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Iran Arrests at Least 22 Protesting Staple Food Price Hikes

Iranian authorities have arrested at least 22 demonstrators who had been protesting sudden price hikes of subsidized staple foods in two southern cities, state media reported early Friday. The arrests follow Iran's announcement this week that the cost of cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk would rise by as much…

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EU Envoy to Iran Nuclear Talks Detained at German Airport

The European Union’s main representative at the nuclear talks with Iran says he was briefly detained with colleagues at Frankfurt Airport, in breach of diplomatic rules. Enrique Mora of Spain, who has long led the EU delegation at the talks in Vienna, said the incident happened Friday morning as he…

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EU's Iran talks coordinator Mora says he was held at Frankfurt airport

The European Union's Iran nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora was detained for a short time at Frankfurt airport by German police on his way to Brussels on Friday, he said on Twitter.

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Heels are dated back to the 10th Century in Iran, where the Persian soldiers would wear heels while they were riding horseback, as they helped keep their feet secure in the stirrups. From this era, heels evolved in terms of their shape and image and had a whole new purpose…

The Times of India

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim meets top Iranian officials in Tehran

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi.

Al Jazeera

Iran Raises Prices of Food Staples, Stirring Panic

Iran abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples such as cooking oil, chicken, eggs and milk on Thursday. Scores of alarmed Iranians waited in long lines to snatch up bundles of food and emptied supermarket shelves across the country in the hours before the price…

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Iran raises prices of food staples, stirring panic and anger

Iran has abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples like oil, chicken, milk and eggs

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Iran arrests French couple and threatens to execute Swedish-Iranian

Cécile Kohler and her husband held after holiday, while threat to kill scientist seen as reprisal for Swedish war crimes trial

The Guardian - UK

French source: pessimistic US, Iran can quickly resolve nuclear deal differences

There is still use in reviving the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday, even though he was pessimistic that the United States and Iran could resolve an outstanding bilateral issue quickly.

Reuters

To circumvent Ukraine and bottlenecks, a controversial new trade route emerges: Iran

Exclusive: Despite US sanctions, transportation industry insiders see the Islamic Republic as key land route for moving goods across Eurasia

The Independent UK

Qatari emir in Iran for talks amid tensions over nuke deal

Qatar’s emir has arrived in Iran for talks with the Iranian president, state media reported, as efforts to save Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers hit a deadlock

The Independent UK

France Says 2 Citizens Arrested in Iran, Demands they be Freed Immediately

France said on Thursday that two of its citizens have been arrested in Iran and demanded they be freed immediately. "The French government condemns this baseless arrest.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris demands 'immediate release' of French nationals detained in Iran

France's foreign ministry on Thursday demanded the "immediate release" of two French nationals detained in Iran, a day after Tehran's intelligence ministry said it arrested two Europeans for attempting to "destabilise" the country.

France 24

French couple did not return from holiday in Iran - union official

A French couple has gone missing while on holiday in Iran, an official from the union one of them represents said on Thursday, a day after Iran's intelligence ministry said it had arrested two Europeans for allegedly fomenting "insecurity" there.

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Qatar's emir in Iran in bid to help salvage 2015 nuclear pact

Qatar’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has arrived in Iran, Iranian state media reported on Thursday, as the Gulf state tries to help end a row between Tehran and Washington over revival of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Al Jazeera

Nuclear talks: Iran’s Raisi launches major economic reform

President announced reforms a day before the EU’s coordinator for nuclear deal negotiations arrived in Tehran.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Who's the Swedish doctor facing execution in Iran

Iran is scheduled to put to death a 50-year-old Swedish-Iranian physician within nine days

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UN Says $144 Million Needed to Avert Yemen Tanker Disaster

The United Nations was seeking $144 million on Wednesday needed to fund the salvage operation of a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the coast of Yemen, a ship whose demise could cause an environmental disaster. The amount includes $80 million to transfer the more than 1 million barrels…

The Independent UK

Sharon Osbourne says she supports Elon Musk’s plan to lift Donald Trump’s Twitter ban

‘If they have the Taliban and the guy who runs Iran, they might as well have Trump,’ talk show presenter said

Daily Mirror

Martyn Ford was told Iranian Hulk was "six-foot-four monster" before face-off

Ford has claimed he was told that the Iranian Hulk was a "six-foot-four monster", before deciding to call-off the fight after coming face-to-face with his rival

The Independent UK

Iran detains 2 Europeans; EU envoy in Tehran about nuke deal

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced it had detained two Europeans shortly before the European Union envoy met Iran’s nuclear negotiator in Tehran in a last-ditch attempt to salvage Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers

Al Jazeera

Iran’s IRGC shells ‘terrorist positions’ in Iraq’s Erbil

The attack comes two months after the IRGC launched ballistic missiles at what it said was an Israeli base in Erbil.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says it Arrested 2 European Nationals

Iran's intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it had arrested two European nationals for their alleged role in "the organization of insecurity" in the country, Iran's semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported. The pair were arrested for "for organizing chaos and social disorder aimed at destabilizing the country" in conjunction with…

Reuters

Iran's intelligence ministry arrests two European nationals -ISNA

Iran's intelligence ministry said on Wednesday it had arrested two European nationals for their "role in the organisation of riots" in the Islamic Republic, Iran's semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported.

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