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RFL/RE – Iraqi security forces have raided the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia near Baghdad, seizing rockets and detaining more than a dozen pro-Iran fighters.The militia group targeted was Kataib Hezbollah, also identified as Brigade 45 of the Hashed al-Shaabi military force, Iraqi government officials said on June 26. The country’s elite Counterterrorism Service (CTS) carried out raid, they said.“Based …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Defense Ministry says there has been an explosion at an Iranian gas-storage facility in an area with a sensitive military site to the east of Tehran.The explosion took place in the “public area” of Parchin rather than the military site, Defense Ministry spokesman Davoud Abdi told Iranian state TV on June 26.Western intelligence services believe Tehran had …

Iran-HRM – A court in Iran has sentenced 42 workers of the Azarab factory, to lashes and prison for participating labor protests to demand months of unpaid wages.The workers are from AzarAb Industries in Arak, a large manufacturing and construction company located in the western province of Markazi.The state-run ILNA News Agency reported Wednesday that the 106th Branch of the …

Iran-HRM – Two protesters detained during November 2019 protests were severely beaten by two non-political inmates who have the support of authorities in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. One of them was stabbed in the side and another in the back. The non-political inmates attacked Ali Ghahremani and Reza Bayat after they objected to the sale of drugs in ward 5 …

VOA – Iran’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday that he believes a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo against his country will be defeated and warned it would be “a very, very big mistake” if the Trump administration then tries to re-impose U.N. sanctions.  Ambassador Majid Ravanchi said restoring U.N. sanctions will end the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and …