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The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that two brothers had also been individually sanctioned, along with the exchange’s chief executive officer.

Iran stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the US and Israel, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported Tuesday.

The action against Nobitex and several of its executives accused it of helping the government evade sanctions and finance militants.
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Analysts say 'strategic leaks' aim to influence public perceptions amid diplomatic impasse in US-Israel war on Iran.
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Iran's Mehr: Early Wednesday, residents on Iran’s Qeshm Island reported hearing several explosion-like sounds. The cause remains unknown, and no military or law enforcement authorities have issued an official explanation yet. Investigations are ongoing.

Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill five, wound hospital staff Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said. Those wounded in the strikes across the south included "a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital, which sustained damage in yet another episode of the series of attacks carried out by the Israeli enemy against hospitals and health centres", the ministry said in a sta
U.S. forces stopped a Botswana-flagged oil tanker heading toward Iran after it ignored warnings.

They went to war together against Iran, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s relationship is under strain after the US president reportedly called the Israeli premier “crazy”. Trump unleashed a profane tirade over the phone at Netanyahu over Israel’s threats to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, fearing it would undermine talks with Tehran, the Axios news outlet and ABC News reported. It underscored the increasingly shaky ties between two right-wing allies with lots to lose politically from.

According to the statement, since the start of the naval blockade of Iran on April 13, US forces have disabled 6 commercial vessels and diverted 122

US Central Command says the vessel's engine room was hit after the crew "ignored repeated warnings".
In May, Moscow's Basmanny District Court issued a default arrest warrant for Latvian IT specialist Viesturs Kavacs in a criminal case over damage to a Soviet monument.

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The U.S. has been "highly successful" in achieving its military objectives in Iran, but the country continues to field a robust drone arsenal, Rubio said.

Moscow warned of a massive attack on Kyiv. And it delivered.

US watching Iran's World Cup delegation for IRGC links, Rubio says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that the US would not let Iranians with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "embed" themselves in the country's delegation to take part in the soccer World Cup that begins this month. The Iranian team will play matches in the United States but will be based in Mexico for the tournament. Despite the war that the US and Israel launched against Iran i
ROME, June 2 (Reuters) - MSC, the world's largest shipping group, said on Tuesday its Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles while in Iraq's Umm Qasr port on Monday, adding that all crew members were safe and unharmed. The company said Iran's Revolutionary Guard had claimed responsibility. MSC described the incident as an unprovoked attack on a neutral commercial carrier with no affiliation to the United States or Israel.
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They went to war together against Iran, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship is under strain after the US president reportedly called the Israeli premier "crazy." Trump unleashed a profane tirade over the phone at Netanyahu over Israel's threats to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, fearing it would undermine talks with Tehran, the Axios news outlet and ABC News reported.

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Senate estimates told it was a ‘joint idea’ to rework the nuclear submarine deal. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani Dhanji will be your guide. Australia’s preference was always to receive secondhand nuclear powered submarines under the Aukus deal, the defence secretary told Senate estimates last night. More coming up. Contin
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Qaani threatened that if the US or Israel did escalate militarily in Gaza and Lebanon, new fronts could open, and traffic in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could mirror the situation in the Strait of Hormuz

However, US Secretary of State emphasized that Iran has military equipment of "Chinese origin"
Iran's IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday that the Islamic regime had called for talks with the US to cease over Israeli military action in Lebanon.

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European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius also called for faster integration of the Ukrainian army and military industry into the European defense and industrial environment

According to the ministry, the provocative anti-Russian rhetoric of British officials indicates the unrelenting attitude of the leadership of the United Kingdom to continue a tough systemic confrontation with Russia

Sens. Kaine and Paul say that the military’s targeting criteria don’t include the presence of drugs or arms.
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June 2 (Reuters) - The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting individuals and crypto exchanges, a notice on the Treasury Department website showed. The U.S. sanctioned four Iranian nationals and four Iran-based digital asset exchangesNobitex, Bitpin, Ramzinex and Wallex, the Treasury said. Foreign financial institutions and individuals may also be sanctioned if they engage in certain transactions with the four firms, the department added. (Reporting by Bhargav Ach
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US sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchange over IRGC links The United States announced sanctions on Nobitex, Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions. The new sanctions follow a Reuters investigation published on 1 May, which showed how Nobitex had become a central node in a parallel financial system used to process hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s central

The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Camille Le Coz, Director of the Migration Policy Institute of Europe, says that the way the policy has been framed in the EU law "is to make it compatible with
Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President, stated that Kyiv is counting on the Drone Deal being finalized as soon as possible, as it will mark a significant step forward in bilateral cooperation with Italy.

What will Israel and Lebanon discuss in Washington, as Hezbollah and Israel continue to battle in south Lebanon.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial in Paris honouring the victims of the 1994 genocide. Unveiling the installation on the banks of the Seine, Macron said the monument marked "the culmination of a long and patient quest for truth" in confronting France's failure to heed warnings of the impending massacres more than 30 years ago.

The US military established a naval blockade of Iran on April 13
Trump: It was very nice having Flávio Bolsonaro in the Oval Office of the White House — A smart young man who loves his Country, Brazil, very much!