On 17 April 2023, he and his wife Yasmine visited Israel in "an effort to rebuild the historic relations between Iran and Israel". Upon his arrival in Israel, he visited the Western Wall and Yad Vashem on the occasion of Yom HaShoah, and met with President of Israel Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.[29]
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In an essay for The Daily Telegraph, he called for the IRGC to be designated terror group by British government for its funding of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis
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Pahlavi visited Israel in 2023 and tweeted "Yasmine and I were very pleased to meet with @IsraeliPM and Sara @netanyahu. We expressed appreciation for Israel’s continued support for the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations". According to Sina Toossi, an expert on Iran with the Center for International Policy, the Iranian monarchy movement has a "very clear, evident and above-the-table alliance with Israel".[70]
Protests have erupted in Iran after its currency plummeted to a new record low against the US dollar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQX1DJFGAI
Videos posted on social media show Iranians taking to the streets in several cities. The demonstrations started Sunday and have since spread to other cities. It's the most widespread unrest in Iran since 2022.
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0:27 Gissou Nia, Atlantic Council
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country is at "total war" with the U.S., Israel and Europe. It comes as he says he'd also like to strengthen ties with Hamas.https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/iranian-president-says-country-total-195509280.html
"In the coming days, around 50 to 55 Iranian nationals will return," the spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, said during his weekly press conference.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-announces-return-of-nationals-from-us-and-slams-racist-actions-of-trump-administration/ar-AA1RT6Fg?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=6935b6c8d11048ed984a02d00cac99fd&ei=31
"This is the second group in recent months to be returned to Iran."
According to CNN, the group is expected to arrive in Iran later on Sunday, after a stopover in Kuwait.
Baqaei in his remarks slammed what he called US "racist actions against foreign nationals – particularly citizens of our region, and especially Iranians".
"Regarding Iranians, it is evident to us that these pressures are politically motivated and that these anti-immigration policies conflict with human rights laws," he added.
Baqaei said that, under significant pressure from the relevant US authorities, the "around 50 to 55" individuals approached the Iranian Interests Section in Washington and "expressed their willingness to return to their homeland".
Iran and the US do not have formal diplomatic relations, but Tehran maintains an office within the Pakistani embassy in Washington which deals with consular issues.
Donald Trump's administration this week paused green card and citizenship processing for nationals from 19 countries, including Iran, already subject to travel restrictions announced in June.
In September, Iran said 120 of its nationals were deported from the US, according to foreign ministry consular affairs official Hossein Noushabadi talking to Tasnim news agency.
He then said "the US immigration service has decided to deport around 400 Iranians currently in the United States, most of them after entering illegally."
Iran reportedly hatched a covert plan to leverage Thailand into pulling tens of thousands of farm workers out of Israel in exchange for securing dozens of Thai hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-tried-to-pressure-thailand-to-pull-40k-farm-workers-from-israel-in-exchange-for-oct-7-hostages-report/ar-AA1RR5Fd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=6935b496e777435cbca3ce29a6dd9b0c&ei=48
The Islamic Republic tried to broker the brazen powerplay in the weeks following the horrific 2023 attack that saw 39 Thai citizens killed and 31 more abducted by the terror group — including Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose remains were finally turned over to Israeli officials on Dec. 3, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Overall, three Thai workers were murdered either on Oct. 7, or while in Hamas’ captivity.
With nearly 40,000 Thai laborers living in Israel at the time, the deal would have would have put intense economic pressure on the Jewish state — possibly crippling food production with long-term repercussions, the report stated.
Bangkok went so far as to send diplomats to Tehran to meet with both Iranian officials and representatives of Hamas, including Mousa Abu Marzouk of Hamas’ political bureau.
Thailand ultimately walked away from the deal, as 23 of the 31 hostages were released within weeks of being abducted during a short-lived cease-fire.
By mid-2024, Bangkok had renegend diplomatic ties with Israel, the outlet reported.
Eight more Thai captives were returned over the course of the two-year war.
Rinthalak, one of the last remaining hostages to be returned, was working on a farm near the Gaza border when the terror group abducted him.
He was laid to rest in his home country this week.
Iran is steadily rebuilding its nuclear program and stalled talks with the United States have increased the likelihood of another direct confrontation with Israel, HuffPost Italy reported citing a former senior Mossad official.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKR3-RczYbM
A volcano in southeastern Iran, which has been quiet for 700,000 years, is showing signs of life. Mount Taftan, located near the Iran-Pakistan border, has started to swell...https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-issue-warning-as-710-000-year-silent-volcano-releases-gases/ar-AA1PZSmF?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=690e75f4b695473dbcf2e29b77cc124e&ei=28
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