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Middle East

Hundreds of academics equate Israeli occupation with apartheid

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More than 750 academics and public figures from Israel, Palestine and elsewhere have signed an open letter equating Tel Aviv’s occupation of the West Bank with apartheid, signaling what supporters say is a "watershed moment" for how Israel’s occupation is viewed.
Foreign Policy

Iranian FM to participate in economic commission in South Africa

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will leave Tehran for Pretoria, South Africa, later on Wednesday to take part in a joint economic commission scheduled to be held on Thursday after a three-year pause due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Parliament

Senior MP says Iran has many options to force South Korea to return frozen funds

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A top member of Iran’s parliament has warned that Tehran has many options to force South Korea to pay back over $7 billion of Iranian funds that have remained blocked in the Asian country under the pretext of compliance with US sanctions.
Nuclear

Russia’s top diplomat doubts Iran nuclear deal will be fully restored

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Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said the future of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal lies in the hands of the United States and Europe. He, meanwhile, expressed doubt that the landmark agreement will ever be fully restored.
Nuclear

Iran nuclear chief says Tehran producing heavy water derivatives

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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has declared Tehran is successfully producing heavy water derivatives, a groundbreaking achievement in nuclear technology and medical research.
Human Rights

Iran says has no pre-conditions for prisoner swap with US

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated Tehran views the issue of prisoner exchange with Washington as a humanitarian move, stressing that Tehran has no pre-conditions in this regard.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 532

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Middle East

Moscow envoy says Russia, Qatar seeking to use national currencies in bilateral trade

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Russia has proposed to Qatar a switch to the use of national currencies in trade settlements, Russian Ambassador to Doha Dmitry Dogadkin said, adding that the sides are already working on the idea.
Security

Iran security chief says Tehran pushing for regional peace

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Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian reaffirmed Tehran’s support for efforts to ensure peace across the region, calling for diplomacy and dialogue to put an end to conflicts among countries.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to ramp up oil investments in China as it competes with Russia

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Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, says it will plough ahead with new investments in China. This as the company has announced a 38 percent drop in profit as lower oil prices and production cuts bite.
Local

Iran urges realities regarding Taliban killing of Iranian diplomats, journalist 25 years ago

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The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for shedding light on the circumstances surrounding the Taliban killing of Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan 25 years ago.
Agriculture

Iran reports 37% surge in domestic wheat purchases

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Iran reported a major surge in domestic wheat purchases with an official in the country’s agriculture ministry (MAJ) stating the purchases have risen by 37% in the harvest period between April and early August compared to the same period last year.
Incidents

Huge explosion destroys buildings in Shahre Rey, southern Tehran

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A huge explosion inside a building in Shahre Rey, south of the capital Tehran, has destroyed much of an old 3-story building.
Asia

Several killed in multiple bombings in Pakistan

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A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying a local politician and his friends in southwestern Pakistan, killing him and six others, with no responsibility yet claimed by any group. In another bombing, two people were killed in the country’s northwest.
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 531: Double Russian strike on Ukraine’s Pokrovsk kills at least seven, injures dozens

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Europe

It is “necessary” for Russia to increase production of latest types of weapons: Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the state defense conglomerate Rostec to increase the production of the state of the art types of weapons. Rostec enterprises produce 90 percent of the equipment that the Russian Armed Forces use in Ukraine.
Middle East

US dispatches thousands of sailors, Marines to Middle East

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The US Navy has deployed more than 3,000 sailors and Marine forces to West Asia under the pretext of protecting ships and vessels crossing the main waterways.
Foreign Policy

Japan PM says ready to help resume JCPOA talks

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo is ready to contribute to the resumption of the talks over the revitalization of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA.
Security

IRGC spokesman: Iran capable of seizing American ships if US confiscates Iranian vessels

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A spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Islamic Republic is now powerful enough to confiscate American ships if the US forces seize Iranian vessels.
Foreign Policy

Iran rebukes UK official’s claims against IRGC

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Iran has chided British Home Secretary Suella Braverman for leveling accusations against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has stated that London is in no place to make such baseless claims against the anti-terror force.
Asia

Report: Taliban prepare large number of suicide bombers in water dispute with Iran

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The Taliban sent thousands of troops and hundreds of suicide bombers to the area, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg, claiming the group is prepared for war with Iran over a water dispute. Tehran has issued a warning to the Taliban, urging them to honor Afghanistan’s water-supply agreement or face the consequences.
Middle East

Palestinian teen dies of wounds sustained in Israeli settler raid

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A Palestinian teenager has died of wounds suffered during an attack perpetrated by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank.
Asia

Imran Khan’s lawyers cannot reach him in Pakistani prison: Spokesperson

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's lawyers could not reach him on Sunday after he spent the night in a jail near the capital following his arrest the previous day on a corruption conviction, Khan’s spokesperson has confirmed.
Middle East

Iraq seeking Interpol alerts for ex-officials over $2.5 billion graft

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Iraq plans to ask Interpol to issue international alerts seeking the arrest of former senior officials including an ex-finance minister and an ex-intelligence chief over the suspected theft of more than $2.5 billion from the country's Tax Commission.
Middle East

4 Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strike near Damascus

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An Israeli missile attack near Syria’s capital, Damascus, has killed at least four Syrian soldiers and wounded four others, SANA news agency has reported.
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