Social and Political

iranintl – Multiple military sites related to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Syria were hit early Tuesday local time, causing destruction and casualties, according to several local media. Sabereen News and Al-Mayadeen, affiliated with the IRGC and Hezbollah respectively, say 20 have been injured in airstrikes targeting both “security and residential” buildings. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says “nine …

iranintl – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it has no information about a purported Iranian nuclear site that was set on fire in Tehran’s Shadabad neighborhood in 2020. This after Iran International’s investigative report revealed Tehran concealed an Israeli sabotage operation that targeted a covert nuclear facility owned by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Iran International’s in-depth investigative report …

Iranwire – Two Kurdish kolbars lost their lives in separate incidents on the Iranian borders this weekend, according to a report by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights. Soran Abdi, a 22-year-old crossborder porter from Baneh, Sanandaj province, died on Sunday after sustaining critical injuries from gunfire by Iranian border guards near the Hangazhall border crossing.  Despite attempts to get …

Iranwire – Torrential downpours in several Iranian provinces have caused widespread disruption as floodwater blocked communication routes in dozens of villages. Authorities have issued warnings about rising water levels at several dams, and flooding has already begun in some areas. On Monday, the Iranian Meteorological Organization issued red warnings for Khuzestan, Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh, and Boyer Ahmad provinces, while 15 others …

RFL/RE – The political bureau chief of the U.S.- and EU-designated terrorist group Hamas is slated to visit Tehran on March 26 for high-level meetings with Iranian officials, according to local media. The official IRNA news agency said Ismail Haniyeh, who is based on Qatar, was scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, among a slew of other officials. The trip …

iranintl – Analysts in Iran are evaluating the country’s prospects for recovery and embarking on a path towards development after years of setbacks in domestic and foreign policy, and the economy. Reza Alijani, a reform-minded religious-nationalist political observer, penned a Persian article for Iran International suggesting that the new Iranian year, beginning on March 20, is poised to be characterized by “chaos …

iranintl – The serious corruption allegations against Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi, the ultra-hardliner Friday imam of Tehran, have further eroded trust in the Iranian system and its officials among the populace. Earlier this month, irrefutable evidence surfaced indicating Sedighi’s involvement in the appropriation of a valuable plot of land worth approximately $20 million in northern Tehran. The revelation, brought forth by …

Iranwire – A former minister has revealed that the administration of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was not informed in advance of a retaliatory attack on an American base following the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has disclosed fresh insights into the day of the Ukrainian plane’s downing by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …

Iranwire – An Iranian-Baluch fuel carrier was killed on March 21 after the Islamic Republic’s military forces opened fire on a vehicle in the southeastern Mirjaveh city. The victim has been identified as 25-year-old Hamidollah Brahui, according to the Haalvsh human rights organization, which monitors Sistan and Baluchistan. Three others were injured in the firing, but their identities have not …

Iranwire – Iranian MP Amirhossein Bankipour has said on a state TV program that the Islamic Republic is “resolute about penalizing those who do not adhere to the hijab.” “Regarding public spaces and individuals, those who violate hijab norms, whether intentionally or not, will face legal consequences,” he warned on March 24.  In a previous television interview, he proposed deducting …