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RFL/RE – French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on June 10 about the consequences of delivering drones to Russia, Macron’s office said. In a phone call, Macron urged Iran to “immediately cease” the support it is giving Russia in the war against Ukraine. Macron also expressed concerns about the trajectory of the Iranian nuclear program, the statement …

VOA – Iraq has agreed to pay about $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran after receiving a sanctions waiver from the United States, a senior Iraqi foreign ministry official said. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein was given the clearance during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the Riyadh Conference on …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In the past two decades, that is to say since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Baghdad, a new discourse has developed in which post-Saddam Iraq is depicted as part of an empire being built by the Khomeinist regime in Tehran. [T]he Khomeinist empire-building scheme in Iraq has failed. To be sure, Iraq is now slated as …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Jafar Mohammadpour and Ghobad Farhadi were executed for drug-related charges in Urmia Central Prison. Parvin Mousavi’s execution was postponed for unknown reasons. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least two men were executed in Urmia Central Prison on 9 June. Their identities have been established as Jafar Mohammadpour (photo) and Ghobad Farhadi …

Al-Arabia- US and Iranian officials engaged in indirect talks in Oman last month, where Washington conveyed a strong warning to Tehran that it would face serious consequences if it enriched uranium up to 90-percent purity, according to a report. Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council’s Middle East policy coordinator, and an Iranian delegation that included Ali Bagheri-Kani, Iran’s …