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Iran says working with China and Russia to stop European sanctions
Free Malaysia Today
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August 14, 2025
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the predicted economic effects of the sanctions ‘have been exaggerated’. (Iranian foreign ministry/AP pic) TEHRAN: Iran said Thursday it was working with China and Russia to prevent the snapback of...
Nearly 70% of Iran oil tankers faked travel routes: Nikkei analysis
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO -- Nearly 70% of Iranian oil tankers have made attempts to fake their travel routes, an analysis by Nikkei shows, with many of them likely transporting crude to China to bring in precious foreign currency to the sanctioned Middle Eastern...
SANDF chief in hot water over ‘Iran political solidarity’ remarks
Cape Times
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UNDER-FIRE South African National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Rudzani Maphwanya’s visit to Iran was ill-advised, especially at a time of heightened geopolitics including a tense stand-off with the US. This is according to the Presidency,...
Swap Around and Find Out: The New Rules of International Digital Economic Warfare
War on the Rocks
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August 15, 2025
On Feb. 21, 2025, North Korean state hackers linked to the Lazarus Group pulled off the largest digital theft in history, stealing around $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum from a cryptocurrency exchange called ByBit. It remains the biggest digital...
Iran’s Nuke Reactor Attack Spurs China; Ditches German, French PLCs For Domestic Tech At Xiluodu Dam
The Eurasian Times
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August 15, 2025
China has completed a significant technology shift at one of its largest energy projects. The Xiluodu Dam, a massive hydropower station on the Jinsha River, has replaced its long-standing German and French industrial control systems with equipment...
Ramaphosa unaware of SANDF chief's controversial Iran visit
IOL
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The Presidency on Thursday night said President Cyril Ramaphosa was unaware of the “ill-advised” visit by South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief Rudzani Maphwanywa to Iran. Addressing the media, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent...
World oil market looks more ‘bloated’ after OPEC+ hike, producers like Guyana, IEA says
Stabroek News
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August 15, 2025
LONDON, (Reuters) – World oil supply will rise more rapidly than expected this year and next as OPEC+ members further increase output and supply from outside the group grows, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday. Supply will rise by...
The AFU Attacked The Russian Port Of Olya: A Ship Carrying Military Cargo From Iran Was Hit
Charter 97
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2 The ship was carrying ammunition and components for the Shaheds. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to reduce the ability of the aggressor state to continue the war against our state. On August 14, soldiers of the Special Operations Forces in...
Plan Devised for Hike in Iran’s Oil Output
Tasnim News Agency
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended a joint meeting of the National Development Fund's Board of Trustees and Minister of Oil Mohsen Paknejad on Wednesday, focusing on the timeline for a plan to increase oil production by 250,000 barrels...
Eurasian Economic Union at 10: Between goals and realities
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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August 15, 2025
The EAEU fosters a free market for goods, services, capital and labor. While barriers persist, the institutional framework to deepen integration is well established. May 8, 2024: Eurasian Economic Union leaders, along with President Miguel...
Exit from English: Iran in the political economy of translation
Mada Masr
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August 14, 2025
Photo from the Israel-Iran war in June taken by an anonymous photographer. At the wake of the Jina uprising in September 2022, I found myself compulsively translating to my Arab friends. The madness and the euphoria of the moment could easily tip...
Ramaphosa didn’t know about SANDF general’s ‘ill-advised’ trip to Iran — Presidency
Times LIVE
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“At this time of heightened geopolitical tensions and conflicts in the Middle East, one can say the visit was ill-advised, and the expectation is that the general should have been a lot more circumspect with the comments he made, which delve into...
Iran Update, August 14, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Iran’s rulers face existential choice after US-Israeli strikes
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity and risk further Israeli and US attack, or concede and risk a leadership fracture. For now, the Islamic Republic...
Iran Warns US About 'Trump Bridge' Plan
Newsweek
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August 14, 2025
The foreign minister of Iran said that the country would react carefully to any plan or project that could limit its ability to use important routes or undermine its strategic interests, in a warning to the U.S. about the Zangezur corridor near...
Special reportDoes Trump's Armenia-Azerbaijan trade corridor deal pave the way to peace?
The National News
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At the end of a media briefing in New York last month, senior US official Tom Barrack slid in a reference to Washington controlling one of the most fraught pieces of land in the South Caucasus. “They’re arguing over 32km of road, but this is no...
Tehran on ZEE5: Check out John Abraham's other top movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more
Bollywood Life
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August 14, 2025
The Diplomat The Diplomat follows an Indian diplomat who undertakes a perilous mission into foreign territory to rescue a woman who has been coerced into a marriage against her will. The film is available on Netflix. Vedaa Vedaa, centres around...
McConnell talks trade, defense spending, foreign affairs in Hopkinsville visit
Hoptown Chronicle - Kentucky
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August 15, 2025
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell met Thursday in Hopkinsville with advocates for Fort Campbell projects that rely on federal funding, and he spoke briefly on international topics ranging from isolationism and tariffs to the war in Ukraine. The Kentucky...
Tehran says open to US talks if not a prelude to another war
Iran International
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August 14, 2025
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani both said the Islamic Republic prefers the path of peace and is determined to block the Europeans' bid to reinstate the UN sanctions via the so-called...
Senior Armenian Diplomat Reassures Iran Over ‘No U.S. Security Presence’
Azatutyun
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During a meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on August 8, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the United States, as a witness, signed a joint declaration that, among other provisions, establishes a U.S. role in...