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Jailed French tourist in Iran faces spying charges, lawyer says
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Jailed French tourist in Iran faces spying charges, lawyer says

DUBAI (Reuters) – A French tourist arrested in Iran 10 months ago, Benjamin Briere, faces charges of “spying and propaganda…
British-Iranian aid worker appears in Iran court for propaganda trial
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British-Iranian aid worker appears in Iran court for propaganda trial

DUBAI (Reuters) – British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was tried on a new charge of making “propaganda against the system”…
Report: Crowd attacks Iran coast guard after smuggler shot
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Report: Crowd attacks Iran coast guard after smuggler shot

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Protesters attacked a coast guard station in southern Iran after a patrol from the force shot…
Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests
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Iran cracks down on contentious pop music video with arrests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities have arrested multiple music producers connected to a California-based Iranian pop singer,…
Israel Aerospace, UAE weapons maker team up on anti-drone tech
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Israel Aerospace, UAE weapons maker team up on anti-drone tech

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said on Thursday it would jointly develop an advanced drone defense system with…
US State Dept blacklists two Iranian officials over human rights violations
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US State Dept blacklists two Iranian officials over human rights violations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US State Department on Tuesday blacklisted two Iranian government interrogators, accusing them of torture and other…
Academic held in Iran for two years says imprisonment pushed her to brink of suicide
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Academic held in Iran for two years says imprisonment pushed her to brink of suicide

CANBERRA (Reuters) – A British-Australian academic who spent two years detained in Iran said on Tuesday she was kept in…
UN condemns up to 23 killings in Iran’s border area with Pakistan
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UN condemns up to 23 killings in Iran’s border area with Pakistan

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least a dozen people and possibly up to 23 have been killed in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province…
Iran’s Zarif to offer ‘constructive’ plan amid hopes of informal nuclear talks
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Iran’s Zarif to offer ‘constructive’ plan amid hopes of informal nuclear talks

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will soon present a “constructive” plan of action, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday,…
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