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EU to Expand Sanctions on Iran Next Week

The European Union will add 37 individual entries to its sanctions against Iran on Monday, two European diplomats told Reuters, as the bloc works on listing Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. Foreign ministers from the bloc are to agree to adopt the fourth package of sanctions on…

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Bill to ban Chinese citizens and government from buying Texas land gains steam among Republicans

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill that would ban citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Iran: fears grow of security crackdown in Zahedan as anti-regime protests persist

Checkpoints have sprung up and armed police flood the streets in the restive city where dozens of civilians were killed last year

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'Morocco's jailing of journalists is a no-go': EU Parliament's new vice-president

Talking Europe interviews Marc Angel, who was elected a vice-president of the European Parliament on January 18 to succeed Eva Kaili, the MEP at the heart of the Qatargate corruption scandal. Angel, a Socialists and Democrats MEP from Luxembourg, has strong words for authorities in both Morocco and Iran, as…

France 24

‘No Bears’ review: From Iran, a master class in house-arrest filmmaking from Jafar Panahi

The facts are stark.

Chicago Tribune

How a women's-led counter-revolution is reshaping Iran

In a special edition, we mark four months since protests erupted across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old died shortly after she was arrested by the infamous morality police for improperly wearing her veil. In a rare opportunity, our colleagues at France 2 Television managed to speak…

France 24

Zar Amir Ebrahimi on fleeing Iran and her Cannes comeback: ‘If you lose everything, it’s easier to rise up’

Forced to leave Iran after an intimate video of her was leaked, Ebrahimi has rebuilt her career. Her latest film, for which she won best actress at Cannes, celebrates the defiance of women in her home country

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Stringent US Moves against Money Flows from Iraq to Iran

The decline in the value of Iraq’s national currency and the rise in the prices of foodstuffs and imported goods can be traced back to remarkable change in the policy adopted by the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Both bodies have had a policy shift…

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Dublin Says ‘Doing All It Can’ to Free French-Irish Citizen Held in Iran

Ireland's foreign minister said Thursday the government was doing all it can to secure the release of a French-Irish citizen held in Iran after his family urged Dublin to intensify talks due to concerns for his health following a hunger strike. Micheal Martin told a news conference in Dublin that…

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US Says Iran is the World's Leading Sponsor of Terrorism

US State Department spokesman Ned Price described Iran as "the world's leading sponsor of terrorism." During a press briefing in Washington, Price commented on the European Parliament's resolution to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization. He confirmed that this is a recognition by European partners…

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Vladimir Putin aide in security scare after helicopter makes emergency landing in Iran

Igor Levitin had been on a "secret" visit to Iran as Russia tries to speed up deliveries of missiles and military drones for use in Ukraine. He made an emergency landing due to 'security issues'

Daily Mirror

Iran slams EU Parliament for proposal to brand Revolutionary Guard as terrorists

Tehran reacted angrily after the European Parliament called on Thursday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation. The parliamentary motion blames the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

Radio France Internationale

Russia's Putin holds second phone call in just over a week with Iranian president

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday, the Kremlin said, their second conversation in nine days.

Reuters

Iran, South Korea summon each other’s envoys amid row over Yoon’s comments

‘The enemy of the UAE, its most-threatening nation, is Iran, and our enemy is North Korea’

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Reuters

Factbox-Iran's Revolutionary Guards: from military operations to business empire

Iran's armed forces general staff, which coordinates activities between its conventional army and the Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned the European Union on Thursday not to list the elite force as a terrorist entity, state media reported.

The Independent UK

EU assembly wants Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list

The European Parliament has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan Demands Iran Hunt Down Terrorists Who Killed Four Soldiers

Pakistan requested Iran on Wednesday to hunt down terrorists who attacked and killed four soldiers near the southwestern borders of the country. Four Pakistani soldiers were killed while on patrol in Balochistan, according to officials. “Terrorists used Iranian soil to target a convoy of security forces patrolling along the border,”…

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South Korea, Iran summon each other’s envoys over ‘enemy’ comment

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s description of Iran as an ‘enemy’ of the United Arab Emirates has angered Tehran.

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The Independent UK

S. Korea, Iran summon each other's envoys over Yoon comment

South Korea and Iran have summoned each other’s ambassadors in a diplomatic spat triggered by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s comments describing Iran as the “enemy” of the United Arab Emirates during his trip to the small Gulf nation this week

France 24

EU lawmakers push to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as 'terrorist' organisation

Iran warned the European Union on Thursday against listing the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to blacklist the powerful force over its role in the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Lawmakers Keep up Pressure to Ban Iran's Guards

The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. In a text backed by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers, the European Parliament condemned "the brutal crackdown by Iran, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on the demonstrations after the death…

Reuters

Iran warns EU not to list Revolutionary Guards as terrorist entity

Iran warned on Thursday that the European Union would "shoot itself in the foot" if it designated the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, a day after the European Parliament called on the EU and its member states to do so.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts Say Arrest of Belgian Citizen in Iran Violates Int’l Law

UN rights experts have condemned Iran’s “arbitrary” detention of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele and demanded his immediate release. “We believe Mr. Vandecasteele has been arbitrarily deprived of his liberty and is a victim of enforced disappearance for periods of detention,” the independent UN human rights experts said in a…

Reuters

South Korea envoy in Iran summoned over Yoon's 'enemy' remarks -media

Iran's foreign ministry summoned South Korea's ambassador to protest against South Koran President Yoon Suk-yeol's comment that the Islamic republic is the enemy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iranian state media reported.

Reuters

EU lawmakers want Iran's Guards branded terrorist group

The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, blaming the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

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