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Received videos with description: 'Fire at #Rasht bazaar, Thursday January 18th' Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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⚠️ Sound of gunfire, shooting at people Received video with description: Ariashahr #Tehran, when we reached the second Sadeghieh roundabout they opened fire on the crowd, Thursday January 7th' Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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🔸 Narges Mohammadi, who has been detained since November, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison along with a ban on leaving the country and exile. Mostafa Neili, a lawyer, wrote on X: "She has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for assembly and collusion, one and a half years for propaganda activities, and as complementary punishment, two years ban on leaving the country and two years exile to Khosf county." @VahidHeadline 🔸 Abbas Araghchi said the location of the next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and America may change, and this matter will be determined after consultation with Oman's Foreign Minister. Mr. Araghchi said: "A series of confidence-building measures are possible from our side, but in return, sanctions must be lifted." In a press conference in Tehran, explaining Friday's negotiations in Muscat, he said Friday's talks were "indirect from our perspective" and no official direct meeting was held with the American delegation, with direct contact being limited to "diplomatic courtesy and handshaking." The Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister said continuing negotiations depends on assessing America's "level of seriousness," and if a decision is made to continue talks, negotiations will focus "solely on nuclear issues." According to Abbas Araghchi, other topics including missile programs, regional policy, and groups aligned with Iran are "not and will not be" on the negotiation agenda, and "negotiations are only about the nuclear file and will continue within this framework." Abbas Araghchi simultaneously emphasized that "zero enrichment" is "unacceptable" for Iran and called recognition of Iran's enrichment rights a condition for successful negotiations with America. The Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister said the presence of the US Central Command commander in the Middle East during Muscat negotiations "made no difference to the essence of the matter." The presence of Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, drew criticism from some critics of the Pezeshkian government. According to Mr. Araghchi, Iran opposed the presence of a military official in the negotiation process and informed the American side that "the presence of a military person in a diplomatic process" is unacceptable. He said: "We were told he came to visit their ship. A request was made for him to be present within the framework of diplomatic courtesy, but we firmly opposed it." Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an American official, that Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, was present in the American delegation. @VahidHeadline 🔸 Mehdi Mohammadi, advisor to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Parliament Speaker, wrote on X in response to the Israeli Prime Minister's trip to Washington and meeting with the US President: "Trump and Netanyahu will discuss 'operations,' not negotiations. There is no ambiguity about this." Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with Donald Trump on February 18, but the meeting was moved up a week to February 11. An American official told Israel's Channel 13 that Netanyahu requested the scheduled meeting be held a week earlier. @VahidOnline Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced he is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump, the US President, in Washington on Wednesday to discuss negotiations with Iran. @VahidOnline 🔸 Abbas Araghchi, referring to the Islamic Republic's current situation in a speech to a gathering of supporters and government figures, said that "being afraid in these conditions is deadly poison." Speaking on Sunday, February 8, at the "First National Congress of Foreign Policy and History of Foreign Relations," he told attendees: "If you get scared and back down, and act according to some who recommend concessions, concessions have no end in my view." The Islamic Republic's Foreign Minister continued: "If you ask me what our biggest challenge is right now, I say it's the challenge of resistance. If you step back, it's unclear how far back we must go. This is our biggest challenge." @VahidHeadline 🔸 Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has accused those who issue statements against the Islamic Republic inside the country of being "in harmony with" Israel and America. The head of the Islamic Republic's judiciary added: "These people who were once aligned with the revolution and today issue statements are wretched and unfortunate human beings." @VahidHeadline 🔸 Israel's Energy Minister dismissed a potential Washington-Tehran agreement as worthless. Eli Cohen told the Israeli news site Ynet on Sunday: "An agreement with the current regime has no value. Regime change in Tehran is in the interest of all Muslim countries surrounding Iran." Mr. Cohen emphasized: "Even if an agreement is