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Don’t write off the Iran nuclear deal just yet

Al-Monitor - In the movie Godfather II, mafia boss Michael Corleone says that his rival Hyman Roth "has been dying of the…

Iran tensions, record gas prices push Biden to recalibrate US policy in Middle East

Al-Arabia - While most attention in the US has been focused on the economic downturn and soaring inflation, a key foreign policy…

Child Marriage Victim Killed by Impoverished Husband

Iranwire - A 20-year-old woman from a hard-up family was strangled to death by her husband at their home in…

Families of American hostages abroad discouraged after Blinken call

Al-Monitor - For several families of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad, a virtual meeting with Secretary of State…

Iran hopeful nuclear talks will resume as Russian FM visits

Al-Monitor - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran was hoping that talks with major world powers over the revival of the…

‘An earthquake in Iran’s intelligence community’: IRGC dismisses intelligence chief

Al-Arabia - Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) appointed a new head for its intelligence arm on Thursday, following a…

Union Warns Jailed Iranian Activist’s Health Failing As Hunger Strike Continues

The Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company Workers' Union has warned that the health condition of Reza Shahabi, a jailed labor…

Russian Foreign Minister in Iran for talks on UN Security Council, Oil and Gas

Iranwire -- Sergei Lavrov arrived in Iran on Wednesday as the head of a delegation from Russia, meeting with President…

Ex-Deputy Mayor of Tehran Accused of Rape

Iranwire - Two women have accused Shahram Gilabadi, an ex-senior official at the IRIB and former deputy to Mohammad Bagher…

UN Secretary General Condemns Increasing Executions, Worsening Repression in Raisi’s Iran

CHRI - In his latest report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the…