

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for participating in the execution of political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s.

Reuters

U.S., Israel jointly pledge to deny Iran nuclear arms

The leaders of the United States and Israel pledged on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear weaponry, including through the possible use of "all elements of national power" available to Washington, according to a joint statement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Re-establishes Middle East Alliances

Re-establishing US-Arab relations, breaking the stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and strengthening the alliance facing Iran are some of the key topics figuring high on the agenda of US President Joe Biden's visit to the region. Expanded tasks that the US administration has presented to itself in the region,…

The Independent UK

Sweden: Verdict expected as Iranian tried for 1980s crimes

A Swedish court is expected to give a verdict in the trial of an Iranian citizen accused of murder and other war crimes during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s

Asharq Al-Awsat

Senator Risch to Asharq Al-Awsat: Biden Should Strengthen Partnerships to Confront Iranian Threats

Prominent US congress members have welcomed President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East.

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