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iranintl – US conservative commentator Mark Levin told Iran International on Thursday that Iran has effectively become a “concentration camp” amid a deadly crackdown on protests, urging the United States to act to help topple the Islamic Republic. “I can only speak for myself. I don’t need any more reminding about how bad this regime is and that somebody better …

RFL/RE – Iran said it is considering lifting its Internet blackout this week as details of a brutal crackdown on antiestablishment protests where thousands are reported dead continue to leak out of the country. As of January 18, the US-based rights group HRANA said it had verified the deaths of 3,919 protesters, while 8,949 additional deaths are still being reviewed. The group …

iranintl – Protesters in Iran have appealed directly to Donald Trump for protection according to new videos sent to Iran International on Tuesday after the US president twice warned Tehran not to kill demonstrators or face US intervention. In one clip, a woman holds a sign reading, “Trump, a symbol of peace. Don’t let them kill us,” while another shows …

alarabiya – The Iranian foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organization on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for Canada’s 2024 blacklisting of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In a statement, the ministry said that the move was in reaction to Ottawa declaring the IRGC, the ideological arm of Iran’s military, a terror group “contrary …

iranintl -A surge in Israeli reports and briefings on possible action against Iran could increase the risk of unintended escalation, Israeli security officials cautioned, with a Ynet analysis warning that public discussion may be misread by Tehran at a sensitive moment. The analysis said senior security officials fear that heightened public messaging – often attributed to unnamed senior diplomatic or …

iranintl – Three members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Ground Force were killed on Wednesday “during a mission to secure the country’s borders” in a southeastern area near Zahedan, Iranian state media said. The forces were part of the IRGC’s Quds Base unit and were killed during what authorities described as an encounter with armed militant groups near the border in …

iranintl – A fire that has been burning for almost three weeks in northern Iran’s UNESCO-listed forests has triggered growing criticism of officials for what many describe as indifference, incompetence and a failure to prioritize an escalating environmental disaster. The blaze has affected Elit forest, part of Iran’s Hyrcanian forest belt along the southern Caspian Sea coast, a 50-million-year-old ecosystem …

iranintl – Iranian officials said on Saturday that the massive wildfire burning for a week in the Hyrcanian forest in northern Mazandaran Province was most likely caused by human activity, as authorities investigate suspected attempts to clear forest land for real estate projects. Reza Aflatouni, head of Iran’s Forests Organization, said initial findings “strongly suggest a human cause.” “Expert teams …

iranintl – Iran’s nuclear negotiations have long served to buy time for building atomic weapons, prominent Tehran-based political commentator Sadegh Zibakalam said in a debate published on Tuesday. Zibakalam said the Islamic Republic had hidden behind anti-US and anti-Israel slogans while deceiving the world about its nuclear goals. “You have shouted death to America all your life and done all …

Iranwire – A Kurdish prisoner held in Iran for over two years is in critical condition after authorities denied him medical treatment following torture, a human rights group said on Monday. Loqman Alizadeh, 36, has kidney and intestinal infections, heart problems, and a fractured shoulder while detained at Ghezelhesar Prison near Tehran. Prison officials have refused to transfer him to …