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The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] has arrived in Tehran for meetings with top Iranian officials, days before the resumption of high-profile talks in Vienna on the removal of the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Rafael Grossi arrived at Imam Khomeini International Airport on …

Palestinian detainee, Kayed Al-Fasfous, won a decisive victory by ending his hunger strike which lasted for 131 days after an agreement was reached to end his administrative detention and release him after 23 days. “Israeli” authorities have issued an order to release him on 14 December. Kayed Al-Fasfous, father of …

A number of US senators are seeking to block the Biden administration’s first major arms sales to Saudi Arabia, according to three senators. A proposed $650 million in US arms sales to the kingdom is facing a joint resolution of disapproval introduced by Republicans Rand Paul and Mike Lee, as …

In a new aggression on the Syrian sovereignty, the “Israeli” military fired missiles at a target near the Syrian capital Damascus early Wednesday. According to SANA, “Israeli” forces in the Golan Heights fired two surface-to-surface missiles at an empty warehouse south of the city at around 12:45 am. The report …

Washington is set to go ahead with a multi-billion-dollar warplane sale to the United Arab Emirates, a deal first signed by ex-President Donald Trump but frozen for review, including over concerns about the UAE’s role in the aggression on Yemen. The Joe Biden administration remains “fully committed” to the $23 …

A senior Iranian diplomat has slammed the use of sanctions as “blunt and blind instruments” to exert pressure on world states, saying reforms are needed to prevent the United Nations’ Security Council [UNSC] from resorting to embargos that merely punish an entire nation but fail to contribute to international peace. …

A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced the recent executions of 10 prisoners in Yemen by Saudi-backed militants, saying the perpetrators must be brought to justice. “We condemn the summary executions of 10 individuals belonging to local security forces that took place in Hudaydah governorate on 13 …

Iran’s top negotiator says the forthcoming talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna will succeed if the P4+1 group of countries have a “firm determination” and stand “practically” ready to bring about a removal of the United States’ sanctions against Iran. Ali Baqeri-Kani, who serves as Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister …

Another US military convoy has been forced to retreat from an area in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah after local residents in coordination with government forces prevented them from attempting to pass through the community. Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources who requested not to be named, reported …

The World Health Organization [WHO] warned that 75 percent of Yemeni children suffer from acute malnutrition, as Saudi Arabia keeps bombing the southern impoverished neighbor in defiance of international calls to end its bloody war. In a post on its Twitter account on Monday, the UN agency responsible for international …