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Al-Monitor – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has denied media reports about a possible interim nuclear deal. Speaking to reporters Jan. 10, Saeed Khatibzadeh said, “We want a durable and reliable agreement and any agreement that does not have these two criteria is not on the agenda for us.” Khatibzadeh continued, “We all have to be certain that America’s return [to the original …

RFL/RE – Only a dozen Asiatic cheetahs are left in the wild in Iran, the deputy environment minister said, describing the situation for the highly endangered species as “extremely critical.” “The measures we have taken to increase protection, reproduction, and the installation of road signs have not been enough to save this species,” Hassan Akbari told the Tasnim news agency …

RFL/RE – The United States has warned Iran that it will face “severe consequences” if it attacks any American citizen after Tehran sanctioned 51 U.S. nationals for their alleged role in the death of a powerful Iranian commander two years ago. “Make no mistake: The United States of America will protect and defend its citizens,” Jake Sullivan, the White House …

VOA — Civil servants in one of Iran’s most powerful sectors, the judiciary, held rare demonstrations on Sunday against the government’s refusal to increase their pay. Ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi, who assumed his post in August, had proposed a salary hike in the last weeks of his previous job as judicial chief. But the new government which he leads changed its …

Iran-HRM – A revolutionary court in Mashhad, northeast Iran has sentenced a political prisoner to death. Babak Paknia, the lawyer representing political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani said in a tweet today that his client has been sentenced to death for “corruption on earth.” Mr. Paknia said that he will appeal the conviction within 20 days. According to Paknia, political …