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Al-Monitor – The dispute between Kuwait and Iran over an offshore gas field that also involves Saudi Arabia escalated on Monday as Kuwait condemned purported Iranian drilling plans for the field. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Saad Al-Barrak said that the Gulf state “rejects” Iran’s planned drilling in the Dorra gas field. “We categorically and totally reject Iran’s planned activities around the premises of …

Al-Monitor – Three journalists are set to go on trial in Iran on Monday, leading to condemnation from an international human rights watchdog. Journalists Saeideh Shafiei, Mehrnoush Zarei Henzaki and Nasim Sultan Beigi face up to 10 years in prison on “vague” national security and propaganda charges under articles 500 and 610 of Iran’s penal code, according to Human Rights Watch. Shafiei, …

Al-Arabia – India on Tuesday hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, with Iran expected to join the Asian grouping and Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing his first summit since a short-lived mutiny, officials said. Chinese state media reported President Xi Jinping will also attend the virtual summit of the eight-member SCO — headquartered in Beijing but hosted by India which holds the …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have stepped up their monitoring of commercial and recreational venues, shutting dozens of cafes, restaurants, and other businesses across the country they say were failing to comply with the mandatory head-scarf law. Anger over the hijab law has boiled over since the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 in police custody over an alleged hijab …

Iranwire – Last week, Iranian media reported the opening of the first women’s emergency center in the city of Piranshahr.  Farzin Rezazadeh, the head of the Emergency Department in West Azerbaijan province, vowed to launch a second such center in the near future, with women occupying all technician positions, except for the ambulance driver. Meanwhile, Jafar Miyadfar, the head of …