Category: iran
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Trump fires press secretary Katie Zacharia after five days as Bend school shooting leaves four dead
A White House official said Zacharia was "transitioning" out of the role, while CNN reported, citing advisers to the president, that Trump fired her.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Briefing Reports Trump Says U.S. in Denuclearization Talks With Russia and China
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports President Trump says Washington is in denuclearization talks with Russia and China, as senators move to block a Saudi civilian nuclear deal.
Politics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyWorldRussiaIranSaudi ArabiaNorth KoreaGeneral PoliticsWhite HouseCongressMilitaryEnergyMiddle EastAsiaEuropeDemocratic Party CSISNuclear Policy NewsDonald Trumpnuclear disarmamentChinaSaudi Arabia nuclear dealNorth Korea submarine missilesIran nuclear programNATO nuclear guarantee
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Newsweek Reports Iranians' Deepening Economic Pain, Kansas Senate Race Tightening and Hyundai's $15.5bn India Bet
Iranian inflation eased slightly to 83.8 percent a year in September, while Democrat Adam Hamilton polls neck-and-neck with Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in 94 years.
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Treasury Sanctions Iraqi Bank and Iranian Offshore Lenders, FinCEN Warns Banks on Charity Abuse
FinCEN's alert under Operation Economic Outcast asks financial institutions to report diversion of khums religious tithes through charity networks, while Treasury blocks an Iraqi bank, Iranian offshore banks, oil intermediaries and exchange houses.
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Trump Defends Russian Diesel Deal as Omar Calls Home Search Political Intimidation
Federal agents searched Omar's Washington home under a court-approved warrant in an immigration fraud investigation she denies, while four Republican senators and three Democrats urged Congress to block Russian oil imports.
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Trump Rallies in Syracuse as ICE Shooting in Bronx Draws Protests and Deportation Blocked
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says there will be no pause on enforcement, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul called for a halt.
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Media Monitor: Washington Post Reports Iranian Campaign Planted AI-Written Articles in U.S. News Outlets
The Washington Post reports an Iranian campaign planted roughly 100 AI-generated fake articles in at least 20 real U.S. news outlets, according to OpenAI, and also covers relationship conflict and a headmaster's challenge.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Briefing Highlights Space Nuclear Pact, Navy Cruise Missile Program and NATO Exercise
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports NASA and the Energy Department signed a space nuclear agreement, the Navy awarded $743.6 million for a nuclear cruise missile, and Italy will host NATO's Steadfast Noon exercise.
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Treasury Sanctions 17 Shadow Fleet Vessels in Crackdown on Iran's Oil Network
Operation Economic Outcast targets 17 tankers and 18 companies moving Iranian oil, petrochemicals and LPG across Asia, as Treasury says it has neutralized most of Iran's remaining shadow fleet.
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Trump Links B-1 Bomber Removal From British Base to Iran-Linked Threat
Vance tells Iran a "meaningful" cut in uranium enrichment capacity is needed to end the seven-month war, as Moscow warns Lithuania over hosting nuclear weapons.
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Media Monitor: PolitiFact Rates False Trump Claim That He Specified Iran War Timeline Was About Nuclear Threat
PolitiFact reports President Donald Trump now says his four-to-six-week Iran war estimate referred only to eliminating the nuclear threat, but the outlet found he repeatedly predicted the war itself would last weeks.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Nuclear Policy News Roundup Covers Detection Test, Russia Threats, Iran Offer
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports a U.S. underground blast detection test, Bulgarian and NATO responses to Russian nuclear threats, and an Iranian offer on inspectors in exchange for sanctions relief.
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Treasury Targets A7 Network Shadow Banking Ring Used by Iran to Evade Sanctions
FinCEN proposes rule barring fund transmittals tied to the A7 Network's Sub-Agents and issues an alert to help banks spot suspicious activity, as OFAC sanctions the Russia-linked network.
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Treasury Sanctions A7 Network, a Russian-Tied Shadow Banking Web Used by Iran to Evade Sanctions
FinCEN proposes rule barring fund transmittals tied to A7 Network Sub-Agents and issues an alert, while OFAC designates the network a significant transnational criminal organization.
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UK Says UN Sanctions on Iran Remain in Force Despite Panel of Experts Veto
UK ambassador tells UN General Assembly that vetoes ended the Iran Panel of Experts, but sanctions on Iranian proliferation stay binding on all member states.
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Vandenberg Coalition Calls Xi-Trump Summit "All Style and No Substance"
Vandenberg Coalition newsletter says the second Trump-Xi meeting of the year was heavy on pageantry but left key questions on tech competition, influence operations and detained Americans unanswered.
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Media Monitor: TIME Reports Trump Interview, Flydubai Hijacking Attempt, Iran Letter to U.S. Voters
TIME reports Trump's record 56th cover interview, a foiled Flydubai cockpit attack, an IRGC open letter to American voters, and James Talarico's Texas Senate bid.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Nuclear Policy News Roundup Covers Reactor Approval, Russia Warning, Iran Talks
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports the NRC approved the first U.S. commercial small modular reactor, Russia warned NATO over Kaliningrad, and Trump denied offering Iran sanctions relief.
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OFAC Overhauls Sanctions Rules, Expands Cuba and Iran Measures
Treasury's OFAC is cutting over 100 CFR subparts, folding E.O. 13902 into Iran sanctions, and implementing new Cuba-related rules, FAQs and an alert on expanded sanctions risk.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Nuclear Policy Briefing Highlights AI Threats, Iran Talks and China Test Concerns
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports on Doomsday Clock experts weighing AI risks, a UK drama depicting a nuclear crisis, Pope Leo XIV's warning on machines, and U.S. talks with China and Iran.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Nuclear Policy News Roundup Covers Space Weapons, Iran, CTBT and TPNW
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports on a US space weapons disclosure, Iran's defiant UN message, Japan's CTBT call, and Gabon signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Media Monitor: Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore CNN, MS NOW and Politico White House Access
NPR reports a federal judge temporarily restored White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico after Trump revoked credentials, while Xi Jinping visits Washington and Zelenskyy warns the U.N.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Briefing Highlights Nuclear Policy Developments Across U.S., Europe, Middle East and Asia
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News reports a Navy cruise missile contract, Russian uranium leverage, French deterrence talks with Latvia, Iran's stance at the UN and China's nuclear expansion.
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Media Monitor: CSIS Nuclear Policy News Roundup Covers U.S. Strategy, Lithuania, Turkey, Iran and North Korea
CSIS's Nuclear Policy News briefs members on a warning about U.S. nuclear strategy, Lithuania's move to lift a constitutional ban, Turkey-U.S. reactor cooperation, Iran's conditions and North Korean missile launches.
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Media Monitor: Networks Sue Trump Administration Over White House Press Ban
TIME reports CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued the Trump Administration after being banned from the White House, while networks declined to fill their pool slot in solidarity.
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UK 'Deeply Regrets' Russia and China Veto of Iran Panel of Experts Mandate
Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh tells the UN Security Council the UK regrets Russia and China's veto of the Iran Panel of Experts mandate, saying sanctions on Iranian proliferation remain fully in force.
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Treasury Sanctions BitBank, Iranian Crypto Exchange Used to Send Bitcoin to IRGC
OFAC designated BitBank, developer Pishtaz Simorgh and three Zanjani associates under Operation Economic Outcast, saying the exchange moved hundreds of millions in Bitcoin to the IRGC.
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Treasury Convenes Global Banks to Advance Operation Economic Outcast Against Iran
FinCEN Exchange brings global financial institutions together to cut off Iranian regime revenue and procurement networks, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowing to sever Tehran's remaining economic lifelines.
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Media Monitor: Newsweek Reports on China-Linked Protest Network, Global AI Race and Iran War Votes
Newsweek reports a U.S.-registered network funded by a Shanghai-based tech millionaire spread an anti-U.S. slogan to American protests, and covers the global AI and robotics race.
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Media Monitor: Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran War
NPR reports Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday over the war in Iran.
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