Radiofarda – Iran’s Crop Protection Agency says currently seven provinces are hit by a large invasion of desert locust. Local officials in the badly affected areas call the natural disaster unprecedented. Speaking to the state-run Iran Labor News Agency (ILNA), the spokesman of the agency, Reza Mir, disclosed that the provinces of Bushehr, Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, Khuzestan, and Sistan&Baluchestan have …

Radiofarda – A senior Iranian official has defended shipping fuel to Venezuela, saying two independent countries are free to conduct trade and it is no one’s business. Reports emerged May 14 that at least one Iranian tanker was loaded with fuel and sailing towards Venezuela. Both countries are under U.S. sanctions and Washington has said it is monitoring the situation. Ali …

Al-Arabia – An MBC TV show has prompted furious reactions from several Iran-backed political groups and media outlets in the Middle East for discussing historical events including a terrorist attack in the 1980s. ‘Malek Beltawilah,’ which means “long story short” in Arabic, is a family educational show that airs during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It covers a range of topics including history, …

gatestoneinstitute.org – That leaves the third angle, missiles, to thrive. Missiles are the weapon of the poor, especially when copied from foreign models courtesy of North Korea, China and, to a lesser extent, Russia. One more problem is Iran’s continued dependence on North Korean and Chinese partners for spare parts, technology, maintenance and training-for-use of virtually all its missiles. There …

Radiofarda – The Research Center of the Iranian parliament (Majles) has estimated that about 190 trillion rials have been spent on setting up the National Information Network (NIN) by last year. The amount quoted is hard to estimate in U.S. dollars since the rial has steadily declined over the years. But if the current official exchange rate is applied the …

Radiofarda – The extent and the exact nature of a reported attack on a Jewish shrine in western Iran early Friday local time remains unclear and no attacker has been identified yet. Iran’s official news agency IRNA on Saturday morning confirmed that there had been an attempt to break into the tomb of Esther and Mordechai, a holy Jewish site …

Radiofarda – In a virtual conference of representatives from Islamic countries on Thursday, Iran’s Minister of Education blamed U.S. sanctions for shortages of online teaching tools during coronavirus lockdown. Mohsen Haji-Mirzai told the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ISESCO ministers that the sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States have limited the ability of the government to …

Radiofarda -Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases is expected to increase in three provinces in the coming days as the total number of cases in the country rose to nearly 117,000. On Friday Dr. Kianoush Jahanpur announced 2,102 new cases. This is the first time in the past week that the number of new …

Radiofarda – Less than two weeks before the inauguration of the new Iranian Parliament (Majles) on May 28, competition for the speakership has heated up among various conservative factions. Is the Supreme Leader backing any faction, or does it make any difference to him? Three of the main conservative factions have formed an alliance against another conservative faction to win …

Radiofarda – Donald Trump recently said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran deal, “was such a disaster.” The United States exited the nuclear deal in May 2018, but is now insisting it never left the deal and can thus bring snapback sanctions into place and extend the arms embargo. This is part of the Maximum Pressure strategy. It wasdesigned …