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Iranian authorities have been increasingly clear that they believe foreign countries are behind the unrest sweeping the country – and are involved in fostering unrest on the ground. On Monday, President Masoud Pezeshkian shifted focus away from Iran’s stuttering economy and suppression of dissent and towards his country’s longstanding geopoliticalContinue Reading

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John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump’s national security adviser before the two men fell out, have been indicted for allegedly sharing sensitive government information with two relatives and for retaining “documents, writings, and notes” containing classified material. It’s the third time in recent weeks that the Department of JusticeContinue Reading

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Paul Whelan, a former US marine, as well as prominent Russian opposition politicians and activists who had been jailed for criticizing the full-scale invasion ofContinue Reading