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Radiofarda – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to opposition lawmakers’ questions in the Parliament on Monday and said he has defended Iran’s missile program more than anyone else.. “I have played my role by defending all of the policies of the Islamic Republic. Nobody has defended Iran’s missile force as much as I have,” Zarif told the Parliament. …

Radiofarda – Two prominent Italian stage directors have decided not to participate in the Islamic Republic’s annual Fajr Theater Festival, after Iranian artists urged them to stay away. A poster of FAJR international theater festival showcasing Romeo Castellucci (L) and Eugenio Barba Italian stage directors. FILE photo The organizers of the 38th Fajr Festival confirmed Sunday, January 19, that the …

AL-Arabia – The Iraqi National Security Council authorized security forces to arrest those who blocked roads durig the protests, according to Al Arabiya sources. Meanwhile, the Baghdad Operations Command confirmed its full commitment to the outgoing Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi’s directions in protecting peaceful demonstrators and securing the main demonstration square in Baghdad, Tahrir Square, and surrounding areas, the …

Al-Arabia – Canada on Sunday repeated its request that Iran quickly hand over to France or Ukraine black boxes from the Ukrainian airliner which Tehran’s forces accidentally shot down. Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne said he had spoken with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the subject. “I repeated Canada’s position that the black boxes be sent …

RFL/RE – A trial for a German-Afghan national suspected of spying for Iranian intelligence is set to commence on January 20 in the city of Koblenz in Germany.Identified as Abdul Hamid S. according to Germany privacy laws, the 51-year-old former interpreter and adviser for the German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, was arrested a year ago in the Rhineland region of …