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RFL/RE – One person was killed and three were wounded in a bomb explosion in southeastern Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, blaming a “terrorist group” linked to Tehran’s enemies.The attack reportedly occurred in the city of Saravan, the site of recent violence, in the restive Sistan-Baluchistan Province.A group “linked to global arrogance,” a phrase that in Iranian media …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Muslims do not want democracy. Anyone who says democratic republic is an enemy of Islam. All our miseries are caused by those who demand freedom. They want to build a Western society for Muslims in which you are free and independent but without a God, a prophet, or Imam. Without prayers and without martyrdom which is the highest …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei welcomed the Persian New Year, predicting in a live televised speech on March 20 that it will be one of “production, support, and removal of barriers.” “There is good ground for a production leap,” Khamenei said, adding that the government needs to get rid of legal obstacles to higher output and growth …

RFL/RE – Akram Neghabi has been searching for her son for more than two decades, despite threats, state pressure, and numerous futile attempts to get information from Iranian officials. Neghabi’s son, computer science student Saeed Zeinali, was arrested at his home in the Iranian capital in July 1999, a few days after big student protests at Tehran University that were met with …

Iranwire – Four decades on from the 1979 Islamic Revolution, very few old Iranian traditions and symbols have escaped the Islamic Republic’s ridicule and hostility. From an unsuccessful attempt to destroy Persepolis to waging a war of profanities against historical and mythological Iranian heroes, Islamic Republic’s leaders have been consistent in their attacks on Persian heritage. Nevertheless, these leaders’ assault on the traditions and …