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Radiofarda – The “project to oust the Syrian strongman, Bashar al-Assad” is a “big American-Zionist lie”, says a former senior Iranian diplomat and a current advisor to the speaker of parliament. In a tweet on Sunday, May 17, Hossein Amirabdollahian insisted that “Bashar al-Assad is the legal President of Syria and the great leader in the combat against takfiri terrorism …

Radiofarda – Iran yesterday warned the United States not to interfere with a convoy of five Iranian tankers heading towards Venezuela and loaded with approximately 220-240 million litters of gasoline. According to TankerTrackers.com an oil shipping analysis firm, five Iranian flagged tankers FORTUNE, PETUNIA, FOREST, FAXON and CLAVEL were loaded in the Persian Gulf Port Shahid Rajaee in March and April. At …

Radiofarda – Iranian parkour athlete and photographer Alireza Japalaghy has been detained, his brother said on May 18. Japalaghy reportedly said in a video posted before his arrest that he had been summoned by security officials just days after he posted photos and a video where he was seen kissing an unidentified woman who was wearing a sports bra and …

Radiofarda – An Iranian news agency on Monday reported that the outgoing Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani may be proposed for the position of secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. In its report Fars News Agency, which has close ties to the Revolutionary Guard, claimed that the “circles close to Larijani” have decided to propose him for the position, presumably …

Radiofarda – Iranian lawmakers on Monday voted for a “double urgency” motion which obliges the Foreign Ministry to take measures to establish a “virtual” Iranian embassy or consulate for Palestine. Article 2 of the proposed law requires the Foreign Ministry to submit its plan for establishing the virtual embassy of the Islamic Republic. Since its establishment the Islamic Republic has …