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Radiofarda – Almost a week after the Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced its agents abducted a dissident and took him back to Iran, the family of the detainee still has no news about him. In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda Mr. Jamsjid Sharmahd’s daughter says her father has Parkinson’s disease and needs medical help. She also said the family …

Radiofarda – Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi, on Friday met with elite Maglan troops that Israel says thwarted an attack on the Syrian border last week “ordered by Iran”. Four days ago quoting high-ranking sources Haaretz had reported that the military held an Iranian proxy militia responsible for the attempted attack on Syrian border, not Hezbollah. …

Radiofarda – Hengaw Kurdish human rights group on Saturday reported that reliable sources have confirmed Heydar Qorbani (Ghorbani), a Kurdish political prisoner in Iran is to be executed soon. According to Hengaw, the sources have said that the Supreme Court has upheld Qorbani’s sentence – based only on forced confessions — and the verdict will soon be carried out in …

Al-Arabia – A major fire broke out at a market in southern Iran on Sunday killing one, the official IRNA news agency reported. The incident took place in a market on Iran’s Kish Island in the Arabian Gulf. https://vid.alarabiya.net/2020/08/09/iranfire18a2aa19/iranfire18a2aa19___iranfire18a2aa19_video.mp4The fire broke out around 8 a.m. local time and was put out by firefighters two and a half hours later, IRNA …

Al-Arabia – Six members of the Lebanese parliament and one Cabinet minister have resigned following Tuesday’s deadly explosion at Beirut port. Lebanon’s Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad submitted her resignation on Sunday following the blast and public outcry over the government’s response to the disaster. “After the enormous Beirut catastrophe, I announce my resignation from government,” she said in a television statement, …