Maj. General Mohammad Bagheri joked the EU could steal his assets to buy fuel for Europeans’ homes in winter Maj. General Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of the Iranian military, mocked the EU’s efforts to punish him financially with sanctions on Monday, jokingly giving the bloc “permission to confiscate all [his] properties and assets…from all…

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Russian currency strengthens further ahead of record-high tax payments due this week The Russian ruble strengthened against both the euro and the US dollar on Tuesday, trading data from the Moscow Exchange shows.