Social and Political

RFL/RE – The ministry alleges Miryousef Younesi was involved with the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization, accusing him of being part of a network supplying financial and logistical support to operational teams within Iran. However, the claims have been met with skepticism by rights supporters. Ali Younesi, along with Amirhossein Moradi, were arrested in April 2020 and held in detention until April …

VOA – A prominent Iranian diaspora journalist has spoken exclusively to VOA about her horrified and defiant reaction to learning last week that she was the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot in London a year ago. Sima Sabet, a London-based former TV presenter for Persian news network Iran International who left the channel in August, was one of …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In addition to increasing the level of enriched uranium to near nuclear-weapons grade; helping to fund and plan a genocidal war against Israel; attacking US troops in Syria and Iraq with its militias more than 100 times in just the last two months to try to force the US out of the region, and incontinently bogus-trialing, torturing (even …

Al-Arabia – The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday retracted a statement made by an IRGC spokesperson regarding the motive behind Hamas’ October 7 attacks against Israel, following a rare spat between the Palestinian group and its primary backer. IRGC spokesman Ramezan Sharif had claimed on Wednesday that the October 7 attacks were “one of the acts of …

iranintl – Videos have shown trucks around Lake Urmia allegedly carrying titanium, sparking fears its mining may be destroying the Middle East’s once largest lake. Iran Briefing, a group of investigative journalists, have speculated that authorities have been mining titanium, present in the northwestern lake, which could explain why the once thriving salt-lake has dried up.  Although there has been no official response …

iranintl – School teachers have claimed regime reforms have turned the country’s schools into “religious and military bases”. In an interview with Khabar online on Monday, teachers expressed concern about the plans to “shift schools away from their primary function”, resulting in a “dead end” for children. Teacher Mohammadreza Niknejad told Khabar Online that “authorities have failed in the education sector” as students do …

RFL/RE – Iran has executed four “saboteurs” linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said on December 29. “Four members of a sabotage team associated with the Zionist regime, who had committed extensive actions against the country’s security under the guidance of Mossad officers, were executed this morning following legal procedures,” it said. …

VOA – Pro-Iran Shiite parties won the majority of council seats in most of Iraq’s provinces, according to the final results released on Thursday by the electoral commission. The December 18 vote was the first held in a decade and took place amid widespread political apathy in the oil-rich country, which is recovering from years of conflict and plagued by …

VOA – France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned Iran’s increase in its production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity, close to the level used for nuclear weapons fuel. In a joint statement, the allies made no mention of any consequences Iran could face for the production hike but called for its reversal …

iranintl – Amid Mideast tensions, Senator Lindsey Graham called on Wednesday for a much harsher approach towards Tehran, suggesting that the US should bomb the IRGC inside Iran. “I’ve been saying [this] for six months now,” Graham said on Fox News, “hit Iran. They have oil fields out in the open. They have a Revolutionary Guard headquarters you can see from …