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Al-Arabia – Iran said Wednesday that it has “serious concerns” about Israel’s presence in the Caucasus, as tensions mount between Iran and Azerbaijan over Baku’s ties with Israel, a major arms supplier. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The comments came a day after unconfirmed reports in Azerbaijani media said Iran has …

RFL/RE – The open-expression advocacy group PEN America has honored three imprisoned Iranian writers during its annual gala in New York, and awarded them with the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.Keyvan Bajan, Baktash Abtin, and Reza Khandan Mahabadi are “celebrated writers who have been imprisoned by the Iranian authorities for their writing, their defense of free expression, and their …

RFL/RE – Azerbaijan has closed a mosque and an office linked to Iran’s supreme leader in Baku just days after Tehran held military maneuvers close to the two countries’ common border.“The [Husseiniyya] mosque and the office of Seyyed Ali Akbar Ojaghnejad, representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baku, were sealed and closed today by order of the authorities …

Iranwire- Tehran province could face a serious gas shortage over the winter months, the deputy governor for civil affairs has warned. In an announcement on Monday, Abdolreza Cheraghali said the province could be down by as much of 150 million cubic meters of natural gas, but “the necessary planning has been done for autumn and winter” to deal with any issues that …

Iranwire – Mehdi Karroubi, a veteran reformist cleric and leader of the Green Movement who has been under house arrest in Iran for more than 10 years, has used his first in-person public address to reassert his belief in the reformist cause. This week Karroubi was allowed to attend an event at the home of Gholamhossein Karbaschi, secretary-general of the …