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Iranwire – Iranian health officials have continued to warn against travel during the holidays, but religious ceremonies to mark Fatimiyya, the days when Muslims and especially Shias mourn the martyrdom of Fatimiyya al-Zahra, the youngest daughter of Prophet Mohammad, have continued despite the ban on gatherings. Alireza Raeesi, spokesman for the National Coronavirus Taskforce, said that travel is a very important factor in …

Radiofarda — President-elect Joe Biden’s secretary of state nominee said the incoming administration would seek a “longer and stronger” nuclear agreement with Iran as he laid out a foreign-policy vision for the next four years.However, Antony Blinken also said Washington is a “long way” from reaching a new accord with Tehran, echoing comments made earlier in the day by Biden’s …

Radiofarda – The U.S. Justice Department has filed charges against an Iranian political scientist accused of being an agent for Iran’s government. The Justice Department said on January 19 that Kaveh Afrasiabi, an Iranian citizen with U.S. permanent residency, was arrested at his home in Watertown, Massachusetts the previous day on charges of “acting and conspiring to act as an …

Radiofarda – “They did not even let our family identify my sister’s dead body. My mother used to say that they handed a big thing, somehow a maquette, to us. My sister was smallish, petite, and slim. No one believes that my sister is sleeping down there. We never visited her grave because we do not believe that what is …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner who had been sentenced to death on “drug-related” charges, has been executed at Zahedan Central Prison. According to Iran Human Rights, a male prisoner was executed in the early hours of Tuesday, January 19, in Zahedan Central Prison. The idenitity of the prisoner has been established as Anwar Ali-Zehi, who was sentenced to death …