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justthenews – Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new prime minister, says renewing the Iran nuclear deal is a “mistake.” “The renewal of the nuclear agreement is a mistake,” Bennett said Sunday in his opening remarks in the Knesset, according to The New York Times. “Israel will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and will maintain full freedom of action.” Bennett’s statement echoes what predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu argued …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities say they have given emergency approval for a domestically developed vaccine against COVID-19 as the country battles the Middle East’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. Health Minister Saeed Namaki told a press conference on June 14 that permission for the emergency use of the vaccine called COVIran Barekat was issued the previous day. The move comes after the country is …

Iranwire – In Shia Muslim doctrine, Zeinab, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, is a symbol of strength, piety and the continuation of the path of the third Shiite Imam. And Narjes, the mother of Imam Zaman [Lord of the Age] and the final, “Hidden” Imam according to Twelver Shiite belief, is similarly revered. It just so happens that …

Iranwire – Mahdieh Golroo is a women’s rights activist who has been repeatedly detained in Iran for her political activity. The former prisoner of conscience has told IranWire that in her experience, jailed LGBT Iranians suffered the worst treatment of all at the hands of the guards. “Heterosexual women and men alone face many problems in prison,” she said. “The …

Al-Arabia – Elections have consequences, even in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nobody knows this better than Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the country’s most powerful person and most important “voter.” Through his agents in Iran’s byzantine bureaucracy, Khamenei intends to make the most of the upcoming presidential election to cement his hardline legacy and promote extreme politics, even after his …