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Al-Arabia – Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Muhammad bin Abdul Karim al-Issa said that the attack on acclaimed author Salman Rushdie in New York was “a crime that Islam does not accept” in an interview with Saudi news outlet Arab News. “Islam is against violence and can never admit any method of violence. Religious and intellectual issues, including phrases that may …

Iranwire – Last week  Mohammad Khazaee, head of the Iranian Cinema Organization, which works under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said he would shortly be naming a series of filmmakers and industry figures banned from working in Iran. Six days later the names remain unannounced, but sources who spoke to IranWire report that since then, a number …

VOA – Iran on Monday accused the United States of delays in the negotiations to return to the agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani cited what he called U.S. “procrastination” in responding to Iran’s comments on a proposed text drafted by the European Union. The United States and European …

VOA — The United Arab Emirates plans to reinstate its ambassador to Iran for the first time in six years, the Emirati Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, as the Gulf Arab federation accelerates efforts to improve ties with the nation it has long viewed as a regional threat. The Emirates’ ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will return to Tehran in …

HRW – On August 16, an appeals court upheld a decision issued against five human rights defenders charged with “establishing an illegal group” and “propaganda against the state” for attempting to hold the government accountable for its mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis, Mostafa Nili, a human rights lawyer and one of the defendants, tweeted. Branch 36 of Tehran’s revolutionary court ultimately sentenced Nili, as well as Mehdi …