Tag: Iran crisis
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Khamenei: Rioters Should Be Put in Their Place Amid Iran Protests
Iran’s Leader Issues a Harsh Warning as Protests Enter a Third Week Iran’s top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, publicly framed the ongoing demonstrations as a threat to the state, declaring that “rioters must be put in their place.” The comments, made in the wake of a week of nationwide protests, marked a hardening…
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UN Sanctions Reimposed on Iran, a Decade After Lifting
Background: A decade since relief, a new chapter begins The United Nations Security Council has reactivated its sanctions regime against Iran, ten years after those measures were first lifted following the signing of the JCPOA in 2015. The move comes after failed negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program with Western powers and a renewed push from…