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In Brief: Putin visits Iran as regime boasts of nuclear capacity

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani > Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Tuesday as part of a visit intended to deepen ties with regional powers in the context of efforts to undermine the United States and Europe following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The visit followed boasting from Kamal Kharazi, head of…

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Analysis: Biden visits Israel

Posted 19 July, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Joe Biden visited Israel last week, declaring on his arrival: “You need not be a Jew to be a Zionist”. Shortly before departing, he visited Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, where he once again restated his support for a two-state solution. What happened Kicking off his visit on Wednesday, Biden received a warm welcome from…

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Shadow Minister: Labour “seriously concerned” by Iranian threat to Israel

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
At a Backbench Business Debate co-sponsored by LFI chair Steve McCabe MP yesterday, shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP laid out Labour's "serious concern" about "the threats that Iran has made against Israel". He also made clear Labour's view that "there is an imperative" to move the issues of Tehran's ballistic missile programme, its support…

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LFI chair speaks in backbench business debate on Iran and the JCPOA

Posted 1 July, 2022 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP spoke in today's Backbench Business Debate on Iran and the JCPOA, which he co-sponsored alongside Robert Jenrick MP. He called for a "clear-sighted and comprehensive strategy" to tackle the Iranian regime's many malign activities. Discussing Tehran's ballistic missile programme, he  also reminded colleagues that "the destruction of the State of Israel is…

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In Brief: Israel and Arab allies agree to tighten cooperation

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Negev summit > AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool Senior diplomats from Israel, the US and regional Arab allies agreed to increase efforts to improve security, stability and prosperity in the Middle East during a follow up meeting to the Negev Summit in Bahrain on Monday. The first meeting of the Negev Summit Steering Committee – consisting of Israel,…

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In Brief: Israel ramps up bomb shelter construction against Hezbollah threat

Posted 30 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
Hezbollah fighters at a ceremony > Ali Khamenei, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday that it had begun reinforcement work on dozens of homes in Israeli communities close to the Lebanese border. The homes are those that are most likely to be hit by rocket fire in a future conflict with…

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In Brief: Two dead Revolutionary Guards were reportedly arming Hezbollah

Posted 15 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Peace process
IRGC Parade in Tehran > YPA, CC-BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Two aerospace division officers from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps who died over the weekend were involved in arming the Lebanese-based and Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group, according to reports. UK-based Iran International reported that Ali Kamani and Mohammad Abdous were “developing arms” for Hezbollah, an Iranian…

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In Brief: Fears grow that missing dissident journalist has been kidnapped by Iran

Posted 7 June, 2022 in Analysis, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ankara > Uğurgüler06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A dissident journalist who lives under asylum protection in Turkey has been kidnapped by suspected Iranian agents, a news agency close to Tehran’s opposition forces has reported. Mohammad-Bagher Moradi escaped Iran nine years ago while on trial for criticising the regime and was later sentenced to five years…

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In Brief: Iran faces censure vote at IAEA meeting as uranium stockpile grows

Posted 7 June, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program, US State Department, Public domain. Britain, the US and their European allies are expected to push for a resolution censuring Iran when the International Atomic Energy Agency’s leading figures meets this week. The resolution – urging Tehran to “fully cooperate” with the IAEA – is backed by France and Germany but opposed…

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LFI Lords chair: We must reform our sanctions regime to stop human rights abuses in Iran

Posted 30 May, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East, News
LFI Lords chair Baroness Ramsay has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. The current talks in Vienna may help to put the brakes on Iran’s accelerating nuclear programme, but they will almost certainly do nothing to stop Tehran’s ballistic missile programme or its support for terror groups that have caused chaos…

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