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Iranwire – Last week General Rahim Safavi, a former chief commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), claimed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has cured his grandchild of jaundice. In a video released on June 16, Safavi told an audience at the Iranian army’s AJA University of Command that the youngster was yellow down to his belly and, in a panic, he had …

VOA – Iran on Monday hanged a man convicted of killing two clerics and wounding another in an April stabbing attack. Iranian state television identified the man as Abdollatif Moradi. The attack happened at the Iman Reza shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad, a major pilgrimage site for Shiite Muslims. One of the clerics died instantly, while another died …

Iran-HRM – A political activist who is serving his prison sentence in Mashhad’s Vakil Abad Prison in northeastern Iran has been deprived of medical care. Prison officials have banned Hashem Khastar, who is also a teacher from receiving medical care outside of prison because he refuses to be transferred to the hospital with shackles on his hand and feet. According …

Al-Arabia – Police have arrested 120 people for breaking Iran’s segregation and morality rules at a party in the forest in the northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported Sunday. “Members of this illegal tour… were arrested by the morality police and a lawsuit has been filed,” provincial judiciary chief Mohammad Sadegh Akbari said, quoted by state broadcaster IRIB. Akbari …

Al-Arabia – Iran on Saturday told the United Arab Emirates that Tehran gave a high priority to improving ties with its neighbors, Iranian state media reported, a day after the UAE voiced concern over Tehran’s nuclear program. The UAE’s envoy at the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Friday said he hoped Iran would work with the body to provide reassurances …