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Iranwire – Furious protests broke out in the Iraqi governorate of Karbala this week after an activist was assassinated and a TV journalist shot in the head in attacks blamed on Iran-backed militias. On Sunday, May 9 unidentified gunmen murdered Ihab Jahad al-Wazni, a prominent civil rights campaigner, in front of his house in Karbala’s Al-Haddad Street. Al-Wazni had railed …

VOA – Iran’s former firebrand president will run again for office in upcoming elections in June, raising the possibility of a bolstered hardline leadership at a time of tense negotiations with the West.  Thronged by shouting supporters, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marched to a registration center at the Interior Ministry where he filled out registration forms. He held up his hands in …

Iran-HRM – The spread of Covid-19 among nurses in Iran has become a disaster. Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam, the General Director of the Nurse’s House, announced in April that at least 130 nurses in Iran have died of the virus so far. He said nurses were being “massacred” in hospitals due to the vaccine delay. Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam said that since …

Al-Monitor – The registration of candidates for Iran’s June 18 presidential election officially began in the country’s Interior Ministry headquarters May 11 and will continue for five days. According to Iranian media, on the very first day 57 hopefuls showed up for registration. Traditionally, candidates standing valid chances of victory hold off their appearance until only a few hours before the deadline. Yet at …

foreigndesknews – As the terrorist organization Hamas continues to indiscriminately fire hundreds of rockets into Israel, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is encouraging Palestinians to continue the fight against the Jewish state. “There’s one destructive force behind all the recent violence in Israel and the region. The world’s top sponsor of terrorism and anti-Semitism – the regime in Iran,” said …