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Death penalty on the rise in Iran: report reveals executions increased by 25% in 2021

Rights groups are sounding the alarm over a 25 percent surge in executions in Iran. Despite growing public opposition, the Islamic Republic has long been a leading executioner. We talked to Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the director of the NGO Iran Human Right.

France 24

Iranian-Swedish Tensions Rise over Trial of 1988 Mass Executions Jailer

Swedish-Iranian national Ahmad Reza Jalali is to be executed on May 21 at the latest, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing sources. Jalali, a disaster medicine doctor and researcher, was arrested in 2016 on an academic visit to Iran and sentenced to death on charges of espionage…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran: Outstanding Issues at Vienna Talks Not Limited to Revolutionary Guards

A news platform associated with Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) reported that unresolved issues at the Vienna talks aiming to revive the 2015 nuclear deal are not exclusive to clearing sanctions facing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Nour News, a website affiliated to the secretary of the SNSC, blamed the Biden…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Swedish-Iranian national Jalali to be executed by May 21 for spying - ISNA

Swedish-Iranian national Ahmad Reza Jalali is to be executed May 21 at the latest, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing sources.

Reuters

Ukraine War and Syria: Opportunities, Challenges for External Powers

In Syria, the immediate effects of the war in Ukraine have made an already difficult humanitarian situation even worse.

Asharq Al-Awsat

No, Biden can't just sell off seized Russian yachts and central bank assets to help aid Ukraine – international law and the US Constitution forbid it

The Biden administration wants to sell off the yachts, homes and other luxury assets it has seized from Russian oligarchs and use those proceeds to support reparations for Ukraine.

The Conversation

VIDEO: Rarely Spotted: Adorable Critically Endangered Asiatic Cheetahs Born In Captivity

The super cute cubs were born at the Touran Wildlife Refuge in the Iranian province of Semnan.

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Nuclear Talks on Verge of Collapse, Europe Counts on Iranian Concessions

Western officials’ hopes for reviving the Iran nuclear deal are dwindling. This is forcing them to weigh how to limit Iran's nuclear program even as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has divided major powers. While they have not completely given up on the pact, there is a growing belief it may…

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Israel Says Iran Tried to Recruit Agents via Social Media

Israel's internal security agency on Monday accused Iran of using a fake Facebook profile to try and get Israelis to collect information and harm people in their country.

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Iranian 'Rumors' Speak of Attempt to Assassinate Assad

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was the victim of a failed assassination attempt on Monday, claimed Iranian sources. The failed attack allegedly took place as he arrived at the al-Hassan mosque in Damascus to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers. Iran's Mehr and Isna state agencies based their claims on a news alert…

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Iranian Oil Minister Meets Maduro in Caracas

Iran's oil minister has paid an official visit to ally Venezuela to meet President Nicolas Maduro and discuss ways to "overcome" the effects of US sanctions against both nations, officials said.

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Appeals court thwarts Maduro ally's claim of diplomat status

A federal appeals panel has thwarted an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to be recognized as a foreign diplomat

The Independent UK

Below the radar: How an Indian tycoon’s petrochemicals empire quietly dodged Iran sanctions

Indian tycoon Yogesh Mehta is not shy about his success. In dozens of interviews, YouTube videos, and Twitter posts, he recounts how his hard work and ingenuity made his Dubai-based business, Petrochem, the number one chemical distributor in the Middle East and Africa.

Newslaundry

Atabai review – great man’s homecoming in sincere Iranian drama about love and loss

Anger and pain course through this film about an architect who returns to his village, but it fails to deliver the emotional payoff

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Reuters

Analysis-Iran nuclear deal near death, but West not ready to pull plug

Western officials have largely lost hope the Iran nuclear deal can be resurrected, sources familiar with the matter said, forcing them to weigh how to limit Iran's atomic program even as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has divided the big powers.

Al Jazeera

Iran summons Swedish envoy over ‘illegal’ trial of ex-official

Tehran has called the trial of Hamid Nouri, who is accused of involvement in prisoner executions, politically motivated.

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Iran Ready to Resume Talks with Kuwait Over al-Durra Field

The Iranian ambassador to Kuwait announced that Tehran is ready to resume negotiations with Kuwait over al-Durra gas field, which Tehran names as the Arash field. Earlier, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait called on Iran's side to engage in negotiations to determine the eastern boundary of the Submerged Divided Zone. In…

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Israel Reveals Iranian Assassination Plots, Convinces Biden to Keep IRGC on Terror List

The Israeli Intelligence Services recently interrogated an Iranian national on Iranian soil who confessed to a plot to assassinate an Israeli diplomat, a US general, and a French journalist, according to diplomatic sources in Tel Aviv. The investigation's results were crucial in convincing US President Joe Biden to decide on…

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Saudis feel 'let down' by U.S. over Houthi security threats, says senior royal

Saudi Arabia feels "let down" by the United States in tackling security threats to the kingdom and wider region by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement, a senior member of the Saudi royal family and former intelligence chief said.

The Independent UK

As Iran-Taliban tensions rise, Afghan migrants in tinderbox

Afghanistan's border with Iran has become a lifeline for desperate refugees after the country plunged into economic crisis following the withdrawal of American and NATO troops last summer

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Mossad Foils Iranian Attempt to Assassinate Western, Israeli Figures

Israeli officials revealed that the Mossad intelligence agency had recently thwarted an Iranian assassination plot against three western and Israeli figures in Turkey, Germany and France. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force had sought to assassinate an Israeli consulate employee in Turkey's Istanbul, a senior American general in Germany and…

Al Jazeera

How Ramadan affects nightlife in Iran’s capital Tehran

Tehran and cities across Iran undergo a number of changes during Ramadan, as streets are abuzz with people during night.

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Iran's Guards Commander Says Israel Creating Conditions for Own Destruction

Israel’s actions are creating conditions for its own destruction, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander on Friday told a Jerusalem Day rally at which the country’s new domestically-made Kheibar Buster missile was displayed. “Stop your vicious deeds. You know well that we are people of action and reaction,” Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein…

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Iran's Ambassador to Baghdad Discusses Roadmap for Iranian-Saudi Talks

Iran's outgoing ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi discussed at the end of his term the latest stages of the talks between his country and Saudi Arabia. For a year and a half, Baghdad has hosted five rounds of talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran shortly after the outgoing prime minister,…

Daily Mirror

England handed less than 2,500 tickets for World Cup opener vs Iran

England fans will be hoping to follow the Three Lions all the way at this year's World Cup, but less than 2,500 will be at the Khalifa International Stadium for their opening game against Iran

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