Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that the Islamic Republic tolerates protests, but has a firm policy on what he deemed “terrorism.”In a Tuesday interview with Al Jazeera, Araghchi alleged that the Islamic Republic treats…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Araghchi says Iran has tolerence for anti-regime protests
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Iran official admits 2,000 killed amid protest violence
Around 2,000 people were killed in Iran protests, an Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday, blaming “terrorists” for the deaths of civilians and security personnel.In addition, the UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was “horrified”…
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Trump’s Iran tariff threat risks reopening China rift
By Joe Cash
BEIJING, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s threat to slap a 25% tariff on countries that trade with Iran risks reopening old wounds with Beijing, Tehran’s top partner, challenging Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s global image and resolve to…
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Diplomacy or downfall: Will Iran's regime pay Trump's price – and live another day?
While both the Iranian army and the Revolutionary Guards declared days ago that ‘harming security is a red line,’ they are watching developments with apprehension. Both need to protect their status, future and assets, which could be threatened by…
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Iran Protests, Explained: How Real Is the Danger to the Regime, and How Might Trump Intervene?
The West appears to have woken up late to the demonstrations spreading across Tehran and beyond. More than two weeks ago, at the outset of the protest movement, U.S. President Donald Trump warned the ayatollahs not to shoot at protesters. In…
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The West Bank soccer field slated for demolition by Israel
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Israeli authorities have ordered the demolition of a soccer field in a crowded refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, eliminating one of the few spaces where Palestinian children are able to run and…
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Knesset advances bill establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators
The Knesset approved in a first reading 19-0 late Monday night a bill that would establish a special military tribunal to try perpetrators of Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
The bill will now move for further discussion to the Knesset…
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Iran’s leadership is in its ‘final days and weeks’, Germany’s Merz says
BENGALURU, Jan 13 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday he assumes Iran’s leadership is in its “final days and weeks” as it faces widespread protests.
Demonstrations in Iran have evolved from complaints about dire economic…
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Report: Over 12,000 dead in Iran protest crackdown
Over 12,000 people have been killed during the protests in Iran, largely over the course of Thursday and Friday nights, Iran International reported on Tuesday, describing the events as “the largest killing in Iran’s contemporary…
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UK school nixed Labour MP’s civics talk, after outcry over his support for Israel
A British member of parliament was disinvited last fall, at least temporarily, from a local school where he’d planned to give a talk about democracy, after teachers planned a protest over his support for Israel.
The school, Bristol Brunel…
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