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UK backs Ukraine’s claim it downed Iran-made drone used by Russia

Iranian government has not commented on allegations, but it has previously said it will not help either side in the war.

Al Jazeera

Iran-Backed Militias Run 7 Narcotic-Manufacturing Laboratories in Syria's Deir Ezzor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) issued a report on narcotic manufacturing and cannabis cultivation in areas under Iran-backed militias' influence in Deir Ezzor. Through ongoing monitoring of the manufacture of narcotics, SOHR identified the locations of seven illicit drug-manufacturing laboratories in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran says it briefly seized US drones in Red Sea amid tensions

The incident marks the second time US drones were seized in a week amid stalled negotiations over Iran’s nuclear deal.

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US Navy says it foiled Iranian attempt to capture sea drone

The U.S. Navy said it thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to capture an unmanned American vessel in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, as tensions persist despite efforts by the countries to resolve their deadlock over restoring the 2015 nuclear deal.

Tribune News Service

Iran Guards, Lebanese Hezbollah, Sadr Rivals Discussed Confronting him with Arms

Four leaders of Iraqi Shiite factions met with two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah party at a house in Baghdad in mid-August. Just outside, in the heavily fortified Green Zone, supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were collecting thousands of signatures for a “legal…

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Report: Syria Asked Iran Not to Attack Israel from its Territories

Syrian officials have asked Iran and its proxies not to carry out attacks against Israel from its territory, The New York Times reported on Friday citing a source in Damascus. It said this request led the Iran-led axis to retaliate against Israeli strikes by hitting US bases instead. The source…

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US Military Carries Out Strike in Syria on Iran-Linked Targets

The US military said early Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. There was no immediate acknowledgment by Syria's state-run media of the strikes hitting Deir Ezzor. Iran as well did not acknowledge the attack. Opposition war…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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U.S. military carries out strike in Syria on Iran-linked targets

The U.S. military said it carried out air strikes on Tuesday in Syria's Deir al-Zor against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Reuters

US says ‘encouraged’ by Iranian response to nuclear deal proposal

US State Department says outstanding issues remain, and the Biden administration is still undertaking ‘consultations’.

Al Jazeera

Iran’s ‘Butcher of Aleppo’ Oversaw Plots to Kill Israelis in Türkiye

A notorious commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), previously expelled from Syria, oversaw operations to kill Israelis, Iran International, a Persian language television station headquartered in London, has learned. General Javad Ghaffari, the IRGC Quds Force commander who had reportedly been expelled from Syria last November for ‘major breach of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Drops Demand to Remove IRGC from US Terror List

Iran has officially dropped a key red line demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the nuclear deal, a senior US administration official told CNN. In its response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union -- which the EU has described…

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Bobby Ghosh: Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power

My Iranian friends take great pride in the enormous global influence of their cultural heritage. From the Taj Mahal in India to American greeting cards with quotations from Rumi, the markers of Persian civilization are ancient and modern, sublime and ridiculous — but above all, ubiquitous.

Tribune News Service

Bolton accuses Biden administration of staying quiet on assassination plot to please Iran

Former White House official says DoJ notified him long before making public comment about the arrest

The Independent UK

Residents of Rushdie Suspect’s Lebanese Village Say Incident Has Little to Do With Them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, bear posters of Iran's former supreme leader Khomeini who in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for the author's death. The logo of Lebanon's Iran-armed Hezbollah group adorns small monuments…

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Residents of Rushdie suspect's Lebanese village say incident has little to do with them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, bear posters of Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for the author's death.

The Guardian - UK

Iran denies role in Salman Rushdie attack but claims author is to blame

Foreign ministry spokesperson blames author and supporters after stabbing that left him with ‘life-changing’ injuries

Al Jazeera

Iran hosts drone tournament with Russia, Belarus and Armenia

The competition will last for two weeks and is aimed at testing the drones’ reconnaissance and fire-guiding abilities.

Reuters

Factbox: The three major issues bedevilling talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal

Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on revival of a 2015 nuclear deal while months of negotiations have entered a crucial stage.

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Sunak Calls for Designation of Iran Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist after Rushdie Attack

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported. Indian-born author Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him…

The Independent UK

Sunak: Rushdie attack a ‘wake-up call’ to the West over Iran threat

The Tory leadership contender said there may be a case for proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Reuters

Rushdie attack a 'wake-up call' on Iran, says UK PM candidate Sunak

Tribune News Service

Bobby Ghosh: Bolton plot should be a warning on Iran nuclear talks

The Iranian regime has a long, dishonorable history of assassination plots against dissidents and detractors abroad, but commissioning a hit against a former U.S. national security adviser represents a raising of the bar in brazenness. The revelation that a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attempted to have John…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Brands US Claim of Assassination Plot 'Fiction'

Iran dismissed as "fiction" Thursday US allegations it had plotted to kill former White House national security adviser John Bolton in retaliation for the assassination of one of its top commanders. The US claim comes at a crunch moment in talks on reviving a nuclear deal between Iran and major…

Al Jazeera

US accuses Iranian operative of plotting to kill John Bolton

Justice Department says IRGC member offered $300,000 to assassinate Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.

Al Jazeera

Russia launches Iranian satellite into space from Kazakhstan base

The launch signals the beginning of ‘strategic cooperation’ between the two countries in the space industry, Iran says.

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