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iranintl – Iran continues to allow al-Qaeda to facilitate its terrorist activities, a key communication channel to transfer funds and fighters to South Asia, Syria, and elsewhere, the US State Department told Iran International.  The State Department said that “Iran continues to deny al-Qaeda’s presence in the country, despite their knowledge of al-Qaeda leadership figures’ activities there,” the relationship dating back to …

iranintl – The March 1 parliamentary election in Iran has effectively ended as two leading ultraconservative groups reached an agreement to share the list of 30 candidates for Tehran. The hardliner Paydari party, currently the strongest in parliament (Majles) and the Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf concluded the deal on Sunday, after most Reformists and moderates were banned from running in …

Iranwire – Iranian voters will head to the polls on March 1 to elect representatives for the 12th parliament since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.  It will be the first polls since the country was rocked by months of nationwide protests against the Islamic Republic’s political system.  The Woman, Life, Freedom movement protest movement was met with a bloody crackdown that …

Iranwire -Iranian authorities say one person was killed in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan as he and an accomplice attempted to plant a roadside bomb near a police station. Provincial prosecutor Mehdi Shamsabadi said that the act of “terrorism” occurred in the city of Bampur on February 28. According to IranWire sources, the target was the office of a …

Iranwire – Iran is facing record-breaking gas consumption, as a new cold wave sweeps across the country.  Snow, rain and freezing temperatures have forced school closures in several provinces.  While officials cite the cold weather as the reason for the closures, media outlets suggest they are due to gas shortages impacting heating systems.  On February 28, schools in Markazi, South …