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What’s new? The 2015 Iran nuclear deal has looked at best shaky since the Trump administration withdrew from it in 2018, imposing damaging economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. In response, Tehran ramped up its nuclear activity in contravention of its obligations under the agreement. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration could mark an inflection point. Why does it matter? Having failed to achieve its objectives, Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy may be nearing an end. R...

Kuwait City: Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (“GCC-Stat”) revealed data that places Kuwait as the second highest Gulf country in terms of population growth, Al Qabas reported. Between 2015 and 2019, Kuwait’s population rose around 3 per cent, the second highest after Qatar, who saw a population growth of 3.5 per cent. As part of the GCC-Stat’s research, the number of males in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, have increased compared to t...

December 15, 2020 at 10:31 am | Published in: Iran, Middle East, News Young girls walk in front of a mural showing the Iranian national flag in Tehran, Iran on 23 April 2019 [ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images] December 15, 2020 at 10:31 am As many as 7,323 girls under the age of 14 were married off in Iran between March and May this year, Anadolu news agency reported. The Statistical Centre of Iran revealed in a new report yesterday that the girls were aged between 10 and 14 years old, noting th...