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Hezbollah Is Using UNIFIL to Deliver Political Messages

The repeated attacks against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are political messages from Hezbollah and Iran to the UN and international community. Three attacks against the peacekeeping force were reported in one month alone. Never have there been this many attacks against the international troops in the…

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US Accuses Iranians of Attempt to Smuggle Advanced Weapons to IRGC

The Justice Department on Friday said an Iranian, carrying the British nationality, has pleaded guilty for exporting advanced weapons from the United States to Iran. Meanwhile, an indictment was unsealed charging four individuals with the same offense, as well as related offenses. In a statement, the Department said that according…

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Bennett: Israel Decided to Hit Head of Iranian Octopus

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that Israel decided to change its policies towards Iran, by hitting the head of the Iranian octopus instead of its arms in the region. Speaking to Israeli media seven months after his government was formed, the Israeli PM said for decades, the Iranian octopus, with…

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Peru boost World Cup qualifying hopes as late winner puts Colombia in trouble

Edison Flores’ 85th-minute strike puts Peru in pole position to finish fourth, while Iran booked their place in Qatar

The Guardian - UK

Lebanon will not 'hand over' Hezbollah arms at Gulf meeting, minister says

Lebanon's foreign minister said he was not going "to hand over" Hezbollah's weapons during a meeting this weekend with Gulf Arab counterparts that want Beirut to rein in the Iran-backed Lebanese Shi'ite group in exchange for improved ties.

Reuters

Iran first from Asia into 2022 World Cup finals

Japan and South Korea move closer to qualification

The Hindu

Iran Nuclear Talks Pause as Diplomats Confer with Capitals

Talks to salvage the tattered 2015 nuclear deal with Iran have paused while diplomats return to capitals for political consultations, European officials said Friday. “January has been the most intensive period of these talks to date,” British, German and French negotiators said in a joint statement.

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A Hero Is a Movie in Which Everyone Both Is and Isn't a Hero

A new Iranian thriller is both an elaborate social parable and an extended advertisement for the U.S. bankruptcy system.

Reason

Sanctions: a brief history from Ancient Greece to Vladimir Putin's Russia

Faced with the imminent possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and what appears to be a deteriorating diplomatic stand-off, NATO and other western allies are again turning to sanctions in the absense of other viable options. Since the second world war governments around the world have turned to sanctions…

The Conversation

Sullivan Reassures Israel as US Seeks to Conclude Nuclear Deal with Iran

The United States’ stressed that while it remains committed to diplomacy as the best means for preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, it is preparing alternative options, in coordination with its partners, should diplomacy fail, a top US diplomat assured Israel. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his…

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Several Rockets Hit Baghdad Airport Compound

At least three rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging one disused civilian aeroplane, Iraqi police sources said. The police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries, Reuters reported. The damaged aircraft was an out of use Iraqi…

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Qatar, Iran Discuss Bilateral Ties, Regional Developments

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held talks on Thursday with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, ahead of talks with President Ebrahim Raisi. Discussions tackled bilateral ties and political developments in the region. Amirabdollahian met with Qatar’s ruling emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Sheikh…

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Israel Says 'Almost Killed' Soleimani in Syria

Former Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot revealed that his army had "almost killed" commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani in Syria years before his was assassinated by the United States. In an interview with Israel's Maariv newspaper, he said his forces have carried out several operations against the…

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Iran Defeats Iraq 1-0 to Qualify for Spot in World Cup

Mehdi Taremi scored from close range Thursday to lead Iran’s national soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Iraq and seal the Islamic Republic’s third straight World Cup berth. Taremi, the FC Porto striker, scored the only goal of the game in the 48th minute in the second half. He…

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Arab Coalition Refutes Houthi Claims of Attack on Saada Prison with Facts, Detailed Information

Saudi-led Arab coalition spokesman Brigadier General Turki Al-Malki stressed on Friday that the coalition did not target a prison in Yemen's Saada city earlier this month. He accused the terrorist Iran-backed Houthi militias of spreading misleading information to the media in an attempt to manipulate the public and cover the…

Daily Record

Refugee doctor would work in Perthshire but for now home is a metal container in Greece

While communities in Perthshire complain of a shortage of trained doctors, one professional who had to flee from Iran is queuing for a daily food ration in a Greek migration camp, unable to come to the UK without a bureaucratic miracle.

Al Jazeera

Some women allowed into stadium as Iran secures World Cup spot

Officials allocate 2,000 tickets for women spectators as Iran defeats Iraq 1-0 in Tehran to secure place in Qatar.

The Independent UK

Women allowed to watch Iranian football match for first time in three years

After a decades-long ban was lifted, the coronavirus pandemic quickly halted hopes for many of seeing the national team playing live

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Qatar foreign minister holds talks in Iran before emir’s US visit

Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani meets Iranian counterpart days before Qatari emir due to meet US President Joe Biden.

Axios

U.S. and Iran "in the ballpark" of a nuclear deal, Biden adviser says

That's the most optimistic statement yet from the Biden administration.

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Iran State TV Hacked with Graphic Calling for Khamenei’s Death

Multiple channels of Iran's state television broadcast images on Thursday showing the leaders of an exiled dissident group and a graphic calling for the death of the country's supreme leader, an incident that authorities described as a hack. For several seconds, graphics flashed on screen, interrupting the broadcast to depict…

Reuters

Iran's state broadcaster says it was hacked for 10 seconds

Iran's state broadcaster IRIB was hacked for 10 seconds on Thursday, state media reported, as the country prepares to mark the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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UN Urged to Open Query Into Iran's 1988 Killings and Raisi Role

Prominent former UN judges and investigators have called on UN human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran, including the role of its current president, Ebrahim Raisi, at that time. The open letter released on Thursday, seen by Reuters, was signed by some…

Reuters

UN urged to open query into Iran's 1988 killings and Raisi role

Prominent former U.N. judges and investigators have called on U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran, including the alleged role of its current president, Ebrahim Raisi, at that time.

Reuters

Qatar's top envoy visits Iran as Tehran and Washington consider direct nuclear talks

Qatar's top diplomat visited Iran on Thursday, Iranian state media reported, days before Qatar's ruling emir holds talks in Washington at a crucial time for efforts by Tehran and major powers to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.

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