Sunday , 19 May 2024

Social and Political

Coronavirus: Iran detects record of 6,134 new daily COVID-19 cases

Al-Arabia – Iran’s health ministry on Friday reported a record 6,134 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 556,891 in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 335 people had died from the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing …

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Whoever Wins US Presidential Election, Will Surrender to Iran, Rouhani Says

Radiofarda – “It doesn’t matter to Iran who will win the upcoming presidential election in the U.S. Whoever comes to power in America has no choice other than surrender to the Iranian nation,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told onlookers at a weekly cabinet session on Wednesday. Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, fully covered Rouhani’s remarks at the meeting, mostly devoted …

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Will Election Change US Policy on Iran?

VOA – Since his election in 2016, President Donald Trump has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear agreement and imposed tough sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy. How might the relationship between Washington and Tehran change after the U.S. election on November 3? Henry Ridgwell reports.

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US Voters Startled by Fake ‘Proud Boys’ Emails Blamed on Iran

VOA- What the FBI and national intelligence officials described as fake “Proud Boys” emails targeting voters in Florida and several other states came in waves on Tuesday. Several University of Florida students reported receiving them beginning in the morning, according to local media reports. Bennett Ragan, a recent University of Florida graduate, said in an interview with VOA that the …

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Iran: Prisoners Who Reported Abuse Charged

(HRW) – Iranian judiciary authorities are prosecuting human rights defenders for reporting abuse in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Since September 2020, the authorities have brought charges against two imprisoned activists who had published letters alleging mistreatment.On October 18, Emtedad online news channel reported that in the previous week, authorities had charged Niloufar Bayani, an environmental conservationist serving a 10-year sentence after an unfair …

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43 Iranian cities, including Tehran, under ‘severe restrictions’ because of COVID-19

Al-Monitor – At a meeting of the anti-coronavirus task force today, President Hassan Rouhani said that Tehran would be facing new restrictions. Rouhani praised the efforts of the various agencies working over the last eight months to combat the virus. He said that only 50% of government employees will report to work in the province of Tehran, one of the hardest-hit provinces in the country. …

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Iran Steps Up Its Repression ‘Plans’ to Terrorize the Public

Iran-HRM – With the increase of the public degradation of “thugs” on the streets of Iran, in what authorities are calling “maneuvers of power”, the regime has spread its repressive plans to other cities and provinces. In recent days regime officials announced the establishment of bases in various cities of Iran. On October 19, in a broadcast by the regime’s state-run television, Mohammad Reza …

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Relatives of Ukrainian Plane Crash Victims Hold Protest Assembly in Tehran

Radiofarda – Family members of the passengers of the Ukrainian plane shot down by two Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ missile in January 2020 rallied in front of the Iranian International and Political Studies Center of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran. At the rally held on Tuesday morning, they demanded that a member of the victims’ families attend …

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Iran, Russia Reject U.S. Accusations Of Election Interference

RFL/RE – Russia and Iran have rejected U.S. claims that the two countries have been interfering with the 2020 presidential election next month. Iran said on October 22 that it had summoned the Swiss envoy in Tehran, who represents U.S. interests in the country because Washington and Tehran have no diplomatic ties, to protest against what it called the “baseless” …

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