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US strikes Iranian air defences after ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz
The United States launched fresh military strikes against Iran early on Wednesday, saying it was responding to Iranian attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and simultaneously revoked Tehran’s permit to sell crude oil openly on the world market. Iran retaliated by targeting US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, and the escalating…
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Chilling secret video smuggled out of Iran exposes grim reality of Ayatollah’s funeral – and the Israel scar that refuses to heal
The Daily Mail reports that it has obtained exclusive covert footage smuggled out of Tehran during a week-long, state-organised funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The article frames the mass procession as a regime effort to project strength and survival, while presenting hidden recordings that it says reveal ordinary Iranians’ anger and…
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Iran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz days after Trump gave Tehran ‘a week off’ for Khamenei funeral
Iran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and Tuesday, striking three vessels and reigniting tensions just days after President Donald Trump said the United States had granted Tehran “a week off” during funeral ceremonies for the slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The strikes matter because the strait is one of the…
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Qatar says Iran fully responsible after tankers struck in strait of Hormuz
Qatar has warned Iran that it will bear full legal responsibility after three tankers, including a Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, were struck within hours in the strait of Hormuz close to Oman. The incident matters because Qatar has been acting as a key mediator in talks between the US and Iran, and the…
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Trump Shouldn’t Delist Syria Without Conditions
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Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor was severely beaten in Israeli jail
The lawyer for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent Palestinian doctor from Gaza detained by Israel without charge for more than 18 months, has told the BBC he fears for his client’s life after finding him severely beaten during a prison visit. Nasser Odeh said that when he saw Abu Safiya last Thursday at the…
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Bomb explodes at Damascus hotel hosting Macron during Syria state visit
Two improvised explosive devices detonated near the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Damascus on Tuesday, where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during a state visit to Syria, according to Syrian state media. Macron was unharmed — a spokesman for the Élysée Palace said he was not in the hotel at the time and did…
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Bushra Shaikh among 400 foreign influencers at Khamenei funeral in Tehran
Bushra Shaikh, a British-Pakistani media personality who appeared on the BBC’s The Apprentice in 2017, has attended the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran. She was among a reported 400 non-Iranian influencers and social media activists invited by the Iranian regime to the multi-day event in Enghelab Square. The story matters…
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Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian novelist behind Women Without Men, dies aged 80
Shahrnush Parsipur, the acclaimed Iranian novelist best known for Women Without Men, has died at the age of 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, she used subversive feminist fiction to challenge the country’s patriarchal culture, and was imprisoned four times under both the Shah and the Islamic Republic. Her death marks the loss…
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Fadia mini-series confronts honour killings and life in a divided society
Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Shady Srour has drawn international attention with his mini-series Fadia, which confronts the subject of honour killings while examining wider issues of violence against women and life in a divided society. Featured in Deadline’s “Global Breakouts” strand, the show won a trio of awards to a rapturous reception at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival,…