Social and Political

iranintl – Undeterred Iran proxies have launched four attacks on American troops the day after US fighter jets struck an IRGC arms depot in Syria. A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed that three personnel were lightly injured in the attacks, bringing the number of US military injuries to almost 60 in a total of 46 drone and rocket attacks since October 17. …

Iranwire – As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan arrive in Afghanistan, there has been a much quieter exodus along its western border, where the number of Afghans coming back from Iran has doubled during the past month. Abdullah Qayomi, head of the ruling Taliban’s refugee affairs at the Islam Qala border gate in the western province …

Iranwire – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that the scale of civilian suffering in Gaza will inevitably lead to an expansion of the war between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. “Due to the expansion of the intensity of the war against Gaza’s civilian residents, expansion of the scope of the war has become inevitable,” Amir-Abdollahian said late …

VOA — Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement that called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that “destabilize” the Middle East. Tehran’s comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for “humanitarian pauses and corridors” in the Israeli-Hamas war. Israeli airstrikes have pounded the Palestinian …

iranintl – Iran’s Parliament (Majles) has directed the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to monitor citizens’ personal lives, as the regime’s ideology loses ground. The goal is to assess how individuals’ lifestyles align with the broader culture of the Islamic Republic, their media consumption patterns, their inclination toward foreign-based media for news and information, and their utilization of communication …

iranintl – Brian Mast, a Republican member of the US Congress, called for transparency regarding the case of Robert Malley, the suspended US special envoy for Iran. In an interview with One America News Network, Mast criticized the US government for not shedding light on the events that led to Malley’s suspension, noting that he was “quietly” removed from his …

RFL/RE – Iran has sentenced French national Louis Arnaud, whose family says he was traveling in the country as a tourist, to five years in prison on national-security charges. Arnaud’s mother said in a statement on November 8 that her son’s trial was held at the Revolutionary Court without him having a lawyer present. A statement from his family added …

Iranwire – The movie Ameh Pasand (Popular) has been released in Iranian cinemas, with the white promotional posters featuring only the film’s title and the names of the actors. This is due to a prohibition by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance on using images of two actresses featured in the movie, Baran Kosari and Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, who were prosecuted this year after …

VOA – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Thursday, while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi were expected in Uzbekistan, amid renewed diplomatic interest in the region. Central Asia’s former Soviet republics have sought to diversify their partnerships as Moscow’s sway over the region, which it considers as under its sphere of influence, …

VOA – Brazilian police, in cooperation with Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, and other international agencies, foiled an attack planned by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, according to Brazil’s federal police. The federal police arrested two people in Sao Paulo State on terrorism charges, it said in a statement Wednesday. In Israel, a statement issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said …