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Crude Prices Finish Higher as US Tightens Sanctions on Iranian Oil

April WTI crude oil (CLJ25 ) Thursday closed up +1.10 (+1.64%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ25 ) closed up +0.0215 (+0.99%). Crude oil and gasoline prices advanced Thursday after the US ramped up sanctions on Iranian crude exports. Crude prices also garnered support from Thursday's better-than-expected US economic news, a...

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Stephen Jessel obituary

BBC correspondent who reported on the Iranian revolution, Olof Palme’s assassination and Mobutu’s last days in Zaire

The Guardian - UK

Frenchman Olivier Grondeau freed after more than two years in Tehran prison

Iran has freed a French man who was jailed for nearly two and a half years on security charges. Olivier Grondeau, one of three French nationals held in Iran, arrived in France on Monday, the French presidency said.

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French man returns home after nearly 900 days in Iranian prison

Olivier Grondeau, who had been held in Iran since October 2022, said earlier this year that Tehran was using him as a bargaining chip.

Euronews

Iran releases French citizen imprisoned for more than 880 days

Diplomats now working to secure release of two more citizens after backpacker Olivier Grondeau finally freed

The Guardian - UK

Nowruz 2025: Traditions, Haft Sin and celebrations of the Persian New Year

Celebrated across Iran and several other countries, the holiday symbolises renewal and prosperity.

Al Jazeera

Iran Frees French Citizen After Prison Ordeal: Macron

Iranian authorities have released French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained by the country since October 2022 on security charges, and he has returned to France, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday.

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Happy Nowruz 2025: 75+ wishes, messages and quotes, best Persian New Year WhatsApp status, photos and greetings to share

Nowruz, which literally means "New Day" in Persian, is the Persian New Year and one of the oldest celebrations in the world. It falls on the spring equinox, usually around March 20 or 21, marking the official arrival of spring. With roots going back over 3,000 years to Zoroastrian traditions,…

The Times of India

Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian-American journalist

A prosecutor has told a jury at a murder-for-hire trial that the Iranian government put a $500,000 bounty on the head of an outspoken Iranian-American journalist

The Independent UK

I'm Persian and the 13 days of cleaning I always do to mark Nowruz – the first day of spring and Iranian New Year – will spruce up your house in no time

See in spring with a deep seasonal clean

Homes & Gardens

Trump warns Yemen’s Houthis will be ‘completely annihilated’

US president renews his call for Iran to end support for the Yemeni group that has been targeting Israel over Gaza war.

Al Jazeera

Trump provokes a MAGA backlash as he wades into Middle East wars

Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have both expressed skepticism over the strikes and prospect of a wider war against Iran.

The Independent UK

Trump Owns the Middle East Wars Now

The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.

Reason

Trump’s threats reignite talk of nuclear bombs in Iran

Trump is still met with defiance from the leadership in Tehran as he threatens military strikes against Iran.

Al Jazeera

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The Independent UK

Iran celebrates ancient fire festival ahead of Persian New Year as tensions with US loom

Iran has marked its annual fire festival

The Independent UK

Scientists reveal reason behind ‘blood rain’ that turned Iran’s shoreline crimson

Tourists were treated to the rare sight of blood-red rainwater flowing down a cliff to the beach on Hormuz Island last week

The Independent UK

Collapse of Gaza ceasefire and threats against Iran unmask Trump’s ‘anti-war’ image

Analysis: Trump has proven incapable of preventing conflict from breaking out. Ukraine stands as a test of his ability to stop one, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

Can Tucker Carlson talk Trump down from escalating war with Iran? He’s done it before.

Tucker Carlson is urging the president to not ‘let the propagandists lie to you’ and back away from escalating a military conflict with Iran. The former Fox News host did the same thing after the killing of Qasem Soleimani threatened a regional war in the Middle East.

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Evening Standard

Nowruz: a complete guide to celebrating in London like a Persian

Eat, be merry, and party like it’s Iran in 1979, says Piers Zangana

The Conversation

Why has the Gaza ceasefire collapsed? Why has the US launched aistrikes in Yemen? Middle East expert Q&A

For the past few weeks, the world’s attention has been focused on the prospect of a ceasefire in Ukraine and the diplomatic manoeuvrings that has entailed. But while Donald Trump has been focusing on negotiations with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, the ceasefire deal in Gaza he had a hand…

International Business Times

'Resilent Fighters': Why Yemen's Huthis Are No Pushover For US

US military, be warned: after years of fighting in rugged terrain and weathering thousands of air strikes, Yemen's Huthi rebels are not to be taken lightly, experts say.

The Independent UK

Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad set to testify at trial of men accused of plotting to kill her

The charismatic Iranian dissident and journalist who prosecutors say was targeted by her former homeland's government for assassination, is set to testify at the trial of two men accused in the plot

The Independent UK

Donald Trump aims new threat at Iran following airstrikes in Houthi-held Yemen’s capital

US will hold Tehran responsible for future Houthi attacks, Trump warns on Truth Social

Al Jazeera

Trump warns Iran will be ‘held responsible’ for Houthi attacks from Yemen

The US president has threatened Iran, while the Pentagon vows ‘overwhelming lethal force’ against the Houthis in Yemen.

The Independent UK

A son says a leader of Iran's 2009 Green Movement protests will be freed from house arrest

One of the leaders of Iran’s 2009 Green Movement protests will be released from house arrest in the coming weeks

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