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Iranwire – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the Islamic Republic is prepared for potential nuclear negotiations. Araghchi said the United States and Iran are engaged in indirect talks through three European countries. Addressing Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy, Araghchi said Iran has adopted a “strategy of patience with initiative” rather than “passive patience.” “Entering negotiations while under maximum pressure …

Iranwire – Iran’s inflation has hit a 12-month high, with February rates exceeding 4 per cent monthly for the first time in a year. Government data indicates that inflation will continue to rise in the first half of the coming Persian year, which starts later this month, directly impacting the dollar exchange rate. Using the differential between Iran’s projected 37 …

RFL/RE – Iran said a delegation led by a senior Emirati figure has delivered a letter from US President Donald Trump to the Islamic republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei told the semiofficial ISNA news agency on March 12 that Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, had delivered the …

VOA – VOA has learned that a prisoner with cancer who was denied medical care by the authorities of Ghezel Hesar Prison on the pretext of “lack of funds” has died after being transferred to the hospital late. Click here for the full story in Persian.

VOA – Iranian security forces have arrested four female Kurdish activists in Kurdistan province following International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network confirmed the arrests. Rights groups and activists believe these arrests are part of a wider crackdown on Kurdish women. Click here for the full story in Kurdish.