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Radiofarda – The Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Ground Forces on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of supplying “at least three plane-loads of arms and equipment” to Jaish al-Adl, a Sunni separatist group in southeast Iran. Speaking at a gathering of the armed forces on Tuesday, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour said the United States and Saudi Arabia “extensively support” groups such …

Radiofarda – In its annual report on the situation of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Amnesty International (AI) says the renewed wave of mass uprisings were met with brutality and repression during ‘year of defiance.’ “In Iraq and Iran alone, the authorities’ use of lethal force led to hundreds of deaths in protests; in Lebanon …

Radiofarda – One of the primary suspects involved in a massive financial corruption case in Iran’s petrochemical sector has fled the country, a conservative local news outlet close to the Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reported on February 18. “Former executive director of the Iranian Petrochemical Commercial Company (IPCC), Mehdi Sharifi Niknafs, has fled to the United Arab Emirates …

Radiofarda – Iranians remain reluctant to go to the polls and the Supreme Leader is worried as voting day in the February 21 parliamentary elections is just around the corner. Wednesday February 19 is the last day of campaigning and Thursday is the no-campaign day based on regulations. Yet Iranian voters don’t seem to be thrilled by the idea of …

Radiofarda – Chief of Police of Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan has said that Afghan intelligence services have evidence Iran is supplying the Taliban with Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). In an exclusive interview with Radio Azadi (Afghan Service of Radio Liberty/Radio Azadi ) on February 18 General Muhammed Haya said that the Taliban in Farah Province who have received the weapons …