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Radiofarda – A new version of the third-grade math textbook no longer features images of girls in school uniforms on the cover. Meanwhile, the schoolboys’ image has been kept untouched on the cover of the newly-published textbook for the new Iranian academic year. Iran–Third-grade math textbook no longer features images of girls. The previous version of the boom for the …

Radiofarda – The chairman of the Islamic City Council of Tehran, Mohsen Hashemi, has shared that the bid to build the city’s line 7 metro was granted to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-linked Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KCH) under pressure from Tehran’s former mayor. IRGC Brigadier-General Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who served as mayor of Tehran for twelve years, is …

Radiofarda – In a joint letter to the leaders across the globe, 22 international human rights organizations are advocating for the establishment of a select committee at the next gathering of the UN’s Council of Human Rights to investigate “the grave violation of human rights in Iran” during and after the November 2019 protests. “We, the undersigned human rights organizations, …

VOA – President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has agreed to recognize Israel, following a similar deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month. The agreement is another sign of the shifting dynamic in the Middle East, one that brings Arab nations closer to Israel and is seen as isolating Palestinians. From …

VOA – A jailed Iranian blogger is intensifying his campaign to raise international awareness about worsening conditions at the notorious prison where he is detained, saying in a new audio recording that coronavirus-infected inmates are not being sent to hospitals until near death. In the audio message recorded this month and sent to VOA Persian by a source, citizen journalist …