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Reports: Iran Preparing for Major Military Exercise

VOA - Iran is preparing to soon begin a massive military exercise in the Persian Gulf that could demonstrate Tehran’s…

Iran’s Telecommunications Company Illegally Reroutes Telegram App Traffic

CHRI -Move Designed to Tighten Ban on App But Ineffective in the Long Run In a new move aimed at…

IRGC-Affiliated Media Trying to “Prepare Public Opinion” For Execution of Kurdish Man

CHRI - Relatives of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man on death row in Iran, have raised concerns that his chances…

Iranian artists show solidarity as nation grapples with economic woes

Al-Monitor - An acclaimed singer of traditional Persian music has offered to hold free, open-air street concerts to alleviate the…

Did concert in Iranian holy city topple an ayatollah’s ban on music?

Al-Monitor - Mashhad, Iran’s second most populous city, houses the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of the Shiites.…

Iran protests latest: Protestors attacked with TEAR GAS as Iran REFUSES to talk with Trump

Express - VIOLENCE broke out across Iran last night after protesters were attacked with tear gas by security forces during…

UN panel finds further evidence of Iran link to Houthi missiles

Al-Arabia - Yemen’s Houthi rebels are still arming themselves with ballistic missiles and drones that “show characteristics similar” to Iranian-made…

A Wrenching Choice For Families: Go Public Or Stay Quiet?

Radiofarda - After Siamak Namazi was arrested in Tehran in 2015, his family faced a wrenching choice: involve the diplomatic…

British-Based Iranian Kurd One Of Four Fields Math Medal Winners

Radiofarda - Caucher Birkar, a Cambridge University professor of Iranian Kurdish origin, was named Wednesday one of four winners of…

Larijani Brothers Make Baseless Claims About Iran’s Economic Downturn

Radiofarda - While the Iranian national currency, the rial, has lost more than half of its value against the U.S.…