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Radiofarda – After two weeks of mixed signals on Iran, from high-profile U.S. military moves to administration assertions that it’s not angling for war, President Donald Trump said Friday that even the Iranians may be confused about what comes next. “With all of the Fake and Made Up News out there,” Trump wrote on Twitter, “Iran can have no idea …

Al-Arabia – A number of Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, have approved Washington’s request to redeploy US forces in Arabian Gulf waters and territories to thwart possible Iranian attacks in the region, informed Gulf sources told Asharq al-Awsat. The sources said the redeployment of US forces in the Gulf states was part of joint US-Gulf efforts to deter Iran from …

Al-Arabia – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday he did not believe a war would break out in the region as Tehran did not want a conflict and no country had the “illusion it could confront Iran”, the state news agency IRNA reported.Tensions have escalated in recent days, with growing concerns about a potential US-Iran conflict. Earlier …

Al-Arabia – US President Donald Trump on Friday denied friction with his hawkish foreign policy advisers on Iran, specifically giving statements of support to White House national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Trump called “bullshit” a variety of news reports that he had chafed at his advisers and privately expressed concerns that they were trying to …

Iran-HRM – Twenty-three prisoners convicted of theft are languishing in the Great Tehran Penitentiary, Fashafoyeh, awaiting hand amputation. Reports indicate that the hand of one of the prisoners is to be amputated in the coming days. The prisoner has been identified as Alireza Khan Baluchi and his verdict has been sent to the Sentence Implementation Department. Baluchi was convicted of …