China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China is planning to reach out to Israel and the Palestinians to act as a mediator for future peace talks, according to Al-Aribiya’s TV channel Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to dislodge the U.S. from its role as intermediary.
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Iran’s government is suspected of being responsible for a missile attack on Israeli-owned container ship “Lori” traveling from India to Tanzania, according to Israel’s Channel 12 News Thursday, in a display of escalating maritime tensions between the two countries.

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EU Expected to Implement Sanctions on Several Iranians for First Time Since 2013

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Author, producer, and China expert Chris Fenton joined The Foreign Desk last week to discuss China.

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Biden Administration Appears to Waver on Promise to Strengthen Iran Nuclear Deal
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In the first day of indirect talks in Vienna between JCPOA nuclear deal partners and the United States Tuesday, Iran’s leaders rejected an offer by the Biden administration to release $1 billion of Iranian oil revenue being held in South Korea in exchange for Iran to stop production of 20 percent enriched uranium.

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Israel has reportedly taken responsibility for a retaliatory attack Tuesday on an Iranian cargo ship, Saviz, in the Red Sea, according to an unnamed United States official who spoke to the New York Times.⠀
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This attack in the Red Sea is the latest in a series of maritime exchanges as tensions between Israel and Iran continue to escalate.⠀

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Mark Dubowitz joined The Foreign Desk to discuss a weakened Iran and the opportunity the U.S. has to crack the Islamic Republic.

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Iranians inside Iran have been operating a Twitter account for a non-profit organization whose mission is to counter the Iranian regime’s anti-Semitic propaganda as a means to encourage friendly relations between Iranians and Israelis.⠀
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A recently-introduced bipartisan Senate bill includes a provision is calling on the United States to lead further investigations into COVID-19’s origins. The provision, Section 14, also makes a push for the government to be more transparent with the American people about its prior funding of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

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Greenway: Rejoining the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Ignores U.S. Interests, Throws Away Leverage
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Former Secretary of State and current Biden administration cabinet member John Kerry allegedly informed Iran about hundreds of covert Israeli attacks against the regime, according to a leaked interview recording belonging to Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

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Former Secretary of State and Biden administration cabinet member John Kerry is coming under fire for allegedly informing Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about covert Israeli operations targeting Iranian interests.

This is the most recent red flag that may signal that Kerry has been colluding with the Iranian regime.

The report follows several other instances in which Kerry exhibited abnormally close ties with the regime, which is the world’s top terrorist sponsor and a key adversary to Israel, America’s most critical Middle Eastern ally.

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Zarif Responds to Leaked Audio, Claims He is Committed to “Protecting Interests” of Iranian People

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