RFL/RE – The sister of Mujahed Korkor, an Iranian protester facing the threat of execution in the southwestern city of Izeh, has gone missing after his family home was raided twice by the Iranian security forces. Reports of the raids on the Instagram account of Yasna Bakhtiari, another of Korkor’s sisters, said security forces raided the house on June 21, engaged in …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Since the Biden Administration assumed office, the Iranian regime has been steadily gaining more power, funds, and becoming more emboldened to export weapons, advance its nuclear program, deepen its presence in Latin America, and spread its radical Islamist ideology around the globe. Iran has also become key exporter of weapons to Russia. Last week it was reported that …

Iranwire – Peaceful protests in multiple cities across the south-eastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan took a violent turn after security forces intervened to disperse the demonstrators. Ethnic Baluch protesters took to the streets of the provincial capital, Zahedan, and other cities including Iranshahr, Rask, Chabahar and Saravan after Friday prayers on June 23, calling for the overthrow of …

VOA —Iranian American activists who staged a rare sit-in outside the State Department to oppose potential U.S. monetary incentives to Iran to slow the progress of the Iranian nuclear program say they are optimistic about a dialogue they started with the Biden administration. In a statement sent to VOA on Friday, the nonpartisan and nonprofit National Solidarity Group for Iran …

VOA – Iranian haj pilgrims traveled to evening prayers in Mecca’s Grand Mosque in a brand new bus this week, as reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran led to improved services for the annual pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest sites. Sayid Mahdi, who will be in charge of around 2,800 Iranian pilgrims that will perform haj next week, said Saudi Arabia …

Al-Monitor — The Senate’s Armed Services Committee advanced its version of next year’s defense spending bill on Friday with measures that lawmakers hope will continue building cooperation between Middle Eastern states to counter threats by Iran. The Senate’s version builds on the current National Defense Authorization Act in calling on the Biden administration to improve maritime security and naval interdictions in the Persian Gulf …

aawsat – In light of the increasing momentum to revive negotiations between Western capitals and Tehran over the Iranian nuclear program, 26 Democratic and Republican senators have intensified pressure on President Joe Biden’s administration to prevent it from hastily concluding an agreement they fear could be “bad.” This comes simultaneously with reports of the European-Iranian talks entering a phase of …

schengenvisainfo – Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hadja Lahbib were questioned by lawmakers earlier this week following the Iran visa scandal. Belgium granted visas for delegations from Iranian and Russian cities to attend a mayors’ convention that was held this week, raising concerns and pushing the authorities to investigate the case, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. According to …

Al-Arabia – Ahead of a military drill simulating war with Iran, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “I have a sharp, clear message for Iran and the international community: Israel will do what it must to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.” Much of the recent Israeli rhetoric on Iran has been a series of expressions of heightened concern …

RFL/RE – The head of the judiciary in Iran’s eastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province has told a local mosque it must provide proof to back up claims of an assassination attempt on the Sunni imam of Zahedan, Molavi Abdolhamid, or face legal consequences. Local news reports quoted sources recently as saying an intelligence operation by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had attempted the …