Iran will take steps next month to curb short-notice IAEA inspections – official
January 26, 2021
Iran threatened on Tuesday to block short-notice inspections of its nuclear facilities, demanding Washington reverse economic sanctions before it returns to compliance with a nuclear deal that President Joe Biden aims to restore.
Biden, who took office last week, aims to reverse a decision by his predecessor Donald Trump to pull out of the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers.
The agreement lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs to Iran’s nuclear programme, but after Trump quit and reimposed sanctions, Iran violated its conditions. Biden says Tehran should return to compliance before sanctions are lifted; Iran wants the sanctions lifted first.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday blacklisted what it called “key enablers” of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, reinforcing efforts to push Damascus back to United Nations-led negotiations to end Syria’s nearly decade-long civil war.
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The United States imposed sanctions on 13 entities and six individuals, including the governor of the Central Bank of Syria, in a fresh round of sanctions aimed at cutting off revenue for Assad’s government.
“The United States will continue to employ all of its tools and authorities to target the finances of anyone who profits from or facilitates the Assad regime’s abuse of the Syrian people,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
Premier Shtayyeh condemns “organized settler terrorism” across West Bank
RAMALLAH, Friday, January 22, 2021 (WAFA) – Premier Mohammad Shtayyeh Thursday evening condemned “organized settler terrorism” against the Palestinian people and property across the West Bank.
Premier Shtayyeh decried the “organized terrorism” carried out by Israeli settlers shortly after groups of hardcore settlers committed a string of attacks across the West Bank, including hurling Molotov cocktails toward two houses in Burin village, south of Nablus city, attacking a vehicle near the entrance of the same village and injuring a three-year-old child in his face, besides to attacking Palestinian vehicles at several junctions and roads in the northern West Bank.