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Guardian – Iran’s state hospitals and clinics are no longer performing vasectomies or giving out contraceptives in an attempt to revive flagging population growth, a senior health official has told state media. Iranian women were now having 1.7 children on average, well below the 2.2 required to maintain the population, Hamed Barakati, director general of the Ministry of Health’s Office …

Radiofarda – The Center for the Management of Female Islamic Seminaries in Iran has lambasted human rights advocates for protesting child marriage. Referring to the case of the fourteen-year-old Romina Ashrafi whose father recently beheaded her for eloping, the fundamentalist center said in a statement on Monday, June 15, that the groups against child marriage should also be charged in …

Major European powers want to admonish Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog over its ongoing refusal to give access to inspectors at sites suspected of activities that may have been part of a nuclear weapons program, a draft resolution showed.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued two reports this year rebuking Iran for failing to answer questions about nuclear activities almost two decades …

Radiofarda – The White House National Security Council on Monday said it supports the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi’s call on Iran to fully and immediately cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. The world must come together to stop the Iranian regime’s blatant disregard of the IAEA, the White House National Security Council said in a tweet and added: …

Radiofarda – Like its Latin American ally, Venezuela, Iran appears to be rebranding its crude oil destined for China in Malaysia to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Data provided to Radio Farda by oil tanker tracking and intelligence firm Kpler indicates that Iran has suddenly increased oil exports to Malaysia since January. At the same time, official figures show a huge drop …