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iranintl – The UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) released a report on Thursday morning warning that Iran poses one of the gravest state-based threats to British national security, on par with adversaries like Russia and China. The report highlights Tehran’s escalating willingness to carry out assassinations, espionage, and cyber attacks within the United Kingdom, and calls for a …

iranintl – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday laughed off a threat by an Iranian official suggesting he could be attacked with drones while sunning himself at his Florida mansion, telling a bemused press corps he had not sunbathed since childhood. “Trump has done something so that he can no longer sunbathe in Mar-a-Lago,” Mohammad-Javad Larijani, a former senior advisor …

iranintl – When Masoud Pezeshkian was elected Iran’s president last July, jokes circulated that he wouldn’t last six months. He did, but the road ahead looks even more rocky now than it did then. Tepid support from the hardline establishment and deepening economic woes defined his first year, in which the Iranian currency lost a full half of its value. …

Iranwire – Three political prisoners were abruptly transferred from general wards to solitary confinement at Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz on Thursday, raising fears that their death sentences may soon be carried out. The prisoners – Ali Majdam, Moein Khanfari, and Mohammadreza Moghadam – had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “cooperating with groups opposed to the Islamic Republic” …

Iranwire – Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council returned a bill aimed at toughening espionage penalties to parliament on Wednesday, citing legal ambiguities. Mohsen Dehnavi, the council’s spokesman, said members supported the bill’s framework, but several provisions required clarification, including the definitions of hostile countries and the application of penalties during wartime. The Guardian Council also returned the bill, demanding clearer criteria for charges …