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RFL/RE – The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Iranian port city of Abadan has reached 37 as demonstrators continued to protest what they see as widespread negligence and corruption among officials. Officials said on June 1 that another body had been found under the rubble, bringing to 37 the number of those killed while …

RFL/RE – Protesters have again taken to the streets in several Iranian cities, with some shouting “Death to Khamenei,” as the death toll in the collapse of a building in the city of Abadan rose to 34. The collapse of a large section of the 10-story Metropol building that was under construction was one of Iran’s deadliest such disasters in …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The goal of Iran’s mullahs is to spread their control to as many countries as possible by using their terrorist proxies, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi militia in Yemen. Iran’s rulers are also seeking to increase their political influence in these countries. They aim to turn Iran …

Iranwire – In 2008, the Baha’i International Community published the names of 221 Iranian Baha’is who had been murdered or executed in the three decades since the Islamic Revolution. The youngest on this list was Payman Sobhani Ezabadi, a resident of Saravan in the southwestern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, who was only 15 at the time. Based on his …

Iranwire – The housing situation in many Iranian cities, both inner city and on the margins, is becoming more insecure by the day. Building safety standards have fallen; engineering experts believe that in the past five decades the useful life of buildings in Iran has fallen from an average of 32 years to 26. The collapse of the 10-storey Metropol tower in …