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By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk PARIS, Nov 10 (Re

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk
PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that he told G7 allies the US economic sanctions and naval blockade are working so well that President Donald Trump does not need to conduct major combat operations against Iran.

Speaking to reporters in Paris after two days of meetings with G7 allies, Rubio repeatedly pushed back on the assertion that not returning to military action would amount to a stalemate or status quo.

“The economic pain that is being inflicted on Iran right now is extraordinary, and it compounds. It’s growing every day,” Rubio said. He added that Trump has also received input from regional allies in the Middle East confirming this assessment.

On Monday, Trump said he plans to hold off on military strikes against Iran after appeals from countries in the region, including from Qatar’s prime minister in White House talks.

“We don’t need to conduct military strikes if we’re achieving the same objective through economic means and economic pressure. That’s not stalemate,” Rubio said. “Never has Iran ever faced the inability to sell energy in the global market like they are today.”

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By John Irish
PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) – France summoned Iran‘s ambassador on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of a cyberattack that disabled refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets, with Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warning Paris could respond with cyber measures of its own.

French officials said on Monday that Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards were behind the attacks, which disrupted commercial refrigeration systems across France in October.

“The summoning of the Iranian ambassador, announced by the minister yesterday, took place this morning,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Iran‘s foreign ministry rejected as “baseless and hostile” accusations that its Revolutionary Guards were behind the attacks.

Barrot, speaking on France Info television, said France would push for EU sanctions in response to what he called an “attack of unprecedented scale and aggression in our country”.

He said there could be further action that would not be disclosed.

“We will take whatever measures are necessary, including some that we will not discuss publicly, if we judge them proportionate and necessary to deter any new attacks and punish those responsible for this unacceptable aggression,” Barrot said.

He said France’s cyberdefence doctrine provided authorities with a range of options.

The supermarket hacks, which struck hundreds of stores in early October, were among the most disruptive cyberattacks since the Iran war began in February, a conflict marked by sporadic episodes of suspected digital sabotage.

Other incidents have included hacks targeting the Los Angeles transit system in March and US water treatment plants in July.

By John Irish and Simon Lewis PARIS, Nov 10 (Reute

By John Irish and Simon Lewis
PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 foreign ministers on Tuesday that the US would keep imposing “devastating” economic costs on Iran, saying it had options beyond war or agreeing to unacceptable Iranian demands, four G7 diplomats said.

Rubio’s comments came during a meeting in Paris of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven, which comprises Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, as well as the European Union.

The diplomats said Rubio had used strong language to describe the Iranian authorities. Two said he had referred to them as “lunatics”.

The diplomats quoted Rubio as saying that, rather than resuming the war or accepting Iran‘s demands, Washington’s current policy of tough economic sanctions is working and is limiting Tehran’s ability to fund its regional activities and proxies.

“Rubio said that they will continue with… (imposing) devastating economic operating costs on Iran,” said one of the diplomats, who all spoke on condition of anonymity.

By Maha El Dahan, Praveen Paramasivam and Mohammed

By Maha El Dahan, Praveen Paramasivam and Mohammed Atti
DINDIGUL, India/DUBAI/BASRA, Nov 10 (Reuters) – V. Pandiselvi, the mother of Indian sailor Naveen Kumar, has not heard from her son for more than six months yet she still clings to hope he will return, crying as she replays old voice notes.

Kumar was one of six crew members assigned to work on two Iran-linked cargo vessels last seen in Iranian waters in May before disappearing. The vessels’ fate is still unclear.

Commercial ships have come under fire since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28. Tehran attacked ships to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz and the US in turn struck Iran-linked ships to impose a blockade on Iranian ports.

The UN’s International Maritime Organization has confirmed 130 “incidents” – mainly attacks – in the region since the conflict began, with at least 25 seafarers killed.

“We cannot bear this pain,” Pandiselvi, 45, told Reuters from her one-bedroom house in the city of Dindigul in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state, struggling to keep her composure.

“You don’t need anyone to tell you what a parent would go through if they were to lose their child. We appeal to everyone involved to please come forward and help us.”

Reuters spoke to shipping sources, Iraqi officials and the families of missing sailors in Iraq’s Basra and India’s Tamil Nadu state to reveal the human cost of Hormuz attacks.

The 23-year-old Kumar’s family took on considerable debt for him to complete a marine course and pursue his dream of working as a sailor, after which he left for a six-month crew contract he was told was based in Dubai. A week in, he found himself in Iran, to the consternation of his family.

By Rishabh Jaiswal Nov 10 (Reuters) – Canada reimp

By Rishabh Jaiswal
Nov 10 (Reuters) – Canada reimposed sanctions on 11 Iranian entities on Tuesday for their contribution to Iran‘s nuclear activities and ballistic missile program, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said.

Anand announced the measures at a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Paris, saying they were intended to restrict Iran‘s access to funding and sensitive technology linked to its nuclear and missile programs.

“Canada’s position is unequivocal: Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon,” a foreign ministry statement quoted Anand as saying.

The measures were imposed on 11 entities that contributed to “the Iranian regime’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and ballistic missile program or to the financing of its malign activities,” the statement said.

Canada de-listed the entities in 2016 after a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. But Ottawa said Tehran had repeatedly failed to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, over its nuclear activities and had not complied with the provisions of earlier UN Security Council resolutions.

The United States, its European allies and Israel accuse Tehran of using its nuclear program to conceal efforts to try to develop the capability to produce weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

BASRA, Iraq, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Iraq barred a plan

BASRA, Iraq, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Iraq barred a plane carrying Iran‘s national soccer team from landing at Basra airport on Tuesday, a decision by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority linked to US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines, two Basra airport officials said.

The plane returned to Iran and landed at Abadan airport, and the team will now travel overland to Basra, an Iranian consulate official in Basra said.

The Iranian team was traveling to Iraq to participate in a four-nation tournament in Basra also involving Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.

An Iraqi civil aviation official said Iraq made the decision because it could not risk violating US sanctions on Iranian airlines.

The incident highlights the increasing impact of US sanctions on Iranian aviation operations in Iraq. Washington had announced sanctions on any global companies doing business with Iranian airlines after September 23, with the aim of grounding Iran’s entire civil fleet worldwide.

Iraq in September ordered the suspension of Iranian flights to Baghdad airport after the United States threatened secondary sanctions against airports and service providers that handle Iranian carriers.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that airports servicing Iranian airlines could face sanctions, including exclusion from the US dollar system.

This warning was part of a broader effort to tighten restrictions on Iran’s transport sector and on foreign entities providing services to sanctioned Iranian airlines.

(Reporting by Aref Mohammed in Basra and Ahmed Rasheed in Baghdad, editing by Ed Osmond)

By Kayhan Life Staff Nov. 10 - Teachers’ monthly s

By Kayhan Life Staff
Nov. 10 - Teachers’ monthly salaries in Iran have plummeted from the equivalent of $636 in 2016–17 to the equivalent of just $109 this year, amid hyperinflation and a collapse in the exchange-rate value of the currency, according to an Iranian trade report. The essential monthly living costs of a three-person household in Iran are estimated to be around $400, according to analysts — meaning that a teacher’s monthly income covers only about a week’s worth of household expenses.

The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (CCITTA, also known as Sitta) presented these figures in a report documenting the collapse in teachers’ purchasing power over the past decade and called for an immediate pay rise.

Teachers are not alone. Workers, nurses and retirees have long complained about meager wages, saying their incomes cover only a week’s worth of living expenses.

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By Katty Biglari Nov. 10 - Afsoon is a London-base

By Katty Biglari
Nov. 10 - Afsoon is a London-based artist whose works are in the collections of the British Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). She is best known for prints and collages that evoke the culture, art and poetry of Iran, as well as its contemporary, pre-revolutionary history.

Her work has appeared in numerous publications, and Afsoon was among the talents profiled in Mohammed Afkhami’s new book, “Boundless Spirit: Iranian Women Artists.” Her art is also in the collections of the Yves St. Laurent (YSL) Foundation in Marrakech, and The Farjam Collection in the UAE.

In a recent conversation with Kayhan Life, Afsoon discussed her inspiration for the various series, her interest in portraying women, and what she is doing next.

Printmaking and linocut in particular played a key role in your early career. Can you speak about the works that are now in the British Museum?

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