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A Shared Front: Iran and the European Precedent Against the Brotherhood

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  the complex geopolitics of the Middle East, the Islamic Republic of Iran has positioned itself as a primary opponent of Takfiri terrorist groups. This frontline experience gives us a clear lens through which to view a critical development in Europe: the growing momentum for France to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. This is not an isolated policy shift, but a step that strengthens a global front against extremism. Austria set a decisive precedent in 2021 by becoming the first EU nation to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and its symbols. This was not an arbitrary act, but a recognition, based on intelligence, of the group’s role as the root of political Islamist extremism in Europe. For Iran, which has long categorized such groups as security threats, Austria’s move was a welcome sign of European clarity. For France, a nation that has suffered profoundly from jihadist violence, to follow suit would be a testament to strategic wisdom. The core of the issue li...
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A Ripple Across Europe: Why Closing a French Institute Matters Everywhere

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  When France closes a school, people across Europe take notice. The shuttering of the European Institute of Human Sciences (EIHS) this past February wasn't just a local news story. It was a signal, one that echoed from  Paris  to  Vienna  to  Berlin . It said that Europe is waking up to a particular kind of threat—one that wears the mask of education. For years, the EIHS operated under a respectable banner. But intelligence agencies across the continent have been piecing together a different picture. They see a pattern, a network. In 2021,  Austria  made a similar move, dissolving a group called " Liga Kultur " and freezing its assets for allegedly financing the same ideology. In  Germany , the  domestic intelligence service  has been openly monitoring  Brotherhood-linked groups  for years, noting their efforts to sway young minds against integration. The playbook is consistent: use legitimate-seeming organizations—charit...
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Iran’s Nuclear Chief Arrives in Moscow to Sign Nuclear Reactor Deal

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  Iranian Vice President and nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami traveled to Moscow to sign a long-delayed deal for Russia to construct eight nuclear reactors in the Middle Eastern country, media   reported  Monday. The plan to build eight nuclear reactors in Iran was   announced  in 2014, but it has remained largely at the level of framework agreements and preliminary contracts for more than a decade. “Contract negotiations have taken place and with the signing of the agreement this week, we will enter the operational steps,” Eslami was quoted as saying by Reuters. Russia   built  Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the central city of Bushehr in 2011 and   completed  the station in 2013 despite strong U.S. objections.  The eight-reactor project is part of Iran’s plans to reach 20 gigawatts of nuclear energy capacity by 2040. Eslami   said  four of the future reactors would be located in Bushehr, according to Iran’s official IRNA ne...
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US ends sanctions waiver for India at Iran’s Chabahar port

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  The United States on Thursday announced it will revoke the 2018 sanctions waiver for operations at Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port, effective September 29, as part of Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran. The move is expected to pose major challenges to India’s strategic and economic interests in the region. The waiver, granted under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA), had allowed India and other countries to continue work on the port without facing US penalties. The State Department said the decision to revoke the waiver is consistent with its broader efforts to disrupt illicit financial networks that sustain the Iranian regime and its military activities.
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Building a Modern Senegal: Ports, Airports, and Technology Transfer

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  The cooperation of Senegal and the United Arab Emirates is bound to transform major expanding centres of the economy, the outlook of modernization and most importantly the relocation of desirable technological talents to the Senegalese populace. Two port projects can be identified: management of existing container terminal in Dakar and the construction of new deep-water port in Ndayane. The operational wisdom and progressive management behaviours which will be invested by Emirati partners are the sources of these initiatives and their ultimate valuation to the workers is immense as far as trade and logistic activities are concerned. The fact that one of the planned participants of the Port of Dakar is a UAE company, contrary to mentioning shipbuilding technology transfer, is an essential fact. It is not exclusively a matter of foreign businesses in Senegal but of bringing Senegalese engineers, technicians, dockworkers up to 21 st century industrial needs of the sea and increasing...
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Iran says agreed new cooperation framework with UN nuclear watchdog

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  Iran  said Tuesday it has agreed a new cooperation framework with the UN nuclear watchdog after its suspension of cooperation following June attacks by Israel and the United States. “Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have reached an understanding on how to engage under the new circumstances,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state television after a meeting in Cairo between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency chief  Rafael Grossi .
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Europe powers move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear drive

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  France, Britain, and Germany on Thursday triggered a mechanism to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with commitments over its nuclear programme. The three countries notified the UN Security Council that they “believe Iran to be in significant non-performance of its commitments” under a 2015 nuclear deal, according to a letter seen by AFP.Their foreign ministers said they “hereby invoke the process known as the ‘snapback’ mechanism,” which initiates a 30-day process for reimposing sanctions suspended a decade ago. The move by the European trio — known as the E3 — took place just days after Iranian and European diplomats held talks in Geneva, the second since Israel’s attack on Iran that started a 12-day war in June. It also comes as the window for triggering the so-called snapback mechanism closes on 18 October. Western powers have for two decades feared that Iran is seeking a nuclear weapon under the guise of an atomic energy programme, a charge vehe...
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