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Saudi Arabia arrests main suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers bombing: report

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Saudi Arabia arrests main suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers bombing: report

London, 27 Aug – The main suspect in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers residence at a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia has been captured after more than 19 years on the run, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Asharq al-Awsat said Ahmed al-Mughassil, leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah al-Hejaz who had been indicted by a US court for the attack that killed 19 U.S. service personnel and wounded almost 500 people, had been captured in the Lebanese capital Beirut and transferred to Riyadh.

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50 Years of Resistance: Five Reasons To Honor the PMOI

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50 Years of Resistance: Five Reasons To Honor the PMOI

By Hamid Yazdan Panah

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, an organization that has made its mark in Iranian and in fact world history since its creation. Many Iranians, including myself, have had the honor of learning from the PMOI, and indeed the PMOI has made incredible contributions to the history of Iran. In commemoration of this anniversary and in order to recognize some of the significant achievements of this organization here are five significant achievements of this organization.

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Appeasing Iran? – Op-ed in The Hill

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Appeasing Iran? – Op-ed in The Hill

London, 26 Aug – As the US Congress reviews the Iran nuclear deal, it faces the hardest choice in foreign affairs: whether to threaten or appease an adversary. The proper choice, scholars agree, depends on the rival’s intent, Prof. Alan J. Kuperman wrote on Tuesday in The Hill.

“If the other country is ‘status quo’ – just wants to be left alone to prosper without dominating other countries or flouting international rules – we should concede its limited demands. Appeasement is not a dirty word in such a case, but the ideal foreign policy. However, if the other country is ‘revisionist’ – seeking to dominate others and overturn the global order – we must deter it through coercion including the threat of force”, he wrote.

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Germany’s Foreign Minister to travel to Iran in October

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Germany’s Foreign Minister to travel to Iran in October

Berlin, 24 Aug – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday he will travel to Iran in October.

Steinmeier’s visit follows on from a three-day trip last month by Germany’s Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who became the first senior figure from a large Western government to visit Tehran since it struck a landmark nuclear agreement with world powers.
Under the 14 July deal, agreed after more than a decade of negotiations, U.S., EU, and U.N. sanctions will be lifted in return for Tehran imposing long-term curbs on nuclear activities which the West has suspected are aimed at making an atomic bomb.

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UN Must Protect Iranian Asylum Seekers in Camp Liberty

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UN Must Protect Iranian Asylum Seekers in Camp Liberty

By Hamid Yazdan Panah

Major concerns remain for Iran asylum seekers trapped in Iraq. As many as 3,000 Iranian asylum seekers residing in Camp Liberty are facing inhumane conditions and abusive treatment at the hands of the Iraqi government, while the United Nations and the international community turns a blind eye. This past week Professor Jean Ziegler, member of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, went on record to state that the United Nations has “a moral and legal obligation” to protect members of the main Iranian opposition group facing persecution in Iraq.

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Iran unveils new longer-range missile

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Iran unveils new longer-range missile

Tehran, 22 Aug – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles).

The Iranian Defence Ministry’s unveiling of the solid-fuel missile, named Fateh 313, came little more than a month after Iran and world powers reached a deal that requires Tehran to abide by new limits on its nuclear programme in return for Western governments easing economic sanctions.

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UK to reopen embassy in Tehran this weekend after four years

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UK to reopen embassy in Tehran this weekend after four years

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London, 20 Aug – British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, will formally reopen the UK embassy in Tehran this weekend, nearly four years after it was shut down as a result of a mob attack, The Guardian reported on Thursday.

Hammond’s trip to Iran, the first by a British foreign secretary in nearly 14 years, comes soon after visits from the French and Italian foreign ministers, Germany’s vice-chancellor, and the EU’s foreign policy chief.

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Iran’s top security council yet to announce decision on nuclear deal

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Iran’s top security council yet to announce decision on nuclear deal

London, 20 Aug – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) indicated on Thursday that it has nearly finished examining Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers but will announce no conclusion before the U.S. Congress does.

The SNSC and the Majlis (Parliament) are both perusing the text of the July 14 pact mandating Iran to curb its nuclear work in exchange for a removal of sanctions, mirroring Congress which has the right to approve or reject it in a vote to be taken by Sept. 17.

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AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site

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AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site

The Associated Press
By GEORGE JAHN

VIENNA (AP) — Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors to investigate a site it has been accused of using to develop nuclear arms, operating under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work, according to a document seen by The Associated Press.

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Iran arrests Christian converts in raid on house church

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Iran arrests Christian converts in raid on house church

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London, 19 Aug – A group of at least eight Christian converts were beaten and arrested by Iranian authorities while they were gathered for worship inside a house church in the city of Karaj, the Christian Post reported, quoting Iran’s main opposition coalition.

According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, plainclothes officers raided the church earlier this month as part of a wide crackdown on house churches.

After raiding the house, the officers beat up the congregants and then confiscated their Bibles, other Christian literature and satellite dishes located on the premises.

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