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Israel Bolsters Cyber Defenses Against Iranian Threat with ‘Cyber Dome’ Initiative

Israel is fortifying its defenses against cyber threats from Iran by constructing a "cyber dome" akin to its famed Iron Dome missile defense system.

by Jessica Bayley
May 3, 2024
Middle East

Iran: Protests take a violent turn as gun-mounted truck chases people

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Video from western Kurdistan province of Iran has surfaced, which looks to be showing a white pick-up truck firing at people as they run. There are loud booms as people flee, and the truck is chasing them.

by The Editor
October 14, 2022
Middle East

Ukraine expels Iranian students after Iran sells drones to Russia

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In retaliation to Tehran’s alleged sale of drone technology to Russia, Ukraine has started expelling Iranian students from the nation, Middle East Eye found out. Iranian students informed MEE that this was the justification given by Ukrainian

by The Editor
October 8, 2022
Middle East

US promises to severely restrict Iran’s oil sales with fresh sanctions

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In an effort to “severely restrict” Iranian petrochemical and oil exports, the Biden government has launched a fresh round of sanctions against Iran. They promise to impose monetary penalties on a “regular basis.” The US accuses a

by The Editor
September 30, 2022
Middle East

Women’s protest shakes Iran after Rashno’s forced TV confession

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to the Guardian’s report on Tuesday, Iran has been shaken by protests after a woman who was detained for violating recently tightened hijab rules confessed on state television after allegedly being tortured. The 28-year old Sepideh

by The Editor
August 23, 2022
Middle East

‘Imminent’ nuclear agreement with Iran that will lift severe sanctions

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Imminent European proposals to resurrect the nuclear deal between the West and Iran including the release of frozen Iranian funds worth billions of dollars and oil exports in exchange for Iran curtailing its nuclear programme. Sources familiar

by The Editor
August 19, 2022
Middle East

Flash flood in southern Iran claims lives of over 21 people

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Heavy rains in the relatively desert nation of Iran have caused flooding in the south resulting in the death of at least 21 people and few others missing, reported the state media on Saturday. According to Hossein

by The Editor
July 23, 2022
Middle East

Iran-US nuclear deal talks in Qatar: What you should know

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) –  Indirect nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States are anticipated to start in Qatar, with the European Union acting as a mediator. After prior discussions stalled in March, the negotiations, which are scheduled to begin on

by The Editor
June 28, 2022
Middle East

UN asks Iran to explain uranium in three covert nuclear sites

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Following a serious report by the nuclear watchdog of the UN, Tehran authorities were asked on Tuesday to explain the existence of uranium particles at three undeclared nuclear sites in Iran. Iran has not convincingly answered long-standing

by Eleni Kyriakou
June 1, 2022
Middle East

Turkey and Iran competing in Syria to fill Russia’s void

ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine ) – Leading observers believe that Russia’s departure of tens of thousands of troops from Syria to boost its forces in Ukraine may represent a turning point in the Syrian conflict, triggering a race between Ankara and Tehran

by The Editor
May 20, 2022
UK News

MPs to find out why UK took so long to pay Iran for releasing captives

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – MPs will investigate why governments delayed paying a debt to Iran while knowing that doing so would likely result in the release of two British-Iranian detainees. The Foreign Affairs Select Committee confirmed that an investigation will be

by Ashton Perry
April 1, 2022
UK News

Jeremy Hunt claims it took too long to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has argued that the release of Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iranian prison took much too long. Mr Hunt stated to the BBC. The return to the UK of the British-Iranian

by Ashton Perry
March 22, 2022
UK News

Two British nationals imprisoned in Iran returning to the U.K.

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK administration said on Wednesday that 2 British nationals who had been detained in Iran for years will be returning home, putting an end to long ordeals that have affected ties between London and Tehran. Nazanin

by Kourtney Spak
March 16, 2022
Middle East

Iran and Qatar are expected to sign big deals during Raisi’s visit to Doha

TEHRAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian president, has arrived in Qatar for high-level talks with Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). During his two-day visit, Raisi will be accompanied by numerous ministers

by Kourtney Spak
February 21, 2022
Middle East

Iran’s parliament establishes terms for resuming the nuclear deal

TEHERAN (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As a deal with world powers in Vienna appears to have come to a close, an overwhelming majority of parliamentarians of Iran have set tough criteria for the country’s readmission to the 2015 nuclear accord. 250 members

by Ashton Perry
February 20, 2022
Middle East

Nuclear Talks Resume In Iran as Officials Rush to Prevent an Arms Race in the Middle East

In June, negotiations to prevent Iran going nuclear fell apart, but they are set to resume in a bid to prevent a nuclear arms race in the Middel East or a regional escalation and conflict. Although talks were ended by Donald Trump,

by Beth Malcolm
December 11, 2021
Middle East

Iran says more than 120kg of uranium enriched to 20%

Iran has amassed more than 120kg of 20% enriched uranium, well above the level agreed to in the 2015 deal with world powers, the head of the country’s atomic energy agency has told state television. “We have passed 120 kilograms,” said Mohammad

by The Editor
October 11, 2021
Middle East

Iran and UN nuclear watchdog agree extension to inspections

Iran and the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have overcome their differences to seal a one-month “stop-gap” extension of limited UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear activities. The agreement, lasting until 24 June, comes despite the speaker of the

by The Editor
May 25, 2021
Middle East

Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise

A senior diplomat at the Swiss embassy in Tehran has been found dead after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies. The

by The Editor
May 4, 2021
Middle East

France, Germany and UK raise concern over Iran’s nuclear plans

France, Germany and the UK have warned that Iran took a dangerous step towards the production of a nuclear weapon by enriching uranium to levels for which there is no “credible civilian need”. Tehran, which claims its nuclear ambitions are limited to creating energy, announced

by The Editor
April 14, 2021
Middle East

Iran plotting ‘revenge’ attack on Donald Trump as expert warns of ‘serious threat’

And journalist Hooman Mirghasemi, an analyst at Iran International TV, warned the US and Iran had come “incredibly close” to a disastrous full-blown war last year – with conflict a possibility even in the last days of the Trump administration. An account in the name of Ayatollah

by The Editor
January 30, 2021
UK Parliament

MPs say UK government strategy on Iran prisoners not working

The UK should do more to constrain Iran by proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist group and formally describe the Iranian practice of detaining British dual nationals as state hostage taking, the all-party foreign affairs select committee has said. The report

by The Editor
December 16, 2020
Middle East

Iran nuclear deal: Saudi Arabia says Gulf states must be consulted if US revives accord

Saudi Arabia says the Gulf states must be consulted if a US nuclear agreement with Iran is revived, warning it is the only path towards a sustainable agreement. President-elect Joe Biden has signalled he will return the US to a nuclear accord with

by The Editor
December 6, 2020
Middle East

Iran and US on collision course in Trump’s final weeks

News reports suggesting that Donald Trump had to be persuaded not to attack Iran’s nuclear sites have been downplayed by officials in Tehran, but nevertheless underscored the prospect of a dangerous few weeks ahead in the Middle East amid fears the US president may be

by The Editor
November 18, 2020
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