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Monthly Archives: May 2020

COVID-19: Russia Again Reports New Record In Cases; Many Iranian Mosques To Reopen

RFL/RE – The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 244,000 with 3.4 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of COVID-19 developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast regions. Russia Russia on May 3 registered more than 10,600 new coronavirus infections, marking a fresh …

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Mullahs Threaten Trump with October Surprise

gatestoneinstitute.org – “No War on Iran” placards are appearing where “No wars by Iran” would make more sense. In other words, the Islamic Republic doesn’t need medical and technical help; it needs crisp greenbacks that could be spent on Hezbollah, Bashar al-Assad, the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Houthis, Hamas and other members of the “Resistance Front”. And, then, not to …

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Rights Defender Says Iranian Journalists Face Danger In Turkey

Radiofarda – Referring to the Islamic Republic’s record of “abducting and killing Iranian refugees”, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has raised concern over the fate of twelve Iranian journalists and citizen-reporters currently living in Turkey. In a report released on April 30, RSF called on the Turkish government and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to work together to “ensure …

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Iran Condemns German Ban On Hezbollah, Warns Of ‘Consequences’

Radiofarda – Iran has angrily reacted to the designation of Tehran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist group in Germany, but the reaction has been limited regardless of the strongly worded statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani were not observed to react to the designation and the ban on the …

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‘Informed Source’ Denies Iranian Guard General Killed In Israeli Attack

Radiofarda – An Iranian news agency on Saturday denied Arab social media reports claiming Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the Guards’ Aerospace Force, had was in an Israeli strike in Syria on Friday. “Nothing has happened to General Hajizadeh”, the Young Journalists Club (YCJ), close to Iran’s security and military forces on Saturday morning quoted an “informed source in …

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US Indicts Two Iran Operatives For Sanctions Violations

Radiofarda – Criminal charges have been filed Friday against two Iranian nationals for circumventing U.S. Iran sanctions, money laundering and breaking export laws by purchasing an oil tanker from a U.S. seller. “Amir Dianat, 55, and Kamran Lajmiri, 42, both Iranian nationals, were charged with violating U.S. export laws and sanctions against Iran in the U.S. District Court for the …

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In One City In Iran 400 Retirees Have Died Of Coronavirus

Radiofarda – The Secretary of Retirees Association in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province in northern Iran, has said 400 retirees have died of COVID-19 in the city since February 19. Ebrahim Yousefzadeh who was speaking at the gathering of representatives of trade associations of Gilan Province on Friday said the families of the deceased have received a 50-million rial …

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Chinese Trade With Persian Gulf Region Grows Despite Pandemic

Radiofarda – Chinese customs data for the first three months of 2020 show an increase in both exports to and imports from the Persian Gulf despite a 6.8 percent contraction of Beijing’s GDP brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resilience of China’s trade relations with the Persian Gulf states, despite pandemic-related disruptions, indicates the potential for Beijing to further enhance its influence in …

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Iran Courts Sentence January Protesters to Prison ana Lashes

Iran-HRM – Iranian courts in the past days have sentenced several individuals arrested during January 2020 protests to prison as well as flogging. Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Seyed Mostafa Hashemzadeh to five years in prison and 74 lashes for taking part in student demonstration against the regime’s downing of Ukrainian airliner, flight PS752 in January 2020. The ruling also …

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Iran’s Police Arrests 3,600 People for Exposing Covid-19 Cover-up

Iran-HRM – Two senior Iranian officials disclosed that the authorities have arrested thousands of Iranians during the coronavirus pandemic for exposing the regime’s Covid-19 cover-up and mismanagement of handling the crisis. The Spokesman of Iran’s Armed Forces on Tuesday, April 28, said the state security forces and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) paramilitary Basij forces, have arrested 3,600 people for “spreading …

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