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Al-Monitor – Amid a host of pressing economic grievances, flaring tensions with the West and Israel and a nuclear deal on the edge of collapse, Iran’s longstanding drug problem has fallen by the wayside. Only now and then does the debate resurface to briefly grab headlines and disappear again, as was the case with comments in April by a senior parliamentarian who …

Al-Monitor – Driven apart by clashing regional interests, Turkey and Iran appear headed for a face-off in Syria, with Tehran explicitly opposing Ankara’s plan for a fresh military operation against Kurdish-held areas, wary of risks to its own posture in the region. Turkey has failed to get a green light from the United States to press ahead with the plan, …

Al-Arabia – Germany, the United Kingdom and France on Thursday urged Iran to “cease its nuclear escalation” and “urgently conclude the deal currently on the table” to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement. “There has been a viable deal on the table since March,” they said in a joint statement. “We regret that Iran has not seized the diplomatic opportunity to …

Al-Arabia – Iran has arrested 13 suspected robbers accused of making off with the contents of more than 160 safe boxes from a bank branch in the capital, the judiciary said Friday. “Thirteen suspects in the robbery of Bank Melli were arrested, and large quantities of stolen property have been discovered,” Tehran’s chief prosecutor Ali Salehi said, quoted by the …

RFL/RE – The Iranian Teachers’ Unions Coordination Council has called for a new round of street protests to demand higher wages and the immediate release of detained teachers from previous demonstrations as unrest in Iran continues to spread.The council said in a statement on June 9 that teachers across Iran should hold a protest rally on June 17 after four teachers were …