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Saudi Arabia Ends Embargo Against Qatar
5 Jan 2021
Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, told reporters at a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Tuesday that his country and its allies will “fully set our differences aside” with Qatar, ending a virtual blockade that has endured for over three years.
“There is a desperate need today to unite our efforts to promote our region and to confront challenges that surround us, especially the threats posed by the Iranian regime’s nuclear and ballistic missile program and its plans for sabotage and destruction,” explained Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) after the six member states of the GCC signed a document expressing their “Gulf, Arab, and Islamic solidarity and stability.”
Iran Installing 1,000 New Centrifuges to Enrich Uranium to 20% The Media Line Staff 01/06/2021
Iran is installing 1,000 additional centrifuges to enrich uranium, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on Tuesday.
Ali Akbar Salehi said the new centrifuges will allow Iran to enrich up to 9 kg of 20% uranium per month, the Mehr News agency reported. A spokesman for the organization on Tuesday said that the Islamic Republic is capable of enriching uranium to between 40% and 60%, according to Mehr.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Tuesday that the enriched uranium is for the use of a research reactor, and that it has “fully informed” the International Atomic Energy Organization of the new level of enrichment, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. He also said that the 20% enrichment is in compliance with article 36 of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the official name of the nuclear deal struck between Iran and the world powers
Israeli experts and former political officials weighed in Wednesday on the still-emerging 2021 election results, expressing hope that Israel’s politicians.
“Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs,” Zarif wrote, in what appeared to be a veiled threat against Israel.
Steinitz said the remarks showed that Iran, after mounting US sanctions billed as curbing its nuclear program and involvement in regional conflict-zones, was “under pressure economic pressure, and pressure in terms of national security.”
“We hear this nonsense by Zarif, that Israel would set off terrorist attacks against the United States this really is total nonsense,” Steinitz told
Israel may try to provoke war with attacks on US forces in Iraq - Iran s Zarif Be careful of a trap, Zarif tweets at Trump, saying any fireworks will backfire badly
Reuters
January 02, 2021
DUBAI:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday accused Israel of trying to provoke a war by planning attacks on US forces in Iraq.
“New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans putting an outgoing (President Donald) Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli (act justifying war),” Zarif said in a tweet.
New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli.