(2021-10-30). Iran nuclear deal: Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith'. middleeasteye.net 
Iran nuclear deal: Western leaders urge Iran to act in 'good faith' | Leaders of the US, the UK, Germany and France, who are hoping to persuade Tehran to stop enriching uranium to near-weapons-grade levels, say they want a negotiated solution | Sat, 10/30/2021 – 19: 32 | Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi (L) accompanied by the chief of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Mohammad Eslami,…
(2021-10-30). Science Committee hearing: 'Accelerating Deep Space Travel with Space Nuclear Propulsion'. nationofchange.org New systems using solar power are being developed—past the current use of thin film such as Mylar for solar sails.
(2021-10-30). [Correspondence] Reinforcing security through prohibition of nuclear weapons. thelancet.com The Nuclear Weapons Group of Medact, the UK affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, commends the Editors1 for drawing attention to the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will be held in January, 2022. Publications in The Lancet have previously referred to the controversial but important public health issue of nuclear war.2,3…
(2021-10-29). 'Childish Remarks': Iran Slams Israeli Envoy to India For Accusing It of 'Destabilising' West Asia. sputniknews.com Besides the UAE, Israel last year also normalised ties with Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. All the diplomatic agreements were mediated by the US under former President Donald Trump. Iran has labelled the so-called Abraham Accords as "strategic idiocy" and a "stab on the back" of Palestinian people.
(2021-10-29). Special Drawing Rights: The Beginning of a Paradigm Change? cepr.net To discuss how countries can maximize the impact of the SDRs, on October 4 CEPR Senior Research Fellow Andrés Arauz participated in a panel alongside Nadia Daar of Oxfam International, George Gray Molina of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Patricia Miranda of the Latin American Network for Economic and Social Justice (LATINDADD), and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu of the IMF…
(2021-10-29). Being A Child In Yemen Is The Stuff Of Nightmares. popularresistance.org In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — along with other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — began to bomb Yemen. These countries entered a conflict that had been ongoing for at least a year as a civil war escalated between the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, the Ansar Allah movement of the Zaidi Shia, and al-Qaeda. The GCC — led by the Saudi monarchy — wanted to prevent any Shia political project, whether aligned with Iran or not, from taking power along Saudi Arabia's border. The attack on Yemen can be described, therefore, as an attack by th…
(2021-10-29). Biden Hits Iran With New Sanctions Ahead of Nuclear Deal Talks. news.antiwar.com A few days after Iran said it was ready to ready to return to negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, Because the US has already blacklisted the IRGC as a "terrorist" organization, all of its members a…
(2021-10-29). New Iran Sanctions Target 4 Individuals, 2 Entities. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has added four Iranian individuals and two entities to sanctions imposed against the Islamic republic, the Treasury Department said on Friday.
(2021-10-29). Iranian-Backed Forces Launched Drones During Exercise In Syria's Deir Ezzor — Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Iranian-backed forces launched several drones during an exercise in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 29. | The drones were launched from farmlands located in the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin in the southern Deir Ezzor countryside. The drones flew over al-Rahbah citadel in al-Mayadin, where Iranian-backed forces allegedly store their weapons and ammunition. | According to the SOHR, the drones were launc…
(2021-10-29). US Sanctions Several Individuals, Companies Over Links To Iran's 'Lethal Drone' Program. southfront.org 
File image. | On October 29, the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on a network of individuals and companies for supporting the drone program of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its expeditionary unit, the Quds Force. | In a statement, the Department of Treasury accused the Quds Force of using and supplying "lethal drones" to Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East, including Hezbollah, the Hamas Movement, Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Houthis (Ansar Allah), as well as to Ethiopia.
(2021-10-29). German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer threatens Russia with nuclear weapons. wsws.org The fact that Kramp-Karrenbauer speaks of the use of nuclear weapons against Russia without blinking an eye gives harrowing insight into the state of mind at the highest levels of the German state.