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‘You will be killed’: Iran’s female journalists speak out on brutal crackdown

Ahead of a trial of journalists who covered the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, reporters describe beatings and threats as government agents try to wipe out independent media

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s parliament approves sanctions against Russia ally Iran

Package imposes trade, financial and technology sanctions against Iran and stops Tehran from using Ukraine’s airspace.

Al Jazeera

Iranian female journalist goes on trial on charges linked to Amini protests

An Iranian journalist went of trial behind closed doors on Monday on charges linked to her coverage of the funeral of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody last year triggered months of unrest, her lawyer told ILNA news agency.

Reuters

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Iran supreme leader says he'd 'welcome' full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked

Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic

The Independent UK

Iran says "terrorist team" linked to Israel has been arrested - Tasnim

Fourteen members of a "terrorist team" linked to Israel have been arrested in northwestern Iran, an official from Iran's Judiciary said on Monday according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Reuters

Iran's Khamenei welcomes better ties with Egypt - state media

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Oman's Sultan that Tehran welcomes better diplomatic relations with Egypt, Iranian state media reported on Monday.

Reuters

Majid Kazemi executed after 'torture', his Sydney cousin urges Australia to cut ties with Iran

Sydney man Mohammad Hashemi's cousin Majid Kazemi was executed after a "forced confession and sham trial". He says if the Australian government is serious about stopping the Islamic Republic's human rights abuses, it will cut ties with Iran and list their military arm as a terrorist organisation.

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Kyiv hit by Russia’s ‘largest drone attack’ yet since invading Ukraine; 1 killed

Russia launched the attack overnight Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed drones, a senior Kyiv military official said. The attack lasted more than five hours, with air defense reportedly shooting down more than 40 drones.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ukraine's Zelenskiy introduces Iran sanctions bill

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has put forward a bill that would see Ukraine impose sanctions on Russian ally Iran for 50 years, Zelenskiy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Sunday, a response to what Kyiv says is Tehran's weapons supplies to Moscow.

Reuters

Oman's Sultan in Iran for talks on diplomatic, security issues

Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day visit expected to focus on regional diplomatic and security issues, Iranian state media said, two days after Muscat mediated a prisoner swap between Iran and Belgium.

Reuters

Assad normalisation leaves Syrians in Rukban camp fearing future

Camp near Jordanian border has come under increased attack, with little aid coming in.

Al Jazeera

Human rights and wrongs: the Australian calling out oppression at home and around the world

Undeterred by the scale of challenges in her in-tray, the new head of Human Rights Watch, Tirana Hassan, says ‘We need to be standing with those people’

The Guardian - AU

At least three killed in shooting at Iran-Afghan border

Several people were reportedly injured in the clash, which came amid tensions between the neighbours over water rights.

Al Jazeera

At least three killed in clash on Iran-Afghan border

Two Iranian border guards and one Taliban fighter were killed after shooting broke out near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman and Iran's state media said on Saturday.

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Freed Belgian aid worker lost weight, not sense of humour, during Iran ordeal

Freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele lost 30 kg (66 lb) but not his sense of humour during over a year in an Iranian jail, his spokesman said on Saturday following his release in a prisoner swap.

Radio France Internationale

Paris bomb plot mastermind swapped with aid worker in Iran-Belgium deal

Belgium and Iran exchanged prisoners on Friday in a controversial move that saw an Iranian diplomat convicted of attempting to bomb exiles in France returning to Tehran bedecked in flowers while a visibly gaunt aid worker headed back to Brussels.

Reuters

Iran says Ukraine president drone criticism a bid to secure more Western arms

Tehran on Saturday accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of anti-Iranian propaganda in his call for Iran to halt the supply of drones to Russia, saying his comments were designed to attract more arms and financial aid from the West.

The Independent UK

Belgium, Iran conduct prisoner swap in Oman, freeing aid worker and diplomat convicted in bomb plot

Belgium and Iran have conducted a rare prisoner exchange in Oman

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The Guardian - UK

Belgium aid worker freed in prisoner swap with Iranian diplomat jailed for bomb plot

Deal to release Olivier Vandecasteele in exchange for Assadollah Assadi raises concerns Tehran’s hostage diplomacy has been rewarded

The Guardian - UK

Supporters of jailed Iranian journalists call for trials to be held in public

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi reported on death of Mahsa Amini and face charges of conspiring with foreign powers

The Independent UK

Large crowd gathers to watch rare public execution in Iran condemned as ‘medieval’ by activists

Man sentenced to death in 2016 on charges of ‘corruption on Earth’

Reuters

Aid worker back in Belgium after Iranian diplomat prisoner swap

A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being freed in a prisoner swap with an Iranian diplomat who had been imprisoned in Belgium in connection with a failed bomb plot.

Al Jazeera

Iran, Belgium conduct prisoner swap freeing aid worker, diplomat

Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi and Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele freed, in deal facilitated by Oman.

France 24

Belgian aid worker, Iranian diplomat freed in prisoner exchange

Iran freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele after almost 15 months in custody on Friday, in a prisoner exchange for Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi, who had been convicted of terrorism. Vandecasteele landed in Belgium late Friday after being repatriated in a military aircraft, according to images broadcast on television.

Reuters

France says Iran ballistic test worrying in light of nuclear escalation

France on Thursday accused Iran of violating a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal after it carried out a long-range ballistic missile test, which Paris said was worrying given "uninterrupted escalation" of Tehran's nuclear programme.

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