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iranintl – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the United States is not seeking war with Iran and would prefer to resolve the nuclear issue through negotiation. “We do not want a war. We do not want to see war,” Rubio said on the Honestly podcast. “This is not a president that campaigned on starting wars.” …

iranintl – French authorities have arrested a dual Iranian-French national in Paris for expressing support for Palestine, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday. Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran’s judiciary, reported that Shahin Hazamy was detained by French security forces on Tuesday. The outlet described him as an independent journalist and said the arrest stemmed from his support for Palestine, …

iranintl – Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, said the decision on whether Hezbollah should disarm rests with the Lebanese government, days after he publicly criticized international disarmament efforts. “We are committed to what the Lebanese agree upon,” Amani said in an interview with Lebanon’s Al Jadeed TV on Wednesday in a reversal of remarks made last week which caused …

iranintl – The man who shot dead two Iranian Supreme Court judges in a rare assassination of top officials in January has been identified as Farshid Asadi, a 31-year-old court service aide, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International. Asadi, originally from Razan in Iran’s Western Hamedan Province, worked at the Supreme Court in Tehran providing refreshments to …

iranintl – Debate is growing in Washington over talks with Iran, with hawkish Republicans urging against appeasing Iran’s theocratic rulers but some observers saying the mercurial president might have a historic shot at clinching a deal with Tehran. The debate has exposed unexpected fractures: US President Donald Trump’s own allies are split, while some longtime democratic critics of the president …