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Iran IAEA warning

Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency can easily find a technical solution to their differences if the agency abandons its political approach. Amir-Abdollahian made the comment during a UN Conference on Disarmament in the Swiss city of Geneva. The top diplomat also warned against any anti-Iran move by the IAEA Board of Governors during an upcoming meeting in March. He stressed Tehran reserves the right to give an appropriate response to such moves. Amir-Abdollahian also touched on the JCPOA revival talks, blaming the US for a stalemate in those talks. He said the current situation has its roots in Washington’s policies and miscalculations.

U.S. social media ban

The United States has joined Canada and the European Union in imposing a ban on a Chinese video-sharing social networking service, Tik-Tok. The White House says federal agencies have been asked to remove and disallow installations of the application on devices operated by their staff. The deadline is set to comply with an order issued by Congress. The ban excludes businesses not associated with the federal government, or to millions of private citizens. Canada and the EU have also banned Tik-Tok from their devices. TikTok, which has one billion users globally, has rejected accusations of sharing data with the Chinese government. China has also accused the US of overstretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress foreign companies.

Nigeria vote dispute

Nigeria’s two main opposition parties have called for immediate cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election. They say the manipulation of the results led to a ballot that was neither free nor transparent. The country’s Labor Party has called the vote a sham and irretrievably compromised. Earlier on Monday, the two parties’ officials claimed tallies were manipulated at local election stations. The country’s Independent National Electoral Commission, however, says the problems in announcing the results were due to technical hitches and there is no risk of tampering. Nigeria has a long history of vote rigging and ballot buying. Africa’s most populated country is grappling with years-long economic crisis, poverty and insecurity. There were hopes that Saturday’s vote would open the door to a leader able to tackle the problems in the crisis-hit country.


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