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gatestoneinstitute.org – With the exception of this year, since 1989 Tehran has hosted an annual “End of America” conference attended by anti-Americans from across the globe. The “end of America” dream has not been, and may never be, realized, for at least two reasons…. America, perhaps above all, is an idea that, even if formulated as a myth, as most …

Radiofarda – Defending his performance in the coronavirus crisis Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki has praised the “management pattern” of the disease in the country as “unique” and “unmatched” in the world. There are also reports on the possibility of reopening Shiite holy shrines in the cities of Mashhad, Qom and Shiraz. As the month of fasting, Ramadan (April 23) …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s official website has launched a new portlet to raise funds to help those who have been hit by COVID-19. The website accepts cash donations under the tabs “religious funds” from people who want to atone their sins for missing prayers or fasting obligations during Ramadan. Now it has added …

Radiofarda – Official Turkish statistics released on Friday shows Iranians have continued buying houses in neighboring Turkey despite the escalating coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute’s latest report released on Friday, with 465 properties purchased in the past month and a total of 1,864 in the past three months Iranian citizens are at the top …

Radiofarda – The police commander in Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan Province says that in the last 12 months the government confiscated more than 6,000 illegal weapons. The police chief Haydar Abbasszadeh added that “an abundance of weapons” is one of the serious threats in the province, the official news agency IRNA reported on Friday, April 17. Khuzestan has a substantial Arab-speaking …