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In a letter to the Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani, 160 prominent Iranian lawyers have called for an investigation of the deadly mid-November protests in Iran and punishment of those responsible for killing protesters. Attributing the protests to “foreign plots”, as well as “ignoring the causes and the objective reasons of people’s dissatisfaction,” would have no result other than recurrence …

Al-Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, during his opening speech at the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit held in Riyadh on Tuesday, stressed that the Gulf region must unite against the Iranian regime’s aggression in the region. “The Iranian regime has continued its aggressive policies in the region that undermine the stability of neighboring countries,” King Salman …

Al-Arabia – Protesters were set to gather in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Monday in response to a call for Iraqis to head to the capital on Victory Day. Images had been circulated on social media calling on Iraqis from across the country to gather in Baghdad on December 10, which is a public holiday commemorating the Iraqi government’s victory over …

Iran-HRM – November saw angry protests across Iran over fuel price hike which overshadowed all other issues. The protests began on 15 November after the tripling of fuel prices and rapidly spread to 189 cities in just a few days. In the days that followed the eruption of protests, the regime cut off access to internet across the country to hide the scale …

RFL/RE – The delegations of Turkey, Iran, and Russia have arrived in Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, for two days of trilateral talks, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov has told reporters. The meetings are designed to find a permanent solution for the eight-year Syrian civil war and include ongoing talks on drafting a postwar constitution, political transition, security, and resettlement of …