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Iran Creating Another ‘Southern Suburb’ Near Damascus

Iran is seeking to revive its expansion near the Syrian capital, Damascus, which it has always sought to do and was previously thwarted by Russia. Iran's objective is to create another “southern suburb”, commonly known as Dahieh, like the Hezbollah-dominated one in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The plan is to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What will 2023 bring for Iran and its protest movement?

Iran is heading into 2023 amid continuing protests and fraught relations with the West.

Al Jazeera

Iranians Mark 40 Days Since Death of Anti-regime Protesters

Iranians held night demonstrations nationwide to commemorate 40 days since the death of protesters in rallies against the ruling regime. The rallies even spread to the Abadan oil refinery. The Free Trade Union said the workers at the most important petrochemical facility in the country carried out a large-scale strike…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Hamadeh to Asharq Al-Awsat: Presidential Vacuum in Lebanon Will Last Months

It appears that the vacuum in the presidency in Lebanon will last several months given the lack of prospects for a local solution or a breakthrough in complicated regional files that will negatively impact the country. Further aggravating the situation is the near collapse of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Coordination Framework Pressuring PM to Amend Iraqi-US Strategic Agreement

Parties from the pro-Iran Coordination Framework have demanded that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani kick off negotiations to amend the Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between Baghdad and Washington, trusted Iraqi sources revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat. The amendments would demand a ban on American…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Strategic Political Challenges Facing the US in 2023

Iran remains one of the United States’ most pressing national security challenges, even while much of the world’s attention in 2022 has been focused on Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. Despite this enduring reality, the lack of a consistent American policy on Iran has only served to embolden the Iranian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Reroutes Plane Carrying Football Star’s Wife

Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain Ali Daei, who has supported anti-government protests, from leaving the country, state media reported. Amid a concerted clampdown, Tehran also said the arrests in Iran of citizens linked…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Protest-backing soccer star's family kept from leaving Iran

A prominent former soccer player in Iran who has expressed support for anti-government protests says his wife and daughter were prevented from leaving the country

The Independent UK

MP tells Britons to leave Iran after regime arrests dual UK nationals

‘I would encourage anyone Western to try and leave Iran as safely as they can’

The Independent UK

Chair of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee advises Britons to leave Iran OLD REDIRECTED

The chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has advised all Westerners to leave Iran.

The Independent UK

Seven people with British links arrested in Iran over protests

The people arrested, some of whom are dual nationals, were detained while trying to leave Iran

Evening Standard

Lebanon Detains Hezbollah Supporter in Probe of Irish UN Peacekeeper’s Killing

The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the Hezbollah party, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said. The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed party, but not a member of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen: 70% of Food Imports Enter Through Hodeidah Port

About 70 percent of Yemen's food imports entered through Hodeidah ports that are under the control of the Iran-backed Houthi militias, which claim that these ports are besieged. Several international reports showed that imports through ports under the legitimate government's control dropped 53 percent from the same period last year,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says UK-Linked Arrests Reflect ‘Destructive Role’ in Protests

Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that the arrests of citizens linked to the United Kingdom showed London's "destructive role" in the recent protests in Iran. Asked by a reporter to comment on Sunday's announcement in Tehran of the arrest of seven people linked to Britain, foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser…

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Reuters

Iran says UK-linked arrests reflect 'destructive role' in protests

Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that the arrests of citizens linked to the United Kingdom showed London's "destructive role" in the recent protests in Iran.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protest Held in Brussels to Call for Release of Belgian Held in Iran

Supporters of a Belgian aid worker being held in Iran staged a Christmas Day protest in Brussels to demand his immediate release, with a spokesman questioning why a prisoner swap treaty was stalled. Around 50 people took part in the demonstration under constant rain in the center of the Belgian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Guards Arrest 7 People Linked to UK over Protests

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrested seven people on Sunday, including dual nationals linked to the United Kingdom, over anti-government protests that have rocked the country, according to a statement published by state media. "Seven main leaders of the recent protests related to the UK were detained by intelligence services of the…

The Times of India

Over 100 days of Iran unrest, over 300 dead so far

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Foreign Policy

Iran’s Revolutionary Year

Why Iran’s Gen Z is protesting, and why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps won’t back down. These articles explain Tehran’s difficult 2022.

Al Jazeera

Iranian rapper wins appeal against protests-linked death sentence

Court accepts Saman Seyyedi’s appeal, but 22-year-old Mohammad Ghobadlou’s bid is rejected and could be executed soon.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cécile Kohler's Family Spoke to Her for First Time Since Her Arrest in Iran

The family of Cécile Kohler, a Frenchwoman detained in Iran, was able to speak to her for the first time since her arrest in May, through a video call on WhatsApp last Sunday, her support committee announced on Saturday. “The interview, which lasted for few minutes, had not been announced.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Damascus is Drowned, ‘Painful’ Offers Await Decision

Damascus is mired in its suffocating economic crisis. Syria is expelling its people and is divided into three “states” separated by border-like lines, where militias, organizations, extremists and warring foreign armies coming from major and regional countries abound. Contradictory offers and different conditions are put forward to start a long…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Official Urges 'Liquidation' of Iranian Weapons Factories

A top Ukrainian presidential aide called for the "liquidation" of Iranian factories making drones and missiles, as well as the arrest of their suppliers, as Kyiv accused Tehran of planning to supply more weapons to Russia. Writing on Twitter on Saturday, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said Iran "blatantly humiliates…

Daily Mirror

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj the Serpent arrives in France after being freed from jail

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj is believed to have killed at least 24 people in Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Turkey, Nepal, Iran and Hong Kong during the 1970s

Reuters

Ukraine official urges 'liquidation' of Iranian weapon factories

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