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Al-Arabia – A group of Shia Muslim children in Houston, Texas, sang an Iranian-sponsored religious anthem that includes references to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and slain military commander Qassem Soleimani last week, videos shared online showed. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/07/29/Iran-state-media-share-video-of-US-children-singing-Tehran-sponsored-religious-anthem The event was organized by the Islamic Education Center of Houston, according to a post on the organisation’s Facebook page. Video of …

RFL/RE – A Swedish citizen has been arrested in Iran on espionage charges, Iranian state media reported on July 30, without providing details on the suspect’s identity or the date of their detention. The announcement comes amid diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Stockholm after a Swedish court sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for the mass execution …

gatestoneinstitute.org – In 2015, the European powers — France, Germany and the United Kingdom — changed their Iran policy from imposing pressure to adopting diplomacy. The diplomatic route included lifting oil and gas sanctions on Iran as well as removing some Iranian individuals and entities from the list of countries to be sanctioned. According to the preface of the Joint …

VOA – Rescuers searched for the missing in Iran on Friday after landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 53 people, officials said. Mehdi Valipour, head of emergency operations at the Red Crescent Society, told state TV that 16 people were still missing after two days of floods that have affected 400 towns and villages in 18 …

Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities amputated the fingers of a prisoner convicted of theft on July 27. Former political prisoner Arash Sadeghi tweeted the news the same day saying that the prisoner’s fingers were cut off in the infirmary of Tehran’s Evin prison. Mr. Sadeghi identified the prisoner as P.T. Iranian judicial had previously denied the implementation of amputation sentences for …