UPDATE: May 11 (Source: Bloomberg) Iran dismissed claims that it plans to deliver missile launchers to Russia to support its war in Ukraine and called them “utterly ridiculous,” state-run IRIB News said, citing a statement from Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York. Reuters reported Friday that Iran was preparing to send launchers for short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, citing Western and regional officials. May 9 (Source: Reuters) Iran is…
Tehran, Iran – A fourth round of indirect nuclear talks between Iran and the United States has concluded in the Omani capital, Muscat, with Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs describing them as “difficult but useful”. After about three hours of negotiations on Sunday, spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei described the talks as “difficult but useful talks to better understand each other’s positions and to find reasonable and realistic ways to address the differences”.…
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The Iranian middle class, long a force of political moderation, stability, economic growth, and the base of the country’s reform movement, is shrinking fast under the pressure of Western sanctions, researchers say. Left in its wake are rising societal resentments and an ever-increasing wealth gap. A study published in the European Journal of Political Economy has used an innovative method to investigate…
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A few weeks ago, in a public act at the White House, with Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, surprised, Donald Trump – the man whom the prime minister and his followers are convinced they have in their pocket – announced that the United States was opening direct, high-level talks with Iran. The gap between what the U.S. president is doing…