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iranintl – Top secret intelligence documentation obtained by a hacktivist group reveals Tehran targeted dozens of Iran International TV staff with financial bans and threats to their families amid protests in 2019. The network was aware of the intimidation tactics at the time, but the documents, obtained by Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice) hackers, offer indisputable proof that Iran’s Intelligence Ministry …

iranintl – With only ten days remaining before the March 1 elections in Iran, politicians are still weighing the advantages and disadvantages of participating in the vote amidst broad government electoral manipulations. “Reformists cannot participate in meaningless, non-competitive, unfair, and ineffective elections in governing the country.” This is strategy number 4 of the Iranian Reformist Front’s statement on the 2024 elections. …

iranintl – The hacktivist group Edalat-e Ali has disclosed a major breach in the servers of the Iranian judiciary, boasting access to a vast repository comprising millions of files and a treasure trove of confidential documents. The documents encompass a spectrum of sensitive subjects, ranging from internal deliberations within the National Security Council following the death of Mahsa Amini to efforts …

iranintl – Babak Zanjani, an Iranian oil sales middleman sentenced to death for embezzling the proceeds, may be released, as the judiciary has confirmed that his overseas assets were transferred to the country to settle his debts. Zanjani, a regime insider once hailed as Iran’s wealthiest man, was tasked with exporting oil circumventing international sanctions in the early 2010s when …

Iranwire – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji has said that Israel was behind last week’s attack on Iranian gas pipelines. “This was a plot orchestrated by the Israelis,” Owji told reporters on February 21. “The enemy’s aim was to disrupt domestic gas supplies in major provinces,” he added.  Israeli authorities usually do not comment on overseas operations. Owji initially referred to …