alarabiya – Diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran cannot resume unless the US rules out further strikes on Iran, its deputy foreign minister told the BBC late Sunday. Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the British broadcaster that the US had signaled it wants to return to the negotiating table, a week after it struck three Iranian nuclear facilities. “We have not agreed …

alarabiya – At least 935 people were killed in Iran during its 12-day war with Israel, Iranian state media reported Monday, nearly a week since a ceasefire took hold. “During the 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime against our country, 935 martyrs have been identified so far,” the official IRNA news agency quoted judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir as saying. …

alarabiya – Britain, France and Germany denounced threats against the head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday, after a hardline Iranian newspaper said IAEA boss Rafael Grossi should be tried and executed as an Israeli agent. “France, Germany and the United Kingdom condemn threats against the Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi and reiterate our full support to …

iranwire – The safety and security of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors cannot be guaranteed while Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization continues to assess damage to nuclear facilities following recent attacks, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said Monday. Baqaei described expectations of normal cooperation with the IAEA as “entirely unrealistic” and called IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s insistence on …

iranwire – A senior Iranian official claimed on Sunday that the U.S. and Israel had planned to overthrow the Islamic Republic within six days, but the plot failed due to “national unity and government resistance.” For the first time since the war with Israel ended, an Iranian official has explained how the Islamic Republic – or at least part of it …

iranwire – Iran confirmed on Monday the death of Abolfazl Nikouei, known as “Haj Younes,” a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. The confirmation came during Nikouei’s funeral ceremony in Tehran on Monday. According to Tasnim News Agency, Nikouei was killed in an attack in Tehran last week. Nikouei was …

Iranwire – Inmates at Greater Tehran Prison have been without access to fresh drinking water for three days, according to information received by IranWire. The prison’s water supply is not safe for drinking. Prisoners use it to make tea and prepare food but must purchase bottled water from the prison store for drinking. Sources say the prison store has run …

Iranwire – A group of 140 graduates from the Iran University of Science and Technology has signed a statement calling for the immediate release of Hamid Bidar, a former student activist currently serving an 11-year prison sentence. Bidar was sentenced by Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court on charges including “insulting sacred values,” “insulting the Supreme Leader,” “anti-government propaganda,” “spreading …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.” — Henry Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, January 1969. Iran’s regime may have lost its nuclear sites, but it has not lost its appetite to kill Jews and wipe Israel off the map. Would the Allied forces have left the Nazi Party as the …

gatestoneinstitute – The Iranian regime, by violating US President Donald J. Trump’s ceasefire after only four hours, did the world a great favor. It should now be clear, if it was not, before, that Iran’s government — called by the US Department of State, the “world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism for the 39th year running,” — does not look as if …