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Al-Arabia – Tehran will not accept US demands that it reverse an acceleration of its nuclear program before Washington lifts sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday. The demand “is not practical and will not happen,” he said at a joint news conference in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. For all the latest headlines, follow our …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Instead of storing medicine and vaccines, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are busy storing rockets and explosive devices. The Palestinian terror groups that moan about a crippling economic crisis in the Gaza Strip somehow always seem to find enough money to purchase, smuggle or manufacture weapons. In addition, Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups have frequently violated the …

RFL/RE – U.S. officials say Joe Biden’s new administration will name veteran diplomat Robert Malley as its special envoy for Iran, as the president and his foreign-policy aides move to craft their approach to Tehran following years of worsening relations under former President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will name Malley, a top national-security aide to former President …

RFL/RE – Iran’s parliament speaker says the country has produced 17 kilograms of 20 percent-enriched uranium within a month, as Iranian officials continue to dismiss international calls for Tehran to return to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the announcement during a visit to the Fordow nuclear plant on January 28. In separate comments, the …

RFL/RE – Genies, sorcerers, and exorcists are back in the Iranian political debate a decade after then-President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s associates were accused of practicing witchcraft and summoning supernatural creatures, claims that he denied. The debate about the alleged influence of sorcerers and clairvoyants on state officials was renewed this week when a member of the powerful Expediency Council — a …