Friday , 29 March 2024

Social and Political

Iran’s Rohani Blames Power Cuts On Heat Wave, Severe Drought

RFL/RE – Iran’s outgoing President Hassan Rohani has blamed frequent blackouts on a heat wave and a severe drought that is sharply driving up electricity demand.Tehran and other major Iranian cities have experienced frequent power outages over the past several days and authorities say they may continue through the end of the month.“We regret the problems the people have had …

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Ruined Bread to Pitch-Black Hospital Wards: Iranians’ Fury at Power Outages

Iranwire – A baker dumps his spoiled dough in front of Ilam Electricity Office. A man asks in terror about the fate of his hospitalized father in Tabriz. A woman tears off her state-sanctioned hijab at a municipal office and declares: “No-one is here. There’s just one angry woman here today.” These and countless other videos circulating online in the …

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The Takeaway: Does Iran want to scuttle nuclear deal talks with militia attacks in Iraq?

Al-monitor – Hot take: Iran’s escalation in Iraq is all about timing… and it’s likely to backfire Timing is everything. Pro-Iran militias have launched five drone and rocket attacks on US bases in Iraq this week, injuring two in the most recent, as Ali Mamouri reports. The attacks by groups aligned with Iran put at risk the yet-to-be scheduled seventh and perhaps final round of talks …

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Would-be monarch of Iran to brief umbrella org for US Jewish groups

responsiblestatecraft.org – The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group representing various Jewish American and pro-Israel organizations, is planning to host Reza Pahlavi, the heir apparent to the last Shah of Iran, for an off-the-record “special leadership briefing” on Thursday, bringing questions and condemnations from other pro-Israel and Iranian American groups. An invitation sent to member organizations …

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Iran Hosts Talks With Afghan, Taliban Delegations As Militants Make Advances

RFL/RE – Iran says it is hosting talks between an Afghan delegation and senior Taliban representatives. The talks on July 7 come as the militant group continues to push through northern areas of the war-torn country amid the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Opening the talks in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed the departure of U.S. troops from …

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Industries at Risk as Bitcoin Mining Brings Blackouts to Iranian Cities

Iranwire – Industries will close for a period of two weeks due to power outages, Iran’s Minister of Energy has announced. The decision follows weeks of blackouts caused by continued cryptocurrency mining, which the government banned in late May. According to the Iranian Students’ News Agency, energy minister Reza Ardakanian announced the shutdown on Wednesday, July 7. Outlining the damage cryptocurrency mining was …

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Taliban Commander: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Have Our Backs on the Border

Iranwire – The last US and foreign troops are due to leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. There is still no clear prospect for peace in the country, or for anything other than a probable uprising by the Taliban against Afghan government forces. The state has armed citizens in some parts of the country, including women, in anticipation of bloodshed to come. …

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Iran annals death sentence of man ten months after his execution

Iran-HRM – Ten months after a young man was executed in a northwest Iran prison, the Supreme Court overturned the convictions against him. Khezr Ghavidel was arrested in 2013 for drug charges and sentenced to death along with two others. Khezr Ghavidel was executed on September 10, 2020 was still open was being considered by the Supreme Court, which has …

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