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Monthly Archives: March 2022

Hardline Daily Compares Ukrainian Defense to ‘Scarecrows’

Iranwire – In its latest issue, the ultraconservative Iranian daily Kayhan wrote of Ukrainians’ fightback to the ongoing Russian invasion that the Ukrainian people knew less of resistance tactics than a “scarecrow” would. Kayhan’s managing editor is appointed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The newspaper generally reflects – even magnifies – the sentiments of Iran’s most hardline political elite, even where …

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Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

CHRI – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defense of basic civil and political liberties and is currently serving a 54-month prison sentence, should be freed immediately, Lawyers for Lawyers, an independent and non-political Netherlands-based foundation and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a joint …

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Iran’s NSC meets with lawmakers over nuclear deal

Al-Monitor – Ali Shamkhani, the secretary-general of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, met with lawmakers to discuss the latest developments of the nuclear negotiations taking place in Vienna. Shamkhani said of the remaining issues yet to be resolved in the talks, “Bitter experiences of US lack of commitment and Europe’s lack of action has made meeting requirements for a reliable, balanced …

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The Takeaway: Ukraine war looms over Iran nuclear talks, energy markets

Al-monitor – Iran nuclear talks enter final days The buzz in Vienna is that an agreement to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, should get done this week — or it probably won’t get done at all. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday, Feb. 28, that three issues remain to be resolved: the scope of …

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Iran accuses Lindsey Graham of calling for assassination of Iranian scientists

Al-Monitor – Iran is angry with a prominent US senator, accusing him of calling on Israel to kill the Islamic Republic’s nuclear scientists.  Last month, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina spoke to reporters in Jerusalem about the ongoing Iran nuclear deal talks. Graham reportedly said, “A lot of Iranian scientists have had a lot of accidents, and we would expect …

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Biden’s ‘Capitulation’ To Iran Endangers Arabs, Middle East, U.S.

gatestoneinstitute.org – “The parties of the international community that are negotiating with Iran…. must realize that the extremist Iranian regime has not, and will not, abide by international laws, regulations and agreements, even if it swore and signed or pledged to abide by and implement them. The Iranian regime was founded on the… Khomeini ideology that adopts terrorism and believes …

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Germany Says New Iran Deal ‘Must Not Be Postponed Any Longer’

RFL/RE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Iran to move quickly to resolve any remaining issues and reach an agreement to revive a 2015 deal on its nuclear program. “What we would like to see is that an agreement is reached in Vienna,” Scholz told reporters on March 2 after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem. …

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Iran Criticized At Home For Tepid Response To Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine

RFL/RE – Tehran has been walking a diplomatic tightrope over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, blaming the hostilities on “NATO provocations” while also rejecting war as a solution, but taking pains not to denounce Moscow for its military aggression. But the cautious approach has been met with criticism inside Iran, where anti-war demonstrators chanted slogans against Russian President Vladimir Putin on …

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Iranians Trapped in Ukraine: “The Embassy Asked Us What to Do”

Iranwire – Fierce resistance in Ukraine to the Russian invasion continues. But many residents of the country are at risk of being displaced by the fighting. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry there are around 9,000 Iranian nationals living in Ukraine, one to two thousand of them students, who may now wish to leave until the conflict ceases. Though NATO member states …

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Satellite Photos Show Another Failed Iran Space Launch

VOA – Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days, even as Tehran faces last-minute negotiations with world powers to save its tattered nuclear deal in Vienna. Satellite images from Maxar Technologies seen by The Associated Press show scorch marks at a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province on Sunday. …

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