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Saudi regime forces re-arrest distinguished cleric from Shia-populated Eastern Province
Nov 11, 2022 04:37Saudi security forces have reportedly re-arrested a distinguished Shia scholar in the country’s oil-rich Eastern Province, as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on members of the religious community.
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UN expert voices concern over life of Saudi human rights defender held incommunicado
Nov 11, 2022 03:41The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders has expressed serious concern over the health condition and life of an imprisoned Saudi human rights advocate, who is reportedly being kept incommunicado after his family complained about assaults against him.
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Iran FM warns UN over session on recent riots in talks with Guterres
Nov 11, 2022 03:20Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned the UN Human Rights Council over organizing any session on Iran, noting that such a measure will affect Iran’s cooperation with the West.
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Yemeni army troops thwart oil smuggling attempt in energy-rich Shabwah province: Spokesman
Nov 10, 2022 11:17The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces says the country’s army troops and fighters from allied Popular Committees have managed to stop a foreign oil tanker in the waters of the energy-rich southern Shabwah province, as it was trying to smuggle hundreds of thousands of fuel out of the impoverished West Asian nation.
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Marandi: Scenes of violence in Iran not surprising as terrorists openly admit role in riots
Nov 09, 2022 06:28Mohammad Marandi, a professor at University of Tehran and a political analyst, says the recent scenes of violence during riots in Iran are not surprising since terror groups, backed by the West, openly admit to having a hand in the unrest.
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Moscow says ready to act as mediator between Tehran, Riyadh
Nov 09, 2022 03:28Russia’s special presidential representative for West Asia and African countries said Moscow is ready to play the role of a mediator between Tehran and Riyadh if they need it.
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Iran warns UK over hostile acts, identifies Iran International as ‘terrorist organization’
Nov 09, 2022 03:03Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib has said the UK will pay the price of its attempts to destabilize Iran, adding that the country’s security community now recognizes the so-called Iran International channel based in London as a terrorist organization.
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Yemen blasts 'malicious' US role in thwarting peace efforts
Nov 08, 2022 09:15The head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council has hit out at US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking for scuttling efforts to extend a UN-brokered truce, describing the truce situation in his country as a time bomb.
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Saudi court sentences teenager to death over preparing iftar meal for political opponent: Rights group
Nov 08, 2022 03:53An international human rights organization says a Saudi court has handed down a death sentence to a teenager on charges of providing Iftar, a meal served at the end of the day during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, to a political opponent wanted by the kingdom’s security apparatus.
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US, UK preparing for fresh escalation in Yemen: Ansarullah
Nov 07, 2022 04:20Yemen's popular resistance Ansarullah movement warns about the United States and the UK's fresh malicious intentions in the war-ravaged country.