IAEA warns over Iran nuclear access as Western powers push UN referral
UN nuclear watchdog urges Iran to cooperate, as Western powers push to refer its nuclear file to the Security Council.
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Political reporting on Iran — the government and Supreme Leader, elections, nuclear negotiations, and the factional struggles inside the Islamic Republic — collected from independent English-language outlets.
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"Display of strategic confusion": Baghaei slams Canada for accusing Iran of "destabilising activities"
Tehran [Iran], September 8 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Monday launched a scathing verbal assault against Canada, accusing it of 'strategic confusion' and endorsing US-Israel military aggression after Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne condemned Tehran's 'destabilising activities' in the Middle East.
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Iran conveyed its conditions to US source
Back-channel exchanges continue via mediators despite Washingtons repeated violations, a political source in Tehran has told RT Iran has conveyed its conditions to the US through intermediaries after Washington recently sent new proposals to Tehran, a political source in the Iranian capital has told RT.
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Iran conveys its conditions to US source
Back-channel exchanges continue via mediators despite Washingtons repeated violations, a political source in Tehran has told RT Iran has conveyed its conditions to the US through intermediaries after Washington recently sent new proposals to Tehran, a political source in the Iranian capital has told RT.
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Jaishankar highlights "welfare" of Indian diaspora during Consultative Committee meeting on India-West Asia ties
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday chaired a Consultative Committee meeting on India's relations with West Asia, emphasising New Delhi's commitment to safeguarding national interests and ensuring the welfare of millions of Indian expatriates amid escalating regional conflict.
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Iran slams Canada for appeasing 'bullying neighbour' US
Iran slams Canada for appeasing 'bullying neighbour' US Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, has accused Canada of "appeasing" the US after two of its ministers issued a joint statement saying the country would maintain "significant pressure" on Tehran. "On the very day the U. S.
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Rubio heads to Ecuador, Colombia, Peru after right-wing victories in region
Rightward shift in Latin America comes as Washington pledges to grow influence, take militaristic approach to cartels.
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"Will certainly make use of opportunity provided by BRICS Summit": Iran hails ties with India ahead of Pezeshkian's visit
Tehran [Iran], September 8 (ANI): Iran on Monday highlighted India as a vital diplomatic hub ahead of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's visit to New Delhi for the upcoming BRICS summit, expressing optimism that the grouping will provide a strong platform to deepen bilateral trade and strategic cooperation.
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"Usually countries visit one, not both": Luxembourg FM Xavier Bettel lauds India's diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel on Monday highlighted India's distinct position in navigating major geopolitical conflicts, commending New Delhi's pragmatic diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war while sounding alarms over growing economic and security disruptions in West Asia.
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Israeli minister calls for UK envoy’s expulsion
Israeli minister calls for UK envoy’s expulsion Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called the British government “anti-Semitic" and said that its ambassador must be expelled “tonight. " “The British Mandate in the Land of Israel is over,” he said in Hebrew on X. His remarks came after UK announced plans to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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Iran plans new Strait of Hormuz shipping corridor
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Syria’s top diplomat condemns Iran, Israel at Arab League meeting
Syria’s top diplomat condemns Iran, Israel at Arab League meeting has Damascus rejects the use of Arab territory by Iran to settle disputes or as a platform for attacks, Syrian state news agency SANA reported Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani saying. Speaking at the Arab League Council of Foreign Ministers meeting, Al-Shaibani said Syria supports dialogue and closer security and economic cooperation, particularly with neighbouring Arab states.
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EU committing harakiri Lavrov
The bloc is making its people suffer while Russia still has plenty of buyers for its energy, the foreign minister has said The EU is effectively committing "harakiri" by abandoning Russian energy in an attempt to hurt Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
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Something remarkable happened in Germany on Sunday.
In the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won around 44% of the vote, more than twice that of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which received around 18%. There are many reasons for this result.
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Something remarkable happened in Germany on Sunday
En las elecciones regionales de Sajonia-Anhalt, el partido de extrema derecha Alternativa para Alemania (AfD) obtuvo alrededor del 44 % de los votos, ms del doble que la Unin Demcrata Cristiana (CDU) del canciller Friedrich Merz, que recibi alrededor del 18 %. Hay muchas razones que explican este resultado.
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Iran says talks with Oman on Hormuz Strait reach final stage
Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas, September 7, 2026. /VCG Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that Iran-Oman negotiations on the designation of a temporary route for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz have reached their final stage.
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What are the implications of AfD’s electoral rise for Germany and Europe?
The far-right Alternative for Germany is just short of a majority in a regional election.
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Reform UK's Zia Yusuf pulls up the ladder on Britain's immigrants
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf pulls up the ladder on Britain's immigrants Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 18:51 In attacking Somali-born Camden Council leader Sagal Abdi-Wali, Reform UK is once again using the children of immigrants to sell its prejudice Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, right, and Zia Yusuf, left, now the party's shadow home secretary, pose after a press conference in London, on 3 August 2026 (Toby Shepheard/AFP) Off There is something almost exquisite about the hypocrisy of Zia Yusuf. Last week, the Reform UK politician surveyed possible Labour candidates for the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras, to fill the MP seat previously held by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and apparently discovered something terrifying. One of them was born in Somalia.
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Iraqi FM, Arab League chief discuss Hormuz Strait, regional tensions
BAGHDAD, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Monday in Cairo with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy to discuss regional security tensions and navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry.
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Russia shutters German consulate as diplomatic freeze deepens
Moscow retaliates after similar move from Berlin last week citing failed drone attack on airport.
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