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Radiofarda – The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has suggested that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s tweets violate Twitter rules about glorifying violence. In a tweet on Friday Ajit Pai posed the question to Twitter and posted several examples of Khamenei’s tweets deemed as “glorifying violence” by him. The tweets quoted by the FCC Chairman are all about …

Radiofarda – A man whose son was shot dead by the Islamic Republic security forces during last November’s widespread anti-regime protests says his tomb has been desecrated. In a video message posted on his Instagram page, Manouchehr Bakhtiari said on Friday, May 29, “Our message for seeking justice has frightened the establishment. They (Islamic Republic agents) visited my Pouya’s shrine …

Reuters – Seeking to deter further shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly warned foreign governments, seaports, shipping companies and insurers that they could face stiff U.S. sanctions if they aid the tanker flotilla, the U.S. envoy on Venezuela told Reuters on Friday. Elliott Abrams, Washington’s special representative on Venezuela, said the pressure campaign targeting heavily …

Radiofarda – A day after a wildfire broke out in the Khaeiz protected area in southwest Iran, local officials declared “emergency crisis alert” on Friday, May 29 and asked for much needed help, having little equipment to confront the fires. The deputy governor has called on the “National Crisis Management” to step in to contain the blaze in the province …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed outgoing Majles Speaker Ali Larijani as his adviser and a member of the Expediency Council, demoting his status to a not-so-influential politician who has to spend his life at a not-so-significant advisory council. Ali Larijani’s rise to power as Majles Speaker was a symbol of the rising power …