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Bahrain Rejects Iran Talks Over Diplomatic Rift

MANAMA: Bahrain said it will not join Monday’s Iran-Gulf meeting in Oman until diplomatic relations with Tehran are restored. A senior Iranian official said the talks are unlikely to produce a signed agreement, though the Strait of Hormuz will be discussed. Bahrain urged the waterway remain open without fees or restrictions. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the region does not need the United States to act as its “policeman”. Read More…

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Iran Raises Stakes as US Tensions Intensify

TEHRAN: Iran is intensifying its confrontation with the United States as analysts say it seeks to increase pressure on President Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections. Tehran has expanded restrictions around the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy route. Despite calls for diplomacy, Iran appears unwilling to ease its stance, while Trump has predicted the conflict could end soon after the elections. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Iran-China ties ‘stable and based on continuous contacts’: Tehran

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit last week brought important diplomatic achievements to Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says. Baghaei said President Masoud Pezeshkian met the leaders of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Pakistan, Russia and Azerbaijan on the sidelines of the summit. “Iran-China relations are very good, stable, and based on continuous contacts at various levels,” he said. Read More…

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Iranian president vows 'decisive response' to aggressors 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed that Tehran will deliver a decisive response to any aggression against the country amid a renewed exchange of attacks between Iran and the US. "We are not seeking war, but we will deliver a decisive response to the aggressors," President Pezeshkian said in a statement quoted by state TV. The Iranian president was speaking before travelling to Kyrgyzstan for a summit of a bloc that seeks to counter influence from the West. Read More…

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Iran’s Khamenei calls for Muslim unity

TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim countries, especially Gulf states, to unite against what he described as their “real enemy”. In a message marking Islamic Unity Week, he called for greater cooperation, mutual defence and solidarity, warning that divisions benefit Islam’s adversaries. The message, posted on Telegram, accused the United States and other powers of pursuing colonial and hegemonic ambitions. He also criticised those contributing to divisions among Muslims, intentionally or otherwise. Read More…

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Tehran Signals Defiance Amid Mounting Economic Strains

Iranian leaders have acknowledged growing economic difficulties linked to the war and US sanctions, while insisting Tehran will not retreat. The government said tackling inflation, stabilising markets, creating jobs and boosting domestic production remained priorities. President Donald Trump’s administration has intensified financial pressure on Iran as negotiations remain stalled. Tehran has also pledged to pursue diplomacy while maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy route and key source of Iranian leverage. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

China says dialogue 'only viable way out' of US-Iran conflict 

China on Friday reiterated that dialogue and diplomatic negotiations are the only way to resolve US-Iran tensions, following new US economic sanctions against Tehran, Anadolu reported. On Iran, "dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing. "China opposes illegal, unilateral sanctions our position is consistent and clear," he stressed. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Iran warns implementation of US sanctions amounts to complicity in ‘state terrorism’

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the United States’s latest campaign of economic pressure against Tehran, warning all countries that participation in it amounts to complicity in imposing one state’s unlawful will on independent states. In a statement, the ministry argued that US sanctions violated the UN Charter and described Washington’s declaration of economic war as a continuation of the military conflict waged against Iran by the US and Israel. It referred to the move as reprehensible “state terrorism” and a crime against humanity. Read More…

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US cannot ‘cut off Iran’s links with the outside world’

The war has changed the strategic landscape in the Middle East and convinced Iran that making concessions to US President Donald Trump would be a mistake, according to Tehran-based analyst, Ali Akbar Dareini. “Iran has learned through war if you give any concessions to someone like Trump, you are done,” Dareini, of the Centre for Strategic Studies, told Al Jazeera. Iran had sought to increase the costs of conflict for the United States, while Washington was now “trying to suffocate Iran economically”. Read More…

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