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Al- monitor – Iran is seeing an “alarming” surge in cases, the country’s Health Ministry said Sunday, as it reported its highest one-day tally in more than three weeks.  After registering 2,685 new cases in 24 hours on Sunday — Iran’s worst infection count since July 8 — health officials reported a slightly lower number on Monday. Health Ministry spokesperson Sima Sadat …

Radiofarda – Iranian social media users pushed the hashtag created in support of Kurdish tansborder porters (kolbar) to the top of trending hashtags in Persian on Sunday. During the so-called “Twitterstorm” Sunday evening tweets with the hashtag “Don’t Kill Kolbars” were retweeted more than 100,000. The Twitter storm or protest by hashtags was spurred by several new reports about the …

Al-Arabia – The opening of an Iranian supermarket in Venezuela has drawn criticism from Iranians online who say Tehran should prioritize providing for its people at home, according to reactions on social media. https://vid.alarabiya.net/2020/08/01/iranvenez4dea405e/iranvenez4dea405e___iranvenez4dea405e_video.mp4 An Iranian supermarket named Megasis opened its doors to Venezuelans in the capital Caracas on Wednesday. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel …

Radiofarda – Workers in various industrial sectors in Iran, including oil, gas and petrochemical industries, continued their strikes on Sunday and Monday, amid worsening economic condition and high inflation. According to reports published on social networks and unofficial trade unions, the workers at several refineries and petrochemical companies in the provinces of Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, and Fars entered their second …

Radiofarda – South Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to establish a working group on expanding humanitarian trade as part of efforts to maintain bilateral partnership within the scope of a U.S.-approved sanctions exemption, a South Korean source close to the matter said Sunday, August 2. Seoul says it is seeking to expand humanitarian exports to Iran, …