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iranintl – April 7 marked the sixth month of Hamas-Israel open conflict. Six days before this semi-anniversary, Israel’s April 1 strike on Iran’s embassy in Damascus punctuated an alarming turning point. Israel’s action did not only corner Hezbollah, Iran’s primary quasi-state proxy on the bloody chessboard of their ongoing conflict but have also eliminated key military leaders. Amid various pundits …

iranintl – The US government has assured Israel of military backing, the White House spokesman said Monday, amid reports that Iran could be considering a direct retaliatory attack on Israel. “We know that Iran has made very public threats against Israel itself,” John Kirby said in an ‘on-the-record press gaggle’. “And one of the things that the President said in his …

iranintl – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi asserts that his government maintains transparency regarding the previously undisclosed identities of the banking system’s major debtors. An examination of the data from the Central Bank of Iran unveils that his government is actually the largest debtor among them. “You remember that in an election meeting, they handed the candidates the names of three …

iranintl – A prominent newspaper in Tehran has criticized the government for its lack of an economic plan in the final year in office for President Ebrahim Raisi, whose first term has been marred by multiple crises. Etemad daily reported last week that the budget bill for the current year received only partial approval from the parliament, a situation unprecedented in …

Iranwire – Iranian environmental activists Sepideh Kashani and Taher Qadirian, imprisoned since 2016, were released on Tuesday, just hours after the release of two other activists.  The news spread on social networks, accompanied by a photo of them. On Monday, incarcerated environmental activists Niloofar Bayani and Homan Jokar were also freed from Evin prison. Niloofar Bayani, Sepideh Kashani, Homan Jokar, and …