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Breitbart News – In light of Voice of America News’ (VOA) failure to respond to dozens of FOIA requests over alleged pro-Islamic bias in its Persian reporting, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) filed a lawsuit last week accusing VOA of withholding communications that demonstrate the broadcasting service’s role in disseminating “messages opposed to American interest.”The American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a political watchdog …

Al-Monitor – Members of the Iranian parliament submitted a letter to the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi on April 5, calling on him to take a tougher stand in the currently paused indirect talks with the United States over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. Drafted by hard-line lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian, the letter received signatures from 190 members, more than two thirds …

Al-Arabia – Iran will not “abandon” the case of the killing of its top commander Qassem Soleimani by the US until those responsible for his death are “punished,” a top judicial official said earlier this week. Iran’s Prosecutor-General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri said that Tehran will not “abandon” the case even if it takes “years.” “I assure you that we will not …

Iranwire – Close to 4,000 Iranian doctors applied for a Certificate of Good Standing in order to emigrate to and work in other countries last year, a spokesman for the Iranian Medical System Association has said. Dr. Reza Laripour, a clinician, vice-chancellor at the military’s AJA University of Medical Sciences and the Association’s head of PR, told reporters on Monday …

Iranwire – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful in most Islamic countries keep a fast each day from dawn to dusk, began this year on Sunday, April 3. The very next day in Iran’s Lorestan province, it was reported that several businesses had been closed, and a handful of people arrested, for violating domestic fasting laws. Colonel …