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Iranwire — After three semesters with classes held online, universities in Iran are set to reopen for in-person classes imminently. The decision was met with widespread opposition but Iranian officials have insisted reopenings proceed according to plan. For now at least, unvaccinated students at many institutions have been told to stay at home. Islamic Azad University, one of the biggest …

Iran-HRM – Intelligence and security forces in Behbahan arrested Mohsen Ghanavati, Payam Jaihouni, and Amin Moradi and took them to the intelligence detention center in Ahvaz and the Prison of Behbahan. They took Mohsen Ghanavati to the Prison of Behbahan. Amin Moradi and Payam Jaihouni are in an intelligence detention center in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province. The security …

Al-Monitor – After a heated parliamentary session Nov. 16, Iranian lawmakers refused to give a vote of confidence to Masoud Fayyazi, who had been proposed by hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi to run Iran’s Education Ministry.   The 46-year-old conservative jurisprudence expert fell short by 16 votes of the required threshold of approval from half of the 260 present lawmakers. The vote came as …

Iranwire – Iran’s deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare has announced that the country records 13,000 work-related accidents every year, of which 700 to 800 are fatal. If correct, this would mean around three Iranians per 100,000 in formal employment are killed at work each year: a relatively high ratio compared other countries, even before the informal sector …

Iranwire – Defence Minister of Colombia Diego Molano has surprised many with a statement that will undoubtedly have diplomatic consequences: “Iran and Hezbollah are enemies of the country”. Colombia, he said, is monitoring Hezbollah after accusing the militant group of carrying out criminal activities within its borders. Molano’s remarks came during an official visit by the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, …