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Eurovision’s grand final proceeds amid protests over Israel’s participation

The Eurovision Song Contest final kicks off in Vienna amid protests and a boycott by five countries over Israel’s participation.

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NOAM BETTAN and the Israeli delegation celebrate after qualifying for the Grand final during the first semi-final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, in Vienna, on Tuesday. (

My Word: The sounds that drown out the music - opinion

Fans display a Palestinian flag (R) during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (ESC) at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on May 12, 2026.

Europe must remember the reason Eurovision was formed or risk losing it completely - editorial

People drive past a Lebanese national flag fluttering in a square in central Beirut on October 21, 2024.

Beirut accuses Tehran of violating Vienna Convention in complaint to UN


Iranian Americans welcome support from US lawmakers - opinion

Despite nuclear talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna, Iranian Americans have called for a US approach that takes its cue from Iranian people and addresses the regime’s malign behaviors.

 US REP. Brad Sherman (D-CA) speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last year. Last week, he said, “For too long, the Iranian people have been deprived of their fundamental freedoms.”

Iran's top diplomat says 2015 nuclear deal revival depends on US political decision

Iran made it clear that if a deal was to fail, it would be the fault of Western powers.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian meets with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow

Iran nuclear deal draft puts prisoners, enrichment, cash first, oil comes later - diplomats

Envoys from countries involved are still negotiating details of the draft accord amid Western warnings that time is running out before the original deal becomes obsolete.

 Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani and delegations wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria December 17, 2021

Iran not seeking nuclear weapons, needs atomic energy, says Khamenei

Khamenei said Iran has never sought nuclear weapons despite such allegations from the Islamic Republic's "enemies."

 Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi receives the endorsement decree for his presidency from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran August 3, 2021.

Israel sends diplomats to Vienna for Iran nuclear talks

Jerusalem is concerned a restored JCPOA deal will fail to keep Iran away from a nuclear breakout.

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2021.

Iran 'is in a hurry' to revive nuclear deal if its interests secured -foreign minister

Talks between world powers have been held in Vienna since April amid growing Western fears about Tehran’s accelerating nuclear advances

A meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna last week

Iran calls removal of US sanctions its 'red line' for 2015 deal revival

Iran also said that reviving Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers depended on whether the United States was ready to make a political decision.

Officials from the P5+1 and the European Union gather at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2015 to discuss the Iran nuclear deal

US envoy says returning to Vienna in hope of reviving Iran nuclear pact

Diplomats and analysts say the longer Iran remains outside the deal, the more nuclear expertise it will gain.

 US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and Barry Rosen, campaigning for the release of hostages imprisoned by Iran, sit at a table during an interview with Reuters in Vienna, Austria.

‘Damaging’ Iran deal is on the way, Bennett warns

“Whoever thinks an agreement will increase stability is wrong,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at Sunday's cabinet meeting February 6, 2022.

Iran moves centrifuge-parts production out of disputed workshop - IAEA

The move adds to uncertainty over Iran's nuclear activities while indirect talks between Tehran and Washington on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are at a delicate stage.

 Missiles of the kind used during Iran's retaliatory strike on the U.S Ayn al-Asad military base in 2020 are seen on display at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran January 7, 2022.