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Is Bangladesh backtracking on post-Hasina reforms?

Two years after a student-led uprising toppled PM Sheikh Hasina, critics say Bangladesh's reform momentum is fading as political divisions deepen and key changes stall.

  • Bangladesh appears to be regressing politically after 2018 uprising.
  • BNP-led government failed to implement July Charter reform proposals.
  • Human rights concerns raised over enforced disappearances and accountability.

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One mistake Trump hasn’t made on Iran

Unless Donald Trump finds a way out of his box on Iran, history may come to regard his choice to wage war as a presidency-defining error. But he has so far avoided one potential dire mistake: massively escalating the conflict past his capacity to control it.

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Iranian leadership would accept if Pezeshkian resigned again, relative of Khamenei claims - report

Senior cleric Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi, whose sister is married to Iran’s supreme leader’s brother, claimed that the warning was intended to see Pezeshkian “back down.”

  • Supreme Leader Khamenei's relative claims Pezeshkian's resignation would be accepted.
  • President Pezeshkian reportedly resigned in late May over exclusion from decisions.
  • Kharrazi suggests Khamenei plans to replace Zolghadr with Rezaei.
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