ecns.cn (2023-07-06). Iran officially becomes SCO member state. ecns.cn On Tuesday, a flag-raising ceremony was held for Iran in Beijing, marking the nation's official membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the ninth member state to join the bloc. "ÄÄ…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-06). Iran dismisses US allegations of bid to seize two oil tankers near Sea of Oman. peoplesdispatch.org The US has been opposed to Iranian attempts to create a regional maritime security alliance in the region, even as it maintains its own naval command base in Bahrain…

_____ (2023-07-06). Iran and the USA are in Private Negotiations. journal-neo.org

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Iran Denies Attempting To Seize Tankers In Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Navy Shares Footage. southfront.org An undated picture of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy patrol craft. | A senior Iranian military source denied The U.S. Navy claimed that Iranian vessels attempted to seize a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker TRF Moss in the Gulf of Oman, and after about th…

Staff (2023-07-06). Syria's Missing: New U.N. Body Will Investigate Disappearance of 130,000 People in 12-Year Civil War. democracynow.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis," says Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and CEO of the medical nonprofit MedGlobal, as well as a former medical school classmate of President Bashar al-Assad.

Amy Goodman (2023-07-06). New UN Body Will Investigate Disappearances During Syria's 12-Year Civil War. truthout.org The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to establish an independent body to investigate what happened to more than 130,000 people who went missing during the conflict in Syria over the last 12 years. The Syrian government opposed the resolution, along with Russia, China, Belarus, North Korea, Cuba and Iran. "This is one of the most painful chapters in the Syrian crisis… |

Anonymous669 (2023-07-06). Israel Attacked Targets Near Syria's Damascus Overnight — Report. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | A series of Israeli airstrikes hit targets near the Syrian capital, Damascus, late on July 5, according to the Ynet news website. | Syrian media didn't report any attacks or explosions near Damascus. Yent said that the Syrian military did not use air defenses against the airstrikes as it normally does. According to the Hebrew news website, the alleged airstrikes targeted warehouses storing "advanced Iranian weapons." | I…

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-06). Lukashenko Says Wagner Chief Prigozhin Is in Russia. news.antiwar.com Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was now in Russia, raising questions about the deal between Moscow and the mercenary leader that ended his short-lived mutiny. "As for Evgeny Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. Maybe he went to Moscow, but he is not on Belarusian soil," Lukashenko said, according …

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Alejandra Garcia, Bill Hackwell (2023-07-04). Iran joins forces with Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to blow back U.S. sanctions. workers.org This lightly edited article is reprinted from Resumen Latinoamericano English edition which was posted on June 19, 2023. Iran President Ebrahim Raisi The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded, this Friday (June 16) in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions suffered . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-04). Iran is the latest full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. peoplesdispatch.org The announcement regarding Iran's full membership was made at a virtual summit of the SCO attended by the leaders of the respective countries on Tuesday. Belarus, has also signed a memorandum of obligation which is the first step towards gaining SCO membership…

teleSUR (2023-07-04). Shanghai Cooperation Organization Formalizes Iran's Membership. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met virtually to participate in a summit organized by India, the country that holds its presidency. | RELATED: | During the inauguration of this virtual meeting, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of the SCO to advance security, economic development, connectivity, respect for sovereignty, and environmental protection. | "We do not s…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-04). India leads Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. plenglish.com Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed their participation in the event, according to recent information. Dignitaries from Iran, Belarus and Mongolia will participate as observers, and Turkmenistan will attend as a guest, as usual. | Leaders of the organization and of the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Independent States of the Commonwealth, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia will also participate. | At the initia…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-07-04). Irán ingresa como miembro pleno de la OCS. telesurtv.net El presidente de la República Islámica, Ibrahim Raisi, expresó su satisfacción por la entrada al bloque de su país.