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Qatar is working to facilitate an agreement between Iran and the United States, even a short-term one, that could reopen the way for negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said on Monday.
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Qatar is working to facilitate an agreement between Iran and the United States, even a short-term one, that could reopen the way for negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said on Monday.
Operation Economic Outcast
Flying to or from Iran? What to know as US pressure squeezes air links
Travel to and from Iran is becoming harder as major foreign airlines, including the flag carrier of Turkey, a key affordable hub for Iranians, suspend services and new US sanctions threaten remaining international routes operated by Iranian carriers.
Iran threatens wider war as tanker attacks test mediation efforts
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned they would widen the battlefield and use new weapons if US attacks resume, as two tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz and Qatar said it seeks a short-term deal aimed at reviving talks between Tehran and Washington.
Economic crisis puts Iran’s coal miners at greater risk
Iran’s economic crisis and rising currency costs are making essential safety equipment harder for coal mines to obtain, increasing risks for workers already operating in dangerous conditions, labor news agency ILNA reported on Monday.
Iran factories face deepening raw material shortages
Iranian manufacturers are rapidly running down stocks of raw materials as supply disruptions and rising costs deepen pressure on industrial production, according to the latest survey by the Iran Chamber of Commerce.
Will shutdowns forced by US blockade damage Iran’s oil wells?
The sharp fall in Iran’s oil loadings is forcing it to curb production, raising costs beyond lost sales, from restarting aging wells to maintaining reservoir pressure and protecting shared fields. But could the shutdowns cause lasting damage?
Frozen embryos advertised for sale online in Iran
An informal market for frozen embryos appears to be emerging on Iranian social media and online marketplaces, where sellers are advertising them for cash outside the country’s donation system, local media reported on Monday.
January Massacre
How a Basij-linked cultural network helped identify Iran protesters
A local network tied to state-backed cultural and media groups helped Iranian authorities identify protesters during the January crackdown, with footage passed to Revolutionary Guards intelligence, sources familiar with the operation told Iran International.
Iran mobilisation drive extends to children under 15
The spokesman for Iran’s mass mobilisation campaign said children under 15 could be introduced to military concepts, while denying that minors were receiving formal weapons training as authorities expand a civilian defence drive launched during the war.
Iran's Guards stage show of force two days after protest anniversary
Iran's Revolutionary Guards paraded uniformed volunteers, Basij paramilitaries and children through Tehran on Friday in a state-organized show of force, two days after the anniversary of the 2022 protests.
Iran’s nightly pro-state rallies become factional battleground
Iran’s nightly pro-government rallies have become an increasingly visible show of political force, occupying streets and squares for 200 consecutive nights and, more recently, turning their fire on rivals within the Islamic Republic itself.
Crackdown on Dissent
Iran executes man it accused of spying for Israel on missile sites
Iran has executed a man it accused of passing information about missile sites in Isfahan to Israel's Mossad, the judiciary said on Saturday, the latest in a series of espionage executions that rights groups say rest on confessions extracted in detention.
Woman, Life, Freedom
Woman, Life, Freedom and the Iran that cannot go back
Four years after Mahsa Amini’s death, the deepest legacy of Woman, Life, Freedom may be that Iran cannot simply be returned to the society it was before September 2022.
Italian city dedicates riverside green space to Mahsa Amini
The Italian city of Imola has dedicated a green space to Mahsa Jina Amini, marking the fourth anniversary of her death in Iran’s morality-police custody and honoring the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising that followed, a Bologna-based daily newspaper reported.
Mahsa’s dandelion: step by step through Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom
Mahsa Amini’s death in September 2022 set off something that could not be put back in its box. Woman, Life, Freedom challenged the foundations of the Islamic Republic. This interactive project retraces the uprising, what was lost, but also what survived and what changed.
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