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Crude Prices Jump on Increased China Stimulus and Strong U.S. Economic News

October WTI crude oil (CLV23 ) this morning is up +1.60 (+1.81%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23 ) is up +1.85 (+0.68%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are higher, with crude posting a 10-month high and gasoline posting a 2-week high. Crude rallied today on speculation China's economic...

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Mahsa Amini's death: Filmmaker Mina Keshavarz on the long history of women's resistance in Iran

As FRANCE 24 marks the one-year anniversary of the protest movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, we speak to documentary filmmaker Mina Keshavarz – one of the many Iranian artists who have been jailed for their work. Her 2020 film "The Art of Living in Danger" follows…

France 24

Reza Pahlavi, son of Iran’s last shah: A year after Amini's death ‘a new phase of resistance’

A year ago, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini triggered an unprecedented protest movement in Iran against the authorities of the Islamic Republic. Women led demonstrations questioning the wearing of the hijab, which has since become the symbol of defiance against the oppressive government. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of…

France 24

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Iran Revolutionary Guards chief targeted in French criminal complaint

The commander-in-chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, is one of three senior officials targeted in a rare criminal complaint filed with Paris prosecutors Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Repression in Iran: 'Whoever targeted my eye knew exactly who I was'

Saman, a 31-year-old export consultant, fled from a Tehran hospital when Iranian security officers came to arrest him in October. His left eye was seriously wounded when he was shot at point-blank range with a rubber bullet during protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini. Saman now lives…

France 24

US should use its influence to help win the freedom of a scholar missing in Iraq, her sister says

The sister of a Russian-Israeli academic at Princeton University who went missing in Iraq nearly six months ago says the United States should use its influence to help win her freedom

The Independent UK

Crude Prices Close Lower as Weekly EIA Inventories Unexpectedly Climb

October WTI crude oil (CLV2 3 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.32 (-0.36%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23 ) closed up +1.05 (+0.38%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Wednesday settled mixed. Crude fell from a 10-month high Wednesday and closed lower on a bearish weekly EIA inventory report. Crude...

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In Iran and beyond, arrests of singers and dancers show how music can be a powerful tool of resistance

Iranian women are prohibited from singing and dancing in public. Yet many are posting videos on social media dancing and singing along to singer Mehdi Yarrahi’s song Roosarito (Your Veil). The wave of videos comes after Yarrahi’s August 28 arrest. The Islamic Republic of Iran deemed the song “illegal and…

The Conversation

What is Iran’s ‘gender apartheid’ hijab bill and what does it mean for women?

Women face 60 lashes and prison for not wearing headscarf

Evening Standard

Crude Prices Strengthen on the Outlook for Tighter Global Supplies

October WTI crude oil (CLV23) this morning is up +0.23 (+0.26%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23) is up +0.40 (+0.15%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are modestly higher, with crude posting a nearly 10-month high. Tightness in global oil supplies is underpinning oil prices after OPEC on Tuesday...

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Iran wants to give Ronaldo a special SIM card to access unblocked internet

Some Iranians say it would be an insult and discrimination to offer Ronaldo services that citizens can’t access.

Al Jazeera

One year on: Iranian women grapple with the aftermath of Mahsa Amini's death

One year ago this week, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran sparked nationwide demonstrations against authorities in the Islamic Republic. For the women who led and participated in the protests, removing the hijab became a symbol of defiance against what they viewed as an oppressive government. One year…

France 24

Death of Mahsa Amini: 'The silent crowd came to life and began shouting'

Diako Alavi, a high-school teacher from Mahsa Amini’s hometown of Saqqez, witnessed the first protests following Amini’s death in police custody after she was arrested for improperly wearing the veil. Alavi, who knew Amini’s family, took part in the demonstrations alongside his students before he was also arrested by the…

France 24

One year on: Oppression of women in Iran since Mahsa Amini's death

A major exhibition at the Festival of Photojournalism, the Visa pour L’Image, in Perpignan in southwest France is currently showcasing the power of women as Iran continues to clamp down on women's rights. A year ago, Iranian woman Mahsa Amini was arrested by the religious morality police for not wearing…

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The Independent UK

Analysis: Iran-US prisoner swap for billions reveals familiar limits of diplomacy between nations

American captives could be exchanged for billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets, even as critics back in Washington warn against dealing with Tehran

The Guardian - UK

Iran’s ‘gender apartheid’ bill could jail women for 10 years for not wearing hijab

Shops that serve unveiled women could be shut under draft law UN human rights body says suppresses women into ‘total submission’

The Independent UK

Trump’s access to classified documents restricted by Mar-a-Lago case judge in lead up to trial – live

Follow the very latest updates from the former president’s 2024 campaign and ongoing legal woes

Radio France Internationale

Iranians hit by internet curbs in year since Mahsa Amini protests

Iran has imposed curbs on the internet in the year since protests erupted over Mahsa Amini's death, forcing people to find other ways to run their businesses or keep in touch with loved ones.

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The Independent UK

Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants from US in swap for Iranian-Americans and billions in assets

Iran has identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the United States in exchange for five Iranian-Americans now held in Tehran and billions in assets once held by South Korea

The Independent UK

House passes bipartisan measures targeting Iran over death of Mahsa Amini, missile program

The U.S. House has overwhelmingly approved several measures targeting Iran for its human rights record and placing restrictions on the country’s ability to import or export its expanding arsenal of weapons

The Independent UK

With a new prisoner release deal, Biden seeks to reboot Iran negotiations

Prisoner swap deal could be first step to informal agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear programme

Al Jazeera

US defends prisoner swap deal with Iran against Republican attacks

Washington stresses that funds set to be unblocked to secure the release of detained Americans are Tehran’s own.

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Crude Prices Push Higher as OPEC Projects Global Oil Supplies to Tighten Further

October WTI crude oil (CLV23 ) on Tuesday closed up +1.55 (+1.78%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23 ) closed up +0.92 (+0.34%). Crude oil and gasoline prices on Tuesday posted moderate gains, with crude climbing to a nearly 10-month high and gasoline posting a 2-week high. Tightness in global oil...

Evening Standard

Who are the prisoners in the US-Iran swap deal, and what has been agreed?

The US is allowing Iran access – with strings – to $6bn that has been frozen under international banking sanctions and now the prisoners have been flown out of the country

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Crude Rallies as OPEC Projects Global Oil Supplies to Tighten Further

October WTI crude oil (CLV23 ) this morning is up +1.73 (+1.98%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23 ) is up +1.67 (+0.61%). Crude oil and gasoline prices this morning are moderately higher, with crude climbing to a nearly 10-month high and gasoline posting a 2-week high. Tightness in global oil...

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