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Analysis: Regime cracks down as Iranian protests swell

Posted 13 October, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. As the mounting protests ignited by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini enter their fourth week, the Iranian regime appears to be intensifying its crackdown, reportedly using firearms and teargas indiscriminately. What happened The death toll across the country is now reported to exceed 185 with reports that the…

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Labour MPs push government to take a firmer stance on Iran

Posted 11 October, 2022 in Hezbollah, Iran, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Labour MPs have today pushed the government to take a firmer stance against the Iranian regime, in an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the ongoing Mahsa Amini protests in Iran. LFI chair Steve McCabe In his intervention, LFI chair Steve McCabe reminded colleagues that Iran’s hardline president Raisi is a “mass murderer responsible…

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In Brief: Lapid refutes Netanyahu criticism of Lebanon maritime deal

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Noa natural gas field > Uri Kfir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid has accused opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu of supporting the Hezbollah terror group’s propaganda in his criticism of an emergent agreement to demarcate Israel’s maritime border with Lebanon. The step, which was been reported over the weekend, would allow both…

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In Brief: At least 133 people killed in Iranian protests over Mahsa Amini death

Posted 4 October, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ebrahim Raisi > Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons At least 92 people have been killed nationwide in Iran’s crackdown on two weeks of protests that have emerged in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the regime’s morality police, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR)…

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In Brief: Children among dead as Tehran launches crackdown on protests

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Analysis, Iran, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. More than 75 people have been killed in Iran as the hardline regime launches a crackdown against protests sparked by the death of a Kurdish woman in a detention centre. Amnesty International said on Monday that at least four children had been killed by the security forces since…

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In Brief: Lapid reaffirms Israel support for two states in UN speech

Posted 28 September, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Yair Lapid (Sapir Academic College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Yair Lapid reaffirmed Israel's support for a two-state solution, arguing “peace is not a compromise” as he addressed the UN General Assembly last week. “An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, for Israel’s economy and for…

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In Brief: Emirati foreign minister marks Abraham Accords anniversary in Israel

Posted 21 September, 2022 in Abraham Accords, Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
President Isaac Herzog meets Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan > WAM handout/AFP   UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan made his first visit to Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem last week. The trip was part of a visit to the Jewish state marking two years since the signing of the…

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In Brief: Erdogan indicates plan to visit Israel as ties warm

Posted 21 September, 2022 in Analysis, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East
Israeli and Turkish flags > Newtimes.az, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In a further sign of warming ties between Israel and Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Monday that he plans to visit the Jewish state. Speaking to a group of American Jewish leaders in New York on Monday, Erdogan also told the room that…

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Analysis: Iran cracks down on protestors following young woman’s death

Posted 21 September, 2022 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Iran, Israel, Middle East
Ayatollah Khamenei. Image Credit: Tasnim News, CC BY 4.0. Less than three weeks into September, the Iranian regime is experiencing a self-inflicted autumn of discontent, with domestic protests, uncertainty over the future of ongoing nuclear negotiations, and continued antisemitic threats against Israel emerging from the country in a matter of weeks. Trouble at home Domestic unrest in…

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Labour MPs push government to be tougher on Iran

Posted 6 September, 2022 in Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions saw a number of Labour parliamentarians push the Government to take a tougher stance on Iran and its proxies in the Middle East. LFI vice-chair John Spellar LFI vice-chair John Spellar MP began the session by urging the government to challenge "Whitehall resistance" and proscribe the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary…

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