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Iranwire – Iran’s so-called Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has asserted that some 3,000 to 4,000 children of Islamic Republic officials currently reside abroad. Headquarters secretary-general Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani wrote to the Iranian parliament about the matter on Saturday, saying he was waiting for MPs to intervene. A report by ILNA News Agency quoted …

Iranwire – On Saturday, August 6 the Iranian president’s special representative on Afghan affairs, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced that the Taliban had finally released waters held behind a dam on the Helmand river into Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province. The remarks have been met with incredulity by the MP for Zabul, Habibollah Dehmardeh. In an interview with Rokna News, Deh …

Iranwire – Ex-prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi has issued a new missive from house arrest accusing Iran’s ruling elite of conspiring to create a hereditary leadership model. In comments published by the news website Kaleme on Tuesday, Mousavi, who was confined to his home more than a decade ago after the pro-democracy Green Movement, demanded to know: “Have the dynasties of the …

RFL/RE – A senior commander says Iran’s navy repelled an attack on an Iranian vessel in the Red Sea overnight on August 9-10, but he didn’t identify the type of ship or its attackers. Rear Admiral Mustafa Tajeddini said a destroyer-led flotilla responded to a distress call “and engaged with the attacking boats.” He said the attackers “made off.” The …

CHRI —Prioritizing human rights represents the most effective means for the U.S. to influence Iranian state behavior and address the Islamic Republic’s destabilizing activities, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a new Q&A, “PrioritizingHuman Rights in Iran:A New U.S. Foreign Policy Approach:  Q&A on Recommendations for the U.S. Government” published today. Read the New Policy Q&A  …