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Month: July 2017

Surprise meeting sparks talk of Rouhani-IRGC conciliation

Al-monitor - News of an unexpected meeting spread through Iranian media July 24. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) commanders visited the presidential palace that day for a face-to-face…

Russian, Kazakh, Iranian Warships In Baku For Caspian Competition

RFL/RE -- Russian, Kazakh, and Iranian naval vessels are in Baku ahead of a four-nation "competition" that is to be held…

For China’s Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’

NYT - An Iranian employee at the Pardis Kaghaz Pazh recycled paper factory in Neyshabur, Iran, one of eight factories established…

Poisonings Put Spotlight On Iran’s Alcohol Problem

RFL/RE - Mass alcohol poisoning and related deaths have exposed an alcohol problem in the Islamic republic, where a ban introduced…

Iranian Opposition Cleric Karrubi Hospitalized

RFL/RE - Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi has been hospitalized due to a heart condition, his son said. Karrubi, a former…

Sunni Council in Iran Suspends Operations Amid Ongoing Arrests and Intimidation

CHRI - The Council of Sunni Theologians of Iran (CSTI), representing clerics based in the country's northwestern Kurdish-populated provinces, suspended operations…

Downgraded Sentence for Teachers’ Rights Activist Issued Amid Ongoing Prosecution of Labor Leaders

CHRI - Labor Activism Seen as National Security Offense in Iran A senior member of the Iranian Teachers' Trade Association (ITTA)…

Engaging with PMU necessary to check Iran’s influence in Iraq

AL-monitor - The war for Mosul has come to an end; the city is freed and the Islamic State (IS) is out.…

Iranian TV series dogged by real-life drama

Al-monitor - The Iranian TV series “Shahrzad,” which has gripped the attention of Iranians since it was first broadcast two years…

Iran in no mood to renegotiate nuclear deal

Al-monitor - The head of the Iranian parliament’s influential National Security and Foreign Policy Commission rejected any notion of renegotiating the nuclear deal agreed…