Iran & The Gulf

Sasan Yafteh's videos are not authorized in Iran though many Iranian youths have shared them through social media.

Government spokesman Ali Rabiei: We do not accept the hypocritical rhetoric of the United States. We will not sit down to any negotiations or discussions under the sanctions the Trump administration put on us are removed.

Abdullah al-Otaibi, writing in London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper which is Saudi-owned, warns Washington after Biden administration publishes critical report on royal family.

The "Arab and Muslim Union for Supporting the Resistance" is a pro-Iranian international platform seeking to advance the goals of the resistance axis against the US, Israel and their allies, says Israeli researcher Dr. Michael Barak.

Meanwhile, the US and Israel have agreed to reestablish a policy forum regarding Iran's nuclear program, according to online news publication Axios.

Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency says Tehran has not yet answered questions on uranium particles found at two sites inspected last year. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell: Reviving the nuclear deal is "the most urgent and important" diplomatic priority in US-European relations.

Blinken says the United States is prepared to return to the accord “if Iran comes back into strict compliance” with it.

Iran's top diplomat says that if the US fails to lift all sanctions, Tehran will leave the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and continue to boost its nuclear program. "This is not a threat," Mohammad Javad Zarif says. "We are simply exercising the remedial measures foreseen in the JCPOA."

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says Iranian parliament has passed a law not to hand over tapes of surveillance cameras to IAEA inspectors, and "we are supposed to implement the laws of the country."

The Gulf state wants to develop and manufacture more weapons and military systems domestically, aiming to spend 50% of the military budget locally by 2030.