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gatestoneinstitute.org – In the latest example of Iran’s increasingly reckless approach to the nuclear issue, the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to increase uranium enrichment to 60 percent, just below the 90 percent threshold required to produce weapons grade material. Thus, while IAEA director general Rafael Grossi claimed the talks had been a success, the IAEA now …

RFL/RE – The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says the agency’s inspection work in Iran cannot become a “bargaining chip” in talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers.“The inspection work of the IAEA must be preserved…[and] should not be put in the middle of a negotiating table as a bargaining chip,” International Atomic Energy Agency …

Jpost.com – The EU-Iran Business Forum slated to start on Monday is again marred by outrage over promoting commerce with a regime in Tehran that has carried out violations of the nuclear deal and widespread repression of Iranians, including a regime shooting spree of protesters in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province.Reports emerged on Sunday that EU officials, including the EU’s chief diplomat …

Iranwire – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has repeatedly referred to security threats in his speeches in recent years using phrases such as “infiltration” and “soft war”. By playing up the perception that the country is always under threat, he has been able to justify increased repression, detentions and general restrictions on everyday life in Iran. Seemingly in support of …

RFL/RE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of carrying out an attack on an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a charge rejected by Tehran. “This was indeed an operation by Iran. That is clear,” Netanyahu told state radio Kan in an interview aired on March 1. “Iran is the greatest enemy of …