US behavior ‘contradictory and unstable’: Iranian foreign ministry spox

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said that Washington’s inconsistency in dealing with Tehran “should be evaluated more in the context of psychological and media warfare than as a serious step to resolve issues.”

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Iranian judiciary says 71 killed in Israel’s strike on Evin prison

"According to official figures, 71 people were killed in the attack on Evin prison," said judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir of the Monday strike, in remarks carried on the judiciary's news outlet Mizan.

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Iran holds funeral service for commanders, scientists killed by Israel

Over 600 people were killed as a result of the Israeli strikes on Iran, including dozens of notable military commanders and nuclear scientists

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Trump says would strike Iran ‘without question’ if Tehran continues uranium enrichment

“They're [Iran] exhausted... The last thing they’re thinking about is nuclear weapons right now,” said Trump

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'No plan' yet to resume negotiations with US: Iranian FM

Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi dismissed reports that Tehran is readying to negotiate with the US regarding its nuclear program and said that Iran could withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty should it be in the interest of "the people and the country."

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Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘almost collapsed,’ US given ‘severe slap’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei boasted of the “magnanimity” of Iran, saying US President Donald Trump “exaggerated” the damage done to Iran’s nuclear facilities and that Tehran "can take action" against US targets in the region whenever necessary.

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Iran urges UN to ‘condemn’ Israeli, US attacks on nuclear sites

Tehran cited UN Security Council Resolution 487, which condemned Israel's 1981 attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, in its complaint to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

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Kurds and the Israel-Iran clash: New openings or old dangers?

A sad common denominator across all the states ruling over the Kurds—from Iraq and Iran to Turkey and Syria—as well as among many intellectual and media elites of the dominant ethnic and religious groups monopolizing power in those states, is the relentless fear mongering against Kurds. Instead of engaging in such behavior and tossing out accusations of separatism and partition, these actors ought to look in the mirror. They should ask themselves what they continue to do wrong that might push Kurds to consider seeking external alliances or to seize on shifting regional dynamics created by war to challenge a repressive and exclusionary status quo.

Mohammed A. Salih

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Iranian parliament votes to suspend cooperation with IAEA

According to the bill, the UN nuclear watchdog inspectors will not be allowed to visit Iran, and submitting reports to the agency will be halted as long as the security of Iran’s nuclear facilities is ensured

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