to the iran human rights organization. it comes as the u.n. nuclear watchdog says the rim continues to collect the enrichment of uranium. they have expanded to 60% purity and our one technical step away from having weapons range uranium at 90% purity. under the terms of the 2015 iran nuclear deal the range enrichment was limited to about iran was in compliance with the deal, according to the international atomic energy agency, one in 2018 the then president, donald trump, withdrew the united states from the agreement and reinstate sanctions on iran. all of that comes as iran has formed a full-fledged defense partnership with russia. according to the white house moscow is providing tehran with, unprecedented levels of military support and expertise, along with weapons. russia has been receiving and using iranian-made self destructive bombing drones. several hundred of them in total. abc news has learned that iran
Uzbekistan has rejected the idea of creating a so-called "natural gas union" with Russia and Kazakhstan that was proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, a sign of the growing divide between Moscow and former Soviet republics over the war against Ukraine.
A court in Kazakhstan has rejected an appeal filed by imprisoned activist Erzhan Elshibaev against an additional seven years incarceration handed to him in September for "violating the penitentiary’s internal regulations and for calls to disobey prison guards."
The Moscow-based human rights group Support Of Political Prisoners. Memorial has recognized Russian poets Artyom Kamardin, Nikolai Daineko, and Yegor Shtovba as political prisoners.
An ancient bronze cauldron estimated to be more than 2,000 years old was used for almost 30 years by a household in Uzbekistan to cook food before it was recognized for its cultural value and turned over to a museum.