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In Brief: Iran arrests three female journalists in protests crackdown

Posted 25 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iranian authorities have arrested three female journalists in recent days, local media reported on Monday. The arrests came amid months of protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. Iran has been rocked by protests since the death on 16 September of Amini, a 22-year-old woman of…

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In Brief: Amid speculation, Saudis reaffirm commitment to two-state normalisation

Posted 25 January, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel without progress towards a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat asserted last week. The comments by Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, followed reported discussion…

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Analysis: Tehran executes British national as Labour calls for tougher action

Posted 18 January, 2023 in Analysis, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Labour came out in support of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps this week, as the Iranian regime continues its attempts to crush protestors. What happened On Saturday, Iran announced that it had executed a dual Iranian-British national, Ali Reza Akbari, who had previously served a deputy defence…

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Labour backs IRGC proscription for “maximum pressure” on Iran

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a backbench business debate on the treatment of protestors in Iran yesterday, Labour's shadow minister for the Middle East, Bambos Charalambous MP, called for a "coordinated international approach" to deal with the Iranian regime that would require "maximum pressure" to succeed. In his comments, Charalambous said that a "coordinated international approach to sanctions" was needed…

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Labour MPs raise threat from Iran

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Antisemitism, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
A number of LFI MPs and their colleagues have today used a backbench business debate in the House of Commons on the treatment of protestors in Iran to push the government to adopt a more comprehensive strategy towards Iran. In the debate, LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP twice repeated LFI's longstanding policy ask of proscribing the…

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In Brief: UK reportedly preparing to proscribe Revolutionary Guards

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. The UK government is reportedly preparing to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, following a longstanding campaign by LFI and many Jewish community groups. The IRGC is a hugely influential apparatus of the Iranian state, spearheading operations against opponents of the regime at home and abroad, especially in entrenching Iran’s influence…

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In Brief: Oman formally bans ties with Israel amid Iran intimidation

Posted 12 January, 2023 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Antisemitism, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said > US State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The parliament of Oman, which has widely been speculated to be a prime candidate for future diplomatic normalisation with Israel, voted last week to criminalise relations or interactions with “the Zionist entity”. The legislation would “severe any economic, sports or…

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In Brief: Iran executes second protestor with more to come

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Iran announced that it has publicly hanged a 23-year-old as the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests. On Monday, 23-year-old Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged in the city of Mashhad after a court convicted him of "enmity against God" after being accused of killing two members of the…

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In Brief: Iran places 6 UK parliamentarians on new sanctions list

Posted 15 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, News
Wayne David MP speaking in Parliament about being sanctioned by Iran Six UK parliamentarians have been informed by the Foreign Office that they have been placed on Iran’s latest sanctions list. The list, published this week, included LFI vice-chair John Spellar and former shadow Middle East minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Wayne David. They join LFI chair Steve McCabe,…

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LFI chair writes to Foreign Secretary demanding action on Iran

Posted 13 December, 2022 in Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Steve McCabe, chair of Labour Friends of Israel, has today written to the foreign secretary, urging the UK government to expel Iran’s Chargé d’Affaires in London and downgrade diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic, proscribe Tehran’s ideological army, and widen sanctions on the regime’s executioners and propagandists. In his letter to James Cleverly, McCabe…

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