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Maduro, Iran FM Discuss Defense Against 'External Pressures'

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the visiting Iranian foreign minister discussed the need for "vigilance in defending their national interests against external pressures," according to a statement released Saturday. The Caracas visit Friday by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian underlined the strength of an alliance between two countries seen as outcasts…

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Iran and the West clash over IAEA report on Fordow nuclear plant

The latest row comes as the IAEA chief hopes for progress in a potential visit to Tehran in February.

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U.S. weighs sanctions for Chinese companies over Iran surveillance buildup - WSJ

The U.S. is considering new sanctions on Chinese surveillance companies over sales to Iran's security forces, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter.

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Iranian authorities to Impose More Stringent Hijab Laws

Iranian authorities intend to enforce the requirement for women to wear the veil more strictly through video surveillance, according to Iranian media. Iran's Etemad newspaper said on Friday that the parliamentary justice committee wants to expand the scope of monitoring already used in road traffic to include public places. Women…

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Iran Says US Insists on Direct Negotiations

US is proceeding with its negotiations and talks with Iran, including its insistence on direct negotiations with Tehran, announced Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Amir-Abdollahian is touring Latin America, starting in Nicaragua and then moving to Venezuela, where he arrived Friday. Mehr News Agency reported that the FM met with…

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US Adds 8 New Iranian Officials to its Drone Sanctions List

The United States imposed sanctions on eight Iranian executives' of Paravar Pars Company (Paravar Pars), an Iran-based firm for manufacturing Shahed-series unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC ASF). This US measure follows other decisions announced by the US Treasury on November 15, 2022,…

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US, Allies Criticize Iran's Response to UN Nuclear Watchdog Report

The United States issued a joint statement with France, the United Kingdom and Germany on Friday criticizing Iran's "inadequate" response to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on its nuclear program. The UN nuclear watchdog issued a warning to Tehran on Wednesday after it found that changes had been…

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Microsoft Says Iranians Hacked France's Charlie Hebdo

US computing giant Microsoft said Friday that it had identified Iranian state actors as those behind the recent cyberattack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft's Digital Threat Analysis Center, said that the hackers, who called themselves "Holy Souls," were Iranian cybersecurity firm Emennet…

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This week marks three years since COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency. Here's a look back at the three months that changed the world

From the lockdowns to toilet paper shortages, here's how the first three months of COVID-19 unfolded back in 2020.

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi released from prison after declaring hunger strike

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was released from prison in Tehran on Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Iran behind hack of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, Microsoft says

An Iranian government-backed hacking team allegedly stole and leaked private customer data belonging to French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, security researchers at Microsoft said on Friday.

Reuters

Activists say Iran regime targeting families of Australian protesters

Since Background Briefing’s November investigation into surveillance of the Iranian diaspora in Australia, it’s received reports of harsh consequences for those who attend anti-government protests, and for their relatives.

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U.S. sanctions board of directors of Iranian drone maker

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the board of directors of Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars, the U.S. Treasury Department said, adding Iranian drones were being used by Russia to attack Ukraine's critical infrastructure.

Reuters

Iraqis Protest in Baghdad as Currency Crisis Continues

Iraqi protesters rallied Friday in Baghdad, demanding the government take action to stop the economic crisis and the slide of the national currency after the Iraqi dinar plunged further. Measures taken by the United States in recent months to stamp out money laundering and the channeling of dollars to Iran…

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Iranian Director Freed on Bail after Going on Hunger Strike

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment last summer, his supporters said. Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the government, a sentence dating back to…

The Independent UK

Microsoft: Iran unit behind Charlie Hebdo hack-and-leak op

After the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran’s ruling cleric, a state-backed Iranian cyber unit struck back in early January with a hack-and-leak campaign intent on striking fear with the claimed pilfering of a big subscriber database

France 24

Iranians liken photos of pacifist protester on hunger strike to ‘Auschwitz’ treatment

New photos of Farhad Meysami, a pacifist Iranian political activist, after spending weeks on a hunger strike in prison, have enraged Iranians on social media. His worrying state of health, evident in these pictures, prompted some Iranians to compare his situation to that of prisoners in Nazi death camps.

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Images of Emaciated Iranian Prisoner on Hunger Strike Prompt Outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab have caused outrage and warnings that he risks death. Farhad Meysami, 53, who has been in jail since 2018 for supporting women…

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Images of emaciated Iranian prisoner on hunger strike prompt outrage

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian dissident on hunger strike have caused outrage online as supporters warned on Friday he risks death for protesting the compulsory wearing of the hijab.

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Tehran Downplays IAEA Report on Activities at Fordow Nuclear Plant

Iran has played down the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report which exposed undeclared modifications being made to centrifuges at its Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP). Tehran continues to enrich uranium with a purity of 60%, close to the 90% required to develop nuclear weapons. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said…

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Satellite Photos: Damage at Iran Military Site Hit by Drones

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Friday showed damage done to what Iran describes as a military workshop attacked by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries. While Iran has offered no explanation yet of what the workshop manufactured, the drone…

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ISIS Carried out 15 Operations in Syrian Desert in January

The ISIS group carried out 15 attacks in Syria’s desert (Badia) in January, killing 21 regime soldiers and members of proxy militias, including 12 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights revealed on Thursday. It said one ISIS member was killed in those attacks. “ISIS continues…

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Satellite photos: Damage at Iran military site hit by drones

Satellite photos show damage to what Iran describes as a military workshop attacked by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries

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Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the "Islamic Republic". Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the…

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