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Iranian Authorities Arrest Women Activists, Suspend Professors Ahead of Amini Anniversary

August 31, 2023

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By Andrew Mills, Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage DO

By Andrew Mills, Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage
DOHA/DUBAI/VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, July 1 (Reuters) – Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago.

Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran‘s funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement.

The next meeting will take place after funeral processions for Iran‘s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is due to be buried on July 9, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said.

The Doha discussions produced “positive progress” on issues related to the memorandum that halted the war in June and were “building on the outcomes” of a summit in Switzerland, the ministry spokesperson said in a post on X.

By Andrew Mills, Ahmed Elimam and Bo Erickson DOHA

By Andrew Mills, Ahmed Elimam and Bo Erickson
DOHA/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said discussions between the U.S. and Iran were going well as they held indirect technical talks in Qatar about the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, adding Washington would not return to full combat unless necessary.

The talks are based on a 14-point interim accord signed last month that was meant to halt the war that began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February and reopen the strait, while setting up 60 days of negotiations for a permanent peace deal.

However, the U.S. and Iran have sparred publicly over the meaning of the interim pact, leading to tit-for-tat military strikes over the past week and leaving little sign of progress on more complex issues, including on Iran‘s nuclear programme.

Vance said he could not guarantee that Washington would not return to full combat operations ahead of next month’s deadline but that for now President Donald Trump had directed officials to make a deal.

“I can’t commit to anything, because obviously it depends on what the Iranians are ultimately going to do,” he told reporters on a visit to Virginia Beach, Virginia. “What I can commit to is: The president’s not going to send our military back in unless he has to, unless there’s a clearly defined purpose for it.”

DUBAI, July 1 (Reuters) – Iran will deliver an imm

DUBAI, July 1 (Reuters) – Iran will deliver an immediate and powerful response to any threat against its people or leadership, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an X post on Wednesday.

“POTUS has committed the U.S. to muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv. If they ignore their master, Iran will school them,” Araqchi said.

The U.S. and Iran held technical talks in Doha on Wednesday as they seek to agree on the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and secure a lasting ceasefire, a source with direct knowledge of the talks and an Iranian official said.

Araqchi’s X post was attached to comments made by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz stating that Iran‘s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “marked for death.”

(Reporting by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Alex Richardson)

By Kayhan Life Staff July 1 - In his first appeara

By Kayhan Life Staff
July 1 - In his first appearance on a Persian-language satellite television channel since the signing of the U.S.–Iran Memorandum of Understanding, Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said the Islamic Republic had suffered major blows since the Feb. 28 start of the war with the U.S. and Israel, and that the people of Iran were continuing their struggle to overthrow the regime.

In a June 27 interview with Iran National Revolution Television (INRTV), he noted that regardless of whether the international community supports the Iranian people, the movement to liberate Iran could not be stopped.

Reza Pahlavi started the 50-minute interview with Tina Ghazimorad discussing recent developments. He said the Islamic Republic was using propaganda to portray itself as victorious, while prompting a sense of despair in the population by claiming that the West — led by the U.S. — had backed down.

In reality, he said, it is the regime that has retreated — turning against its own people through repression, imprisonment, and killings.

“The regime brings in proxy forces from outside the country to suppress the people,” he said, a practice which he said demonstrated that it no longer trusts even its own security forces.

Referring to growing divisions within the government, the military, and the security apparatus, Reza Pahlavi compared the current state of the Islamic Republic to that of the Soviet Union before its collapse.

Drawing on past experience, which he said showed that agreements with the Iranian regime repeatedly failed to yield meaningful results, Reza Pahlavi argued that people should not be overly concerned about the current negotiations or any possible agreements between the Islamic Republic and the U.S.

He rejected the notion that “negotiations have taken place, the matter is settled, the regime will remain in power, and our sacrifices were in vain.” Instead, he maintained that the regime was becoming increasingly deadlocked.

By Benjamin Weinthal July 1 - A group of prominent

By Benjamin Weinthal
July 1 - A group of prominent experts on Iran, including the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi, issued a public letter to George Washington University last week urging an investigation of Dr. Sina Azodi, an Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics and Director of the Middle East Studies MA Program at GWU’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Azodi recently published a book titled “Iran and the Bomb: The United States, Iran, and the Nuclear Question.”

The US-based Alliance Against the Islamic Regime of Iran Apologists (AAIRIA) — a group of former political prisoners, relatives of executed political prisoners, and human rights activists — obtained the letter exclusively and published it on their website. The letter questions Azodi’s suitability as an academic at the university.

The letter addressed to the GWU administration was signed by:

-Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher, and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran;

-Dr. Houchang Hassan-Yari, Professor of Military and Strategic Issues & Middle East, Kingston, Ontario, Canada;

-Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, British-Australian political scientist and former hostage of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and

– Dr. Farhad Keyan, Physicist and President of Netservia LLC.

According to the letter, Azodi defends the Islamic Republic’s repression of civilians. In a 2019 BBC Persian interview, Azodi said it was “the right of governments to use coercive force against their citizens, whether in the United States of America or in Iran.”

The opinions expressed here are those of the autho

The opinions expressed here are those of the author, an investment strategist for Panmure Liberum
By Joachim Klement
LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – One stage of the Iran war has ended, but the world may be mistaking a pre-election pause for lasting peace. Tehran’s economic leverage will likely remain strong through the U.S. midterm elections in November, but could weaken once the votes are counted, raising the risk of renewed confrontation afterward.

In this dangerous new environment, how might the rest of the world position itself to avoid becoming collateral damage once again?

Whether the 60-day talks between the U.S. and Iran will produce a durable settlement remains unclear – especially given the tit-for-tat attacks over the weekend.

But what’s most important for markets is that the interim agreement has restored energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the critical energy chokepoint that was effectively closed during the conflict. This has sent crude prices tumbling back near pre-war levels.

The clock is ticking, however.

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