— 🇦🇲/🇦🇿 According to Baku, forces of the Artsakh Defense Army sent a dog with an IED on its neck to the Azerbaijani line of contact

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit has been sent to dismantle the device and will deal with the situation.

Artsakh authorities called the allegation "absurd" and "propaganda".

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— Whether this is real or not, what kind of sick person uses a dog to carry explosives?

— 🇹🇷/🇦🇲 JUST IN: Turkish President Erdogan held a phone call with the PM of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan

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— The content of the phone call was just the usual 'we support long lasting peace and diplomacy' blah blah blah

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇿 JUST IN: Iran and Azerbaijan signed a joint document to deepen military & defense cooperation and to improve bilateral relations between the two countries

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— Ngl, they could have chosen a better moment to do this.

— I think, if Armenia was not so desperate for Western help, Iran might have been more inclined to take Armenia's side

Pashinyan has been kissing the feet of the United States and other Western powers for the past few years, so he should not be disapppointed when his old allies and friends, such as Russia and Iran, do not support him anymore.

Iran is not completely on Azerbaijan's side, don't get me wrong. Zangezur corridor is still a red line for Iran. But it seems very unlikely that Armenia can count Iran among its loyal allies anytime soon.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Biden administration has agreed to issue sanctions waivers for international banks to transfer $6 billion dollars of frozen funds to Iran

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 This is related to the prisoner exchange deal that was reached between Iran and the US

In exchange for the unobstructed transfer of $6 billion dollars of frozen Iranian funds held in South Korea, Iran will facilitate the release of five American citizens that are currently detained in Iranian prisons.

The United States will also release five Iranian citizens accused of espionage, who are currently under federal arrest.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Iran - US prisoner deal details:

• $6 billion dollars worth of frozen Iranian funds in South Korea will be transfered to Iran through Qatar

• The United States guarantees the unobstructed transfer of the money by issuing a sanctions waiver for all international banks

• Iran will release five American prisoners held in Iranian prisons for political crimes (i.e. espionage)

• The United States will release five Iranian citizens held in US jails over espionage charges

• Iran agrees to temporarily decrease the production and stockpiles of uranium enriched above 60%

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— The deal was announced a few weeks ago, but the details are only confirmed today

Until now, nobody knew the US was also going to release Iranian prisoners, and the waiver was announced today also.

— Yes, today is the anniversary of 9/11

But do you know what else it is?

The birthday of the lion of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad.

Throw some love in the chat!

@scdlbot got it from YouTube: God_Syria_and_Ba YgiyWGyJcIc

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 As expected, Republicans are seething at Biden's prisoner deal with Iran

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— 🇸🇦/🇴🇲 JUST IN: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, met with the Sultan of Oman, Haytham bin Tariq

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— 🇪🇬 BREAKING: Egypt has banned the Niqab, an Islamic face covering worn by some Muslim women, in all public schools

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— Egypt claims that it banned the Niqab for security reasons, to be able to see who enters the school

However, this line of reasoning makes no sense. For the amount of students who even wear the Niqab (which is very little), they could simple have a female worker check the identity of the student.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇶 BREAKING: A constant flow of Iranian military equipment to the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, as ultimatum set to expire

In the video above, we see trucks, towed artillery, MLRS, IFVs, and main battle tanks being sent to Iran's North Western border.

Iran's ultimatum to Kurdish terrorist groups expires in six days, on Tuesday the 19th of September.

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