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[Link] Ethereum Companies Suddenly Ban Users In Certain Countries
Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com
MetaMask is the most popular crypto wallet for Ethereum users, including NFT traders. It is owned by the same parent company as Infura, which is a centralized API that feeds MetaMask data from the Ethereum blockchain.
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[Link] Iran nuclear talks pulled back from brink as Tehran shifts stance
Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
Efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal have been hauled back from the brink of collapse as Tehran revised its stance after pressure from Russia and China and clear warnings that the EU and the US were preparing to walk away.
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[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours gather in Tehran to discuss its future
Read: 4/11/2021 www.aljazeera.com
Iran says the main goal of the event is to emphasise the call for the formation of an ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan.
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[Link] Hackers Disrupt Gas Stations in Iran and Deface Billboards to Blame Supreme Leader
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
It’s unclear who is behind the attack. But the methods and impact are reminiscent of a hack in July that paralyzed Iran’s train system.
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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.
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[Link] Taliban to give Al-Qaeda covert, not overt support: analysts
Read: 6/9/2021 www.france24.com
The Taliban will offer support to Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan more discreetly than during their first period in power when they openly embraced the terror network, analysts say.
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[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours offered millions in aid to harbour refugees
Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Countries neighbouring Afghanistan have been offered millions in aid if they are prepared to temporarily harbour tens of thousands of refugees, prior to security checks clearing them for transit to Europe and the US, but Pakistan and other bordering states have warned they will not take more refugee
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[Link] Federation of Anarchism Era on Iran and Afghanistan
Read: 8/8/2021 thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org
The collective we spoke to for this episode began as a series of remotely-hosted blogs and communication methods among Iranian anarchists at home and abroad.
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[Link] Iranian state-backed hackers posed as flirty Scouser called Marcy to target workers in defence and aerospace
Read: 30/7/2021 www.theregister.com
Iranian state-backed hackers posed as a flirty Liverpudlian aerobics instructor in order to trick defence and aerospace workers into revealing secrets, according to a newly-published study.
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[Link] US strikes hit Iran-backed militia facilities in Iraq and Syria
Read: 28/6/2021 www.theguardian.com
The US has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.