Social and Political

Iranwire – Iranians have been comparing deaths from Covid-19 in their country to the falling of leaves in autumn. Mourning families stand in line for hours to see their loved ones buried, while desperate Iranians all over the country stand in queues of another kind waiting for vaccines at clinics that are woefully out of stock. Amid a devastating fifth …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s parliament will vote Aug. 25 to approve or disqualify President Ebrahim Raisi’s proposed ministers. With a parliament dominated by conservatives and a conservative president, most ministers will likely acquire the vote of approval — intrafactional fighting permitting, of course. One of the most important positions to be filled will be that of foreign minister. Since 1981, Iran has …

Al-Arabia – Iran restarted exports of gasoline and gasoil to Afghanistan a few days ago, following a request from the Taliban, Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union said on Monday. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The extremist group seized power in Afghanistan last week as the US and its allies withdrew …

Iranwire – The case of Hamid Nouri, a former prison official now two weeks into his criminal trial in Sweden for war crimes and murder over his role in Iran’s 1988 prison massacre, has begun to garner international attention. Over the weekend Iranian ambassador to Sweden Ahmad Masoumifar issued a sudden excoriation of Swedish prosecutors involved in the case, alleging – without providing evidence …

iranwire.com – At least 2,000 Iranians who received two doses of vaccine have since died, more than half after testing positive for Covid-19. According to a letter sent to Health Minister Saeed Namaki by the ministry’s Center for Statistics and Technology, of the around 2.75 million Iranians who have so far received both doses of vaccine, 17,000 were then hospitalized …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Rival Islamist groups are already present, controlling chunks of territory. The so-called ISIS is planted in Konar and Loghar while another outfit known as Khorasan and promising to create a new caliphate covering parts of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran is also busy recruiting. The Taliban itself is a far from united outfit with Pakistan, Islamic Republic …

timesofisrael – The Iranian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it was expanding its defense efforts beyond the borders of the country, in an apparent message of deterrence to Israel and the West, as hopes for a return to the 2015 nuclear deal continue to fade. “Our country has an important role to play in strengthening the resistance front and …

Al-Arabia – Iranian expert Haidar Sirjan and nine other Iran-backed Houthi militants including two colonels have been killed following an airstrike by the Arab Coalition forces on Houthi militia sites in Marib, according to Yemen’s minister of information Moammar al-Eryani. “This confirms the size and level of Iranian involvement and its destabilizing role in security and stability of Yemen,” al-Eryani …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The Biden administration… has made no efforts to pressure the Iranian regime into answering the International Atomic Energy Agency’s questions about three undeclared clandestine nuclear sites found in Iran. “For objectivity’s sake, I should say that the Iranian government has reiterated its will to engage and to cooperate and to provide answers, but they haven’t done that so …

Iranwire – Striking workers across Iran have called on the government to pay delayed wages and insurance benefits, and to provide immediate covid vaccinations, but officials have yet to respond to these demands despite widespread media coverage. The general strike of oil industry workers, ongoing industrial action by Haft-Tappeh factory employees, strikes elsewhere in Khuzestan province, and at least fourteen other actions, …