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Iran Election Sees Low Turnout, ‘Ambiguity’ in Voting Procedures

VOA - Iran's hard-liners were leading in an initial vote count Saturday in the capital, Tehran, following a record-low turnout…

Iran: Twin Elections and Ayatollahs’ Solo Performance

gatestoneinstitute.org - Whatever the turnout, it is clear that not a single critic of the current domestic and foreign policies…

Escalation Towards an Independent Terrorist State

gatestoneinstitute.org - Both US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron reveal their simplistic, and somewhat…

Iran-Backed Houthis Close to Sealing Off The Red Sea

iranintl - While Houthi attacks on shipping have halved grain transit through the Suez Canal, grain ships bound for Iran…

Iranian Regime Media Claim More Than 40% Turnout In Elections

iranintl - The IRGC-affiliated Fars news website claimed a turnout of more than 40% after polls closed at midnight in…

Iranian Conscript Takes His Own Life as Military Suicides Rise

Iranwire - An Iranian military conscript took his own life by gunshot on February 29 amid a surge in suicides…

Revolutionary Guard Officer Killed in Airstrike on Syria Target

Iranwire - A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in an airstrike in the Syrian city…

Biden Administration Not Stopping Iran, Russia, China, the Houthis

gatestoneinstitute.org - What is essential to remember is that the Houthis and other proxies of Iran are in all likelihood…

Iran’s Government Pressures Jewish Minority For Election Propaganda

iranintl - The tiny Jewish community in Tehran is facing intense pressure from the clerical regime to mobilize its members…

Two Iranian Clerics Say Khamenei Opposes Hereditary Succession

iranintl - Two candidates vying for the Assembly of Experts election in Tehran suggest that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei opposes…