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Newest first · UTC+11:00Iran’s New President and a Duplicitous Claim About Press Freedom
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Iran Touts ‘Sound’ Elections, But Rigged Is More Like It
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Iran's New President: What the World Can Expect from Ebrahim Raisi
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Iran Elects Hardliner as Biden Pins Hopes on Nuclear Talks
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Apple Daily editor-in-chief, 4 newspaper directors arrested under Hong Kong national security law | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s national security police cited more than 30 Apple Daily articles that called for sanctions against the city and mainland China as justification for arresting the tabloid-style newspaper’s editor-in-chief, publisher and three other executives on June 17, 2021. Police said the publication of such articles …
China passes anti-sanctions law to counter punitive action by foreign countries | South China Morning Post
China officially passed an anti-sanctions law on June 10, 2021, at a closing session of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. While the details of the law are yet to be revealed, the new legislation is expected to provide a legal basis for Beijing to counter foreign sanctions. The US has already slapped…
Biden Administration Weighs New Sanctions Against Belarus
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Beijing poised to pass anti-sanctions law as US dashes hopes for softer policy on China | South China Morning Post
China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee is expected to pass an anti-sanctions law on June 10, 2021, which will provide a legal framework for retaliation against foreign sanctions and allow Chinese firms to seek compensation. The law would allow Beijing to “safeguard national sovereignty, dignity and co…
US ‘Neither Optimistic nor Pessimistic’ on Reviving Iran Deal
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VOA60 World- State media reported Wednesday the largest warship in the country’s navy caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman
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Belarus Arrest Chills Democratic Activists, Spurs Calls for Harsher Sanctions
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VOA60 America- U.S. authorities seized an oil tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates
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Belarus releases video of jailed journalist Roman Protasevich as EU sanctions Minsk | South China Morning Post
A video has been released of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested aboard a Ryanair flight that was forced down by the Belarus air force on May 23, 2021. The video, which appears to show the journalist confessing to organising mass protests in the Belarusian capital Minsk, was made under duress, a…
Iran’s 'Domestically-Manufactured' Simorgh, or a Converted Last-Century American F-5
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US Sanctions Chinese Official for Persecuting Falun Gong
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VOA60 America- Iranian boats use high-speed maneuvers against U.S. Navy ships in Straight of Hormuz
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US Slaps Tough Sanctions on Russia for Election Meddling
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Iran Fabricates Claim that U.S. Blocked Vaccines from India
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Venezuela and Iran Team Up to Evade Sanctions
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China calls for Iran sanctions relief and US return to nuclear deal | South China Morning Post
Beijing called for progress on sanctions relief for Iran and for the United States to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as nations that signed the agreement met in Vienna on April 6, 2021. Wang Qun, China’s representative at the discussions meant to find a way to bring Washington back to the deal, reiterated Beij…
US Sanctions Companies Backing Myanmar Military
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Xinjiang government condemns Western sanctions against China | South China Morning Post
The local government of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has condemned sanctions from the European Union, United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Speaking to the media on March 23, 2021, deputy head of the Xinjiang Communist Party publicity department, Xu Guixiang, said the Chinese government had invit…
US, UK, EU and Canada imposed sanctions ‘based on lies’, says China | South China Morning Post
China accused the US, UK, EU and Canada of imposing sanctions “based on lies and false information” about Xinjiang, where rights groups believe at least one million Uyghur Muslims have been incarcerated in camps.
Beijing hits back at Western sanctions against China’s alleged treatment of Uygur Muslims | South China Morning Post
The European Union, United Kingdom, United States and Canada have joined forces to launch sanctions against China on March 22, 2021, over suspected human rights abuses in the far western region of Xinjiang. The US government and Canadian parliament have also labelled China’s actions in Xinjiang a genocide. The sanct…
Britain sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang alongside US, EU and Canada | South China Morning Post
Britain on March 22, 2021, imposed sanctions on four Chinese officials and a construction company over alleged human rights abuses against Uygur muslims in Xinjiang. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the measures were in response to “the largest mass detention of an ethnic or religious group since the Se…
David Levinson: 'We believe that Iran only understands pressure ... '
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US Sanctions Russia for Poisoning Opposition
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‘It will be the Myanmar population who will hurt’ says Singapore's PM Lee Hsien Loong | South China Morning Post
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called for Myanmar’s military to release Aung San Suu Kyi in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday (March 2). Lee said the military knows it is in the country's best interest to reach an arrangement with the elected civilian government. He also said outsiders would have litt…
Israel Worries About Possible New Iran Nuclear Deal
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47 Hong Kong opposition activists charged with subversion under national security law | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong police have charged 47 activists and former opposition lawmakers with conspiring to subvert state power under Hong Kong’s national security law. The group was among the 55 democracy campaigners arrested in January over their roles in an unofficial primary run-off election to increase opposition chances of …
Challenges Are Steep as Biden Reengages With Iran
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