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Iran denies any involvement in attack on Sir Salman Rushdie

AN IRANIAN government official has denied that Tehran had any involvement in the attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie.

The National (Scotland)

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

An Iranian government official is denying that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack

The Independent UK

Nuclear deal can be reached if Iran's red lines are respected - foreign ministry

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday there is an opportunity to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if Tehran's red lines are respected.

Reuters

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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.

Reuters

Iranian nuclear deal limbo may serve interests of both U.S. and Iran

Whether or not Tehran and Washington accept a European Union "final" offer to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, neither is likely to declare the pact dead because keeping it alive serves both sides' interests, diplomats, analysts and officials said.

Reuters

Kuwait Names First Ambassador to Iran in over Six Years

Kuwait has appointed an ambassador to Iran, both countries said on Sunday, more than six years after recalling its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the country in 2016. Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh handed his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Puts on Trial Reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh

Iran has put on trial the reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh, who was previously jailed and arrested again last month accused of undermining state security, local media reported. The 65-year-old -- who last year made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency as a reformist and "political prisoner for seven years" --…

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Kuwait names first ambassador to Iran in over six years

Reuters

Rushdie's stabbing highlights divisions in Iranian society

Many Iranians have turned to social media to show their anger and praise over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York state, with some conspiracy theories linking it to Tehran's nuclear talks in Vienna.

Reuters

Yemen Govt Slams Iran's Role in Undermining Truce

The legitimate Yemeni government slammed Tehran’s role in undermining the nationwide truce after a Houthi cell was busted for smuggling weapons from Iran. It condemned Tehran for its support to the Houthi militias, saying the smuggling of arms undermines the UN-sponsored truce that has been extended twice since coming into…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Govt Slam’s Iran's Role in Undermining Truce

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salman Rushdie attack: Iranians react with mixture of praise and concern

Praise for attack on writer targeted by decades-old fatwa comes as some fear incident will leave Iran more isolated

The Guardian - UK

'I am happy to hear he was attacked' - Iranians react to Salman Rushdie stabbing

Sir Salman has been the subject of a 'fatwa' since the 1980s

Wales Online

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…

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Assad, Erdogan...and Putin’s ‘Goblet of Normalization’

It is quite known that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pushing his Syrian and Turkish counterparts to drink from the goblet of “normalization.” This desire is as old as Russia's military intervention in Syria seven years ago. But what is new is that conditions have become more favorable for Syrian…

The Independent UK

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie — the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Willing to Accept EU Proposal If It Provides Tehran with 'Guarantees'

Iran is reviewing the European proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and might agree to it if they assure the issues of safeguards, sanctions, and guarantees, Iranian media quoted an unidentified Iranian diplomat. Iran is seeking guarantees that no future US president will withdraw from the agreement, as former…

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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…

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Blinken Warns Iran over Plot to Target Bolton, Pompeo

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Iran on Thursday against targeting American citizens in wake of the revelation that Tehran had plotted to murder John Bolton, a national security adviser to former President Donald Trump. “Our message to Iran is clear: we will not tolerate threats of violence against…

The Independent UK

Tehran unveils Western art masterpieces hidden for decades

Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Responds to European Nuclear Proposal: ‘Yes, but...’

Two weeks have passed since EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell presented his amended “plan” for the 2015 nuclear deal to the parties concerned. The final text, submitted on July 26 by Borrell’s deputy Enrique Mora to these parties as they were gathered in Palais…

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Iran Allows Prison Leave for Detained French Academic

Iranian authorities have allowed a French-Iranian academic held in the country for the last three years to take brief leave from prison, her supporters said on Tuesday. Fariba Adelkhah has been given a five-day furlough, which can be extended, from Tehran's Evin prison where she is being held in a…

The Guardian - UK

Iranian satellite launched by Russia could be used for Ukraine surveillance

Tehran denies Khayyam satellite will be under Russian control, despite reported admission by Moscow

Reuters

Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit

Russia launched an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday from southern Kazakhstan, just three weeks after President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pledged to work together against the West.

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