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Americas

Biden admin defends prisoner swap agreement with Iran against Republican attacks

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United States President Joe Biden’s administration has defended a looming prisoner swap deal with Tehran against growing criticism from Republican legislators who say it will strengthen the Iranian government.
Finance

President Raisi says Iran has authority on released assets

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has stressed Tehran’s full authority on its recently-unblocked funds, saying it is the Islamic Republic that decides how to spend the funds and that the money will be spent "wherever we need it."
Foreign Policy

Iran confirms release of Americans in exchange for Iranians held in US

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Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations has confirmed the release of five Iranian nationals detained in the United States in exchange for the release of five Americans held in the Islamic Republic.
Judiciary

Iran holds hearing session for US-backed terror ringleader

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A legal hearing session was held in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday for the ringleader of the Tondar terrorist group, with 120 petitioners against the United States government for its support of the group’s terrorist activities.
Americas

US issues sanctions waiver to allow transfer of Iran’s frozen funds abroad

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The Biden administration has issued a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer six billion dollars in blocked Iranian assets from South Korea to Qatar with no concern about Washington's sanctions.
Int'l Relations

Iran Leader says world on threshold of transformation, arrogant powers to become weaker

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khameni has stated that the world is on the verge of a transformation, which includes the weakening of the US and some European countries.
Human Rights

Iran’s rights official: More prisoner exchange with US soon

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Weeks after Iran and the United States carried out a prisoner exchange, a top Iranian human rights official says both sides will soon release more prisoners in a swap deal.
Security

“Iran intelligence operatives deal heavy blow to US-backed riot-organizing network”    

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The intelligence agency of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and the Iranian Intelligence Ministry say they have dealt a heavy blow to a network involved in orchestration of rioting in the country.
Nuclear

Iran says won’t wait nuclear deal revival in foreign trade

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Tehran is resolutely neutralizing the US sanctions without linking its foreign trade to the outcome of the negotiations on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani told reporters on Monday
Energy

Iran’s oil output, exports jump despite US sanctions

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Iran's oil output and exports rose in August despite US sanctions, consultants and companies that track tanker shipments have confirmed.
Views

Analyst: JCPOA revival negotiating team could accompany Iran president during trip to New York  

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A political analyst says it is necessary for Iran and the US to hold negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA.
Local

Anti-Iran sanctions must be nullified alongside negotiations: Leader

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has emphasized the necessity for efforts to nullify anti-Tehran sanctions in tandem with the talks for the removal of the bans.
Finance

Iran says has no more blocked assets in any country

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated that Tehran has no more funds frozen in any country due to the US sanctions and that Tehran can now utilize its own assets.
Judiciary

Tehran Court orders U.S. to pay $300mn in compensation over 1980 failed Nojeh coup

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The United States has been sentenced to paying a total of $330 million in fines and damages to families of those martyred in the Nojeh coup plot in 1980.
Foreign Policy

US-Iran prisoner exchange agreement ‘on track’: White House

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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has stated that a prisoner swap deal between the United States and Iran is “on track”, less than two weeks after Tehran moved five detained US citizens to house arrest.
Views

Analyst: Biden needs Iran nuclear deal for re-election

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US President Joe Biden needs something more than the prisoner exchange with Iran to use as a trump card for the upcoming presidential election, a political analyst says amid media reports that a nuclear deal between Tehran and Washington is on the horizon.
Cultural Heritage

US to return thousands of Achaemenid tablets to Iran

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The United States will return thousands of historical tablets of the Achaemenid Empire to Iran within months, an Iranian official announced on Monday.
Int'l Relations

Raisi, Biden won’t meet on sidelines of UNGA: Spokesman

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Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Iran Nasser Kanaani has ruled out the possibility of any meeting between the Iranian and US presidents on the sidelines of the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Finance

Frozen Iranian funds transferred to Swiss central bank: Report

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Iranian assets that had been blocked in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland's central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on Monday.
Persian Gulf

Iran releases images of US helicopter pushed back by IRGC in Hormuz, Persian Gulf

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Iran’s Islamic Republic Guards Corps’s speedboats have recently stopped an American helicopter carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, in the Persian Gulf, that was about to violate Iran’s territorial waters, images recently released by the IRGC Navy show.
Security

IRGC chief says US stuck in strategic deadlock

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Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami says the United States has gotten entangled in a strategic stalemate, adding every policy Washington adopts against Tehran is doomed to failure.
Energy

Tanker believed to hold Iran oil begins to be offloaded despite Tehran threats

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An American-owned oil tanker long suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil began offloading its cargo near Texas late Saturday, tracking data shows. Tehran has previously warned against any move to discharge the cargo.
Foreign Policy

Iran says organizing coups in other states, recurring elements of US, UK foreign policies

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said supporting dictators and staging coup d'états in other countries are among the recurring themes of the foreign policies of the United States and United Kingdom.
Security

US aircraft carriers pay heed to Iran’s maritime rules in Persian Gulf: IRGC navy chief

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US aircraft carriers pay heed to regulations and the warnings given by Iran's Navy when cruising in the Persian Gulf waters, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri has said.
Americas

Republican lawmakers scold Biden for Iran prisoner swap deal

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A group of 26 US Republican lawmakers slammed the Biden administration’s cash-for-prisoner agreement with Iran on Friday, demanding an explanation for the potential “sidestepping of Congress” to pursue the accord.
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