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Iran sends French-Iranian academic back to jail at key point in nuclear talks

Iran has sent back to prison from house arrest French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, a shock development in the midst of delicate talks on the Iranian nuclear drive. Adelkhah was sentenced in May 2020 to five years in prison for conspiring against national security, accusations her

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UK accuses Iran of killing British citizen in ‘unacceptable’ drone attack and pledges ‘concerted response’

independent– It is “highly likely” that Iran killed a British citizen in a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said as he promised a “concerted response”. The strike on the MV Mercer Street, on Thursday night, was the first known fatal attack after years of […]

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Militia targets attacked by US as Biden sends warning he will be tough on Iran

independent.ie- A US airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria looks like a message to Tehran from President Joe Biden’s administration as he assesses his policies in the Middle East. It appeared to be a response to rocket attacks by groups based in Iraq that have targeted American bases. It comes even as […]

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Iran crypto miners cry foul over electricity backlash

aljazeera– An Iranian newspaper this week shamed government authorities for allowing cryptocurrency farms – especially those belonging to the Chinese – to mine bitcoin in Iran. “Burning away public trust is even more dangerous than burning the people’s money in Chinese cryptocurrency farms,” read the Jomhouri-e Eslami editorial titled “Red farms!” The accusations are