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Iran Announces Amnesty, but It May Not Spare Many Protesters
While the government said tens of thousands of prisoners were to be freed or get reduced sentences, rights advocates suggested…
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Why Iran’s Missile Program Alarms Its Rivals
A drone attack on a military facility in central Iran, said to be the work of Israel’s intelligence agency, focused…
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Your Tuesday Briefing: A Bombing in Pakistan
Also, Israel attacks Iran and the Adani Group fights fraud allegations.
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Iran Says It Thwarted a Drone Attack on a Munitions Facility
The government did not say who was behind the attempted attack, but some Telegram channels affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards…
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Justice Dept. Announces More Arrests in Plot to Kill Iranian Writer
Three men were enlisted to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist in Brooklyn who has criticized Iran’s repression of women,…
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Iranian-American Prisoner in Tehran Starts Hunger Strike
Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, appealed to President Biden to negotiate with the government in Tehran for his freedom.
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Iran Executes Former Defense Official, a Dual U.K. Citizen, on Spy Charges
Alireza Akbari, previously a senior military and defense official, had moved to Britain a decade ago. He had been detained…
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Iran Gives Death Sentence to Former Defense Official, a Dual U.K. Citizen
Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defense minister, was convicted of spying, in a case he described as a slap at…
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Ron DeSantis Could Decide Republicans’ Foreign Policy
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is widely considered the strongest potential primary challenger to former President Donald Trump’s third campaign…
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Iran Executes 2 Men Arrested in Protests
At least nine other protesters remain on death row, accused of crimes ranging from burning a trash can to killing…