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Washington, Oct 4 (PTI) The US will soon impose further costs on the perpetrators of violence against peaceful demonstrators who protested against the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality police in Iran, President Joe Biden has said, as he expressed grave concern over the crackdown on them.

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan, was arrested for allegedly violating the country's strict Islamic dress code.

3 October 2022; MEMO: In the latest crackdown on free speech when Palestine is the topic, Jewish American journalist Katie Halper has been fired by The Hill for calling Israel an "apartheid state". Known for her podcast, Rising, the 41-year-old had drafted a monologue in response to the recent attacks on Rashida Tlaib.

2 October 2022; MEMO: Iran and the US have held "intensive talks" in recent weeks mediated by a regional country regarding a prisoner swap and the release of Iran's frozen assets abroad, according to Nour News late Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.

The news agency affiliated with Iran's top security body said the release of prisoners will happen simultaneously.

30 Sep 2022; MEMO: The United States, on Thursday, imposed sanctions on companies it accused of involvement in Iran's petrochemical and petroleum trade, including some based in China and India, pressuring Tehran as it seeks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Reuters reports.

Washington, Sep 27 (PTI) India and Pakistan are both partners of the US with different points of emphasis, the Biden administration has said, a day after visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar questioned the rationale behind Washington's USD 450 million F-16 security assistance to Islamabad.

23 Sep 2022; MEMO: The US sanctioned Iran's Morality Police and senior officials, Thursday, as mass unrest envelops the Islamic Republic in the wake of the death of a woman while in police custody, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Israel's "savage power" and its "savagery is not ending", Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told the UN General Assembly yesterday.

"The region has not seen an occupying savage power such as the Zionist regime in its midst in the past," Raisi said.

He explained: "The killing of children and women are present in the dark report card of the Zionist regime. It has managed to form the biggest prison in the world in Gaza and the expansion of settlements and housing illegally on Palestinian territories."

20 Sep 2022; MEMO: Steps that Turkish lenders, Isbank and Denizbank, took to suspend the use of Russian payment system, MIR, make a lot of sense, a senior US administration official said on Tuesday, and said the United States expects more banks will cut off MIR over sanctions risk, Reuters reports.

21 Sep 2022; MEMO: SpaceX will apply for an exemption from US sanctions imposed on Iran, in an effort to provide satellite internet service in Iran, AFP reported Elon Musk saying.

"Starlink will ask for an exemption to Iranian sanctions in this regard," Musk said in response to a tweet from a science reporter.

Starlink plans to launch 42,000 satellites and provide a global internet service.

15 Sep 2022; MEMO: The United States has decided to send an additional $756 million in humanitarian aid to Syria, amid the "dire" situation millions continue to face in the country.

In a statement by Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the amount is a further addition to the $808 million announced earlier this year that will go to "continue our unwavering support for the Syrian people".