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iranintl – Worsted in war and sapped by sanctions, the Islamic Republic remains determined to quash with deadly force any domestic move to topple it, former CIA case officer Reuel Marc Gerecht told Iran International. Few understand the stakes better than former CIA case officer Reuel Marc Gerecht, a man who once risked his life to enter Iran on his …

iranintl – Iran’s latest spell of heavy air pollution is disrupting daily life and raising health fears, with school closures in some provinces and residents reporting acute respiratory symptoms as smog blankets cities and even smaller towns. In comments sent to Iran International, residents described daily life under heavy haze in blunt, personal terms. A resident of Urmia in northwest Iran …

iranintl – A hardline Iranian lawmaker on Monday cited months-old comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as a sign Moscow might be prepared to provide Iran with nuclear weapons. Kamran Ghazanfari said Russia and China would support Iran’s potential withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), adding that the move would increase the country’s “nuclear and military capability.” “China …

iranwire – Hassan Rouhani is in a strange spot – he has no official power and was barred from the Assembly of Experts, yet people still talk about him as a possible future leader. Analysts told IranWire that this paradox shows a clear truth about Iranian politics: even as the system pushes Rouhani aside, he could still make a political comeback. …

iranwire – Schools, universities, and government offices across multiple Iranian provinces were closed or shifted to remote operations as air pollution reached critical levels in major cities. The closures followed decisions by emergency task forces after air quality indexes in eight major cities reached critical or unhealthy levels, Iranian media reported. Hassan Abbasnejad, secretary of Tehran province’s air pollution emergency …