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iranintl – Iran’s parliament speaker on Friday accused the US of using nuclear talks to pressure Tehran into relinquishing its defense capabilities, amid tensions over a recent letter from President Donald Trump demanding missile restrictions. “The US means disarmament when it says negotiation,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a speech during Quds Day rallies in Tehran on Friday. “Our people …

iranintl – The US government has resumed nearly all Iran-related aid programs that were paused under President Donald Trump’s executive order in January, Iran International can confirm based on a leaked document and multiple testimonies by grant recipients. The State Department had suspended funding for numerous initiatives, including Iranian human rights groups, internet freedom programs, and civil society organizations, as …

iranintl – Iran’s ambassador to Iraq said on Thursday Tehran would negotiate with Washington only over its nuclear file if its rights were respected but said its ballistic missiles and dismantling Shi’ite militias were not up for discussion. The remarks by Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh in an interview with the Iraqi Alsharqiya TV channel come after Iran officially responded to US …

iranintl – Australia’s former ambassador to Iran was the target of an assassination plot in 2019 in Tehran, the Australian news outlet SBS reported citing leaked Iranian judicial documents. The plot, which had not previously been reported, did not appear to involve the Iranian state in any way despite its fraught relationship with US-allied countries. An Iranian man whom SBS …

iranintl – An ongoing US military campaign must defeat Houthi fighters in Yemen to prove Washington’s resolve to their Iranian backers, US Senator John Hoeven told Iran International. “We need to take out the Houthis. We need to stop the Houthis from these attacks. It’s not good enough to just play defense. We actually have to take out their ability …