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Iran moves US prisoners to house arrest ahead of planned exchange

Under a detainee deal negotiated between Washington and Tehran, several US citizens imprisoned in Iran have been transferred to house arrest in a step toward their full release. Iran has transferred five US citizens held in Evin Prison to house arrest as part of a long-awaited deal that would involve …

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Iran warns of more ship seizures in defiance of US Marines’ Gulf deployment

Tehran ratcheted up its rhetoric against Washington in the wake of fresh American reinforcement in the Persian Gulf, prompted by the Iranian “harassment” of international commercial ships there. In a message of defiance and apparent preparedness for escalation, Iran warned on Monday that it could capture American vessels after the …

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Iran: The Failure Of Raisi’s Two-Year Presidency – OpEd

Two years ago, around this time, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran’s regime, appointed Ebrahim Raisi as his regime’s president and called it a “completely meaningful move.” “New people are entering into a field with new initiatives,” he said. The goal was to unify the government to deal with …

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Biden’s Middle East Balancing Act: Iran’s Nuclear Program And Saudi-Israeli Ties – Analysis

For some months now, officials in Washington and other world capitals assumed that diplomatic efforts to reach a deal between the United States and Iran to curb the Islamic Republic’s growing nuclear program would reach a dead end. But after two years of uncertain negotiations, there are signs that the …

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Raisi Says Iran’s BRICS Membership To Strengthen Opposition To US Unilateralism

The Iranian and Chinese presidents stressed the need to bolster bilateral cooperation and the trend of multilateralism especially within the framework of BRICS. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS+ Summit on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and international …

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Le ministre iranien de la Sécurité assure que son pays détient des agents à la solde de la France, la Suède et la Grande Bretagne

Le ministre iranien de la Sécurité a révélé dimanche 20 août que les services de sécurité iraniens de son pays retiennent des espions recrutés par la France, la Suède, la Grande-Bretagne et d’autres pays, soulignant que la confrontation et les récentes arrestations ont contribué à contrecarrer les tentatives de déstabilisation …

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Iran unveils armed drone resembling America’s MQ-9 Reaper and says it could potentially reach Israel

Iran’s Defense Ministry unveiled a drone on Tuesday resembling Amerþ ica’s armed MQ-9 Reaper, claiming that the aircraft is capable of staying airborne for 24 hours and has the range to reach the country’s archenemy Israel. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency published a photograph of the drone, called the Mohajer-10, …

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Iran’s Khuzestan: Thirst and Turmoil

What’s new? Khuzestan, one of Iran’s most resource-rich provinces and the fifth most populous, is a microcosm of the country’s most serious problems. It suffers from severe environmental degradation, economic deprivation and socio-political discontent. The water scarcity that sparked protests in mid-2021 will almost certainly recur and could trigger similar unrest. …

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Iran’s Top General Says China Amassing Military Power Against US

The US power is on the wane across the world, as China is strengthening its military capabilities to face down the US, the chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said. Addressing an annual conference of IRGC commanders in Tehran, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the US’ power …

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US troop surge to aid Middle East shipping echoes past confrontations with Iran

A resurgence in tensions between the U.S. and Iran in Middle Eastern waters is harkening back to the playbook of clandestine maritime conflicts that has pitted the two countries against each other for more than four decades, according to analysts. Approximately 3,000 Marines and sailors landed in the Middle East …

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