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Abir Al-Sahlani, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, cuts her hair during a speech in Strasbourg to show solidarity with protesters in Iran. Protests have rocked Iran since 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. "Until Iran is free, our fury will be bigger than the oppressors" says the Swedish politican. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden will address the nation Wednesday on his plans to pull US troops out of Afghanistan later this year, says Press Secretary Jen Psaki. "The president will deliver remarks tomorrow at the White House on the way forward in Afghanistan, including his plans and timeline for withdrawing," Psaki tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Business Insider reports that outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "multiculturalism" is un-American. "Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker," he said. "Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they're not who America is."
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleges that arch-enemy Iran has become a new "home base" for Al-Qaeda, an assertion questioned by experts. In a speech a week before leaving office, Pompeo confirmed a New York Times report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed last year in Tehran, although he did not say that Israel carried it out. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that Europe must enforce UN sanctions on Iran announced by the US. "We have made it very clear that every member state in the United Nations has a responsibility to enforce the sanctions," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters when asked about European opposition. SOUNDBITE
The United States says it is imposing sanctions on Iran's defense ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under a UN authority which is widely contested. "For nearly two years corrupt officials in Tehran have worked with the illegitimate regime in Venezuela to flout the UN arms embargo," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters. "Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide." SOUNDBITE
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