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🇦🇪 | The United Arab Emirates announced that it has added 21 individuals and entities to its terrorism list due to alleged links with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Abu Dhabi stated that this decision comes within the framework of efforts to strengthen international cooperation in combating the financing of terrorism.

The UAE further said that all regulatory authorities are required to identify any individuals or entities associated with financial or commercial ties to those listed and to take necessary measures in accordance with the country’s laws, including the freezing of assets within less than 24 hours.

The UAE, which has a long record of being accused of supporting various armed groups, claimed that it is actively working to counter extremism and terrorism. It also pointed to its alleged involvement in Sudan and Yemen, which has been widely discussed in Western media.

The Guardian, in a recent investigative report, stated that the UAE not only supplies weapons to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces but also allows commanders accused of genocide to store illicit wealth in villas near Trump-branded properties and apartments in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, using the country as a financial safe haven for hiding large fortunes belonging to themselves and their families.

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🇳🇴: 🇮🇷 | Visit of Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister to Iran

Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, who traveled to Tehran heading a diplomatic delegation for consultations with Iranian officials, met on Tuesday evening with Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed Iran–Norway bilateral relations, the imposed war by America and the Israeli regime against Iran, its security and economic consequences, and the latest developments in the Islamabad talks process.

Iran’s Foreign Minister described the American side’s maximalist approach, threatening rhetoric, and lack of goodwill and honesty as the main obstacles to ending the war and reaching any potential agreement.

Araghchi also emphasized that the primary cause of the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is the military aggression by America and the Israeli regime against Iran, followed by repeated violations of the ceasefire and the continued blockade of Iran’s maritime ports.

He further noted that Iran is currently consulting and negotiating to develop operational arrangements aimed at strengthening and facilitating safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law. He added that Iran, as a coastal state of the Strait of Hormuz, is engaged in consultations to formulate relevant regulations in line with international legal frameworks.

The Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister, presenting a report on his meetings with Iranian officials as well as discussions with representatives from Pakistan and Oman, stressed the need for sustainable peace and stability in the region and efforts to uphold international law. He also expressed Norway’s readiness to assist in strengthening diplomacy and supporting maritime safety and environmental protection.

In separate meetings, he also held discussions with Majid Takht-Ravanchi (Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs), Kazem Gharibabadi (Deputy for Legal and International Affairs), and Saeed Khatibzadeh (Head of the Institute for Political and International Studies), focusing on issues of mutual regional and international interest as well as bilateral matters.

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🇧🇭 | Assault on Shia in Bahrain intensifying

A renewed wave of repression against the Shia community in Bahrain has been reported, marked by a series of harsh judicial rulings and arrests that rights observers say reflect a deepening pattern of sectarian targeting.

The Bahrain Detainees Affairs Authority announced multiple prison sentences against young Shia individuals and community figures. Hassan Hamza Zuhair was sentenced to three years in prison, Sayed Hashem Mahfouz to five years, and Ayman Al Saffar to three years. Haj Munir Mushaima received a ten year sentence. Three detainees from Sanabis and Al Ghurayfah were also sentenced to three years each along with fines. Engineer Mahdi Taher Al Jalawi and Abdullah Hussein Wathiqi were each sentenced to ten years, while Ali Abdulhussain Khurshid was handed life imprisonment. Haj Ali Ahmed Salman received a three year sentence.

Additional reports indicate that Mohammed Alian was detained after allegedly refusing to participate in actions targeting Shia scholars, raising further concerns about pressure on religious figures and community supporters.

In a separate development, blogger Dur Abdul Hamid was sentenced to life imprisonment on espionage related accusations following her arrest over online writings that authorities described as sympathetic to Iran. Supporters view these measures as part of a broader pattern of criminalization of dissent and increasing pressure on Shia voices within the country

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🇧🇭 | The Islamic Action Society (Amal), the Islamic Al-Wefaq Society, the Al-Wafa Islamic Movement, the Coalition of Youth of the February 14 Revolution, the Bahrain Freedom Movement, the Freedom and Democracy Movement (Haqq), and the Islamic Bahrain Freedom Movement issued a joint statement:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

The exclusionary and authoritarian mindset in Bahrain has committed a reckless act that goes beyond the boundaries of political repression, inaugurating a phase of open war against the Shia, turning the country into a scene of chaos and revenge.

The brutal wave of raids that violated the sanctity of more than forty leading scholars, respected seminary professors, and Friday and congregational prayer leaders has shattered what remained of the illusion of stability in Bahrain. It has officially exposed the collapse of the legal structure of the state, demonstrating that the political authority today, more than ever before, has lost its political legitimacy and lacks even the minimum level of public representation.

This raging sectarian madness, which has reached the point of detaining religious scholars behind bars based on false accusations and security claims and reviving inquisitorial-style trials, represents a blatant attack on the identity of the entire people. It is a desperate attempt to subdue the turban of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, which bows to none except its Creator.

This misguided action has placed everyone before a losing gamble over the future of this beloved homeland, a gamble that has dragged the country away from the arena of legitimate popular political demands and pushed it into a struggle over existence and identity.

The people of Bahrain, through their attachment to their faith and noble land, have already won this battle before it even began. Those who bet on crushing free peoples are betting on the impossible. Bahrain, with its Bahraini identity, scholars, and authenticity, will remain, while the mindset of exclusion and gambling will vanish.

We also hold the so-called international community, international organizations, and the so-called free world accountable for their irresponsible silence regarding the systematic targeting and war against religious identity in Bahrain, and the destruction of what remains of the social fabric and civil peace. Moral responsibility demands immediate action to stop this sectarian madness before it leads to consequences that cannot be contained.

We conclude by calling on the proud people of our nation to firmly reject the insult against their esteemed scholars, to defend their dignity by filling the ranks in mosques, raising evening calls of takbir from the balconies of homes, and engaging in peaceful field presence in all villages and towns, as well as expressing broad solidarity with the scholars by visiting their homes and filling their places of worship.

It is reminded that today you are not only defending your political rights, but affirming your right to existence and dignity on your historical land.

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