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RFL/RE – A loud blast was heard in northern Tehran early on July 10 after an “unknown object” exploded in a park, Iran’s state-controlled television reported. It wasn’t clear what had caused the blast. “An unknown object exploded…. There was no damage and no one was hurt,” the report said. Tehran Deputy Governor Hamid Reza Gudarzi, who is in charge …

Jpost – The European Parliament passed a resolution dated Wednesday, urging that sanctions be imposed on Iranian regime officials for the imprisonment and executions of EU nationals.According to the resolution’s language, the EU Parliament called on the European Council, “to consider further targeted sanctions, including freezing the assets of the Iranian regime officials and entities involved in the arbitrary detention …

Iranwire – On the last day of the Iranian week ending on Thursday July 8, the daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Iran suddenly exceeded 23,000. While the Delta variant has been fueling the fifth wave of coronavirus infections, Iran’s vaccination program has remained steeped in a quagmire of mismanagement. Once in a while, shipments of Covid-19 vaccines do …

Iranwire – This week US officials said the Islamic Republic of Iran has not yet stated its readiness for the seventh round of indirect talks in Vienna over a potential return to the JCPOA. For Hassan Rouhani’s government, which will formally be dissolved on August 5, the clock is ticking on a final opportunity to save face. Meanwhile, reports from Iran indicate that …

Iranwire – The secretary of Iran’s Natural Disaster Task Force has said hundreds of large plains in the country are at risk of subsidence due to decreased level of underground water. Ali Baitollahi, secretary of the nationwide working group, which was set up in 2002 and answers to the Interior Ministry, told ISNA news agency that no fewer than 609 tracts of …