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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Hits Northeastern Iran, State TV Says

VOA – An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 shook northeastern Iran Thursday, but there was little damage and no casualties, state television reported. The quake was centered on an area near Sangan, a town of about 10,000 people near the border with Afghanistan, at a shallow depth of 8 km (5 miles). “Our near-final report is that about 14 villages have …

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Iran: Eight Men Hanged on the First Day of the New Year

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Eight men were hanged on the early Wednesday morning, January 1st,  at Rajai-Shahr prison, near Tehran. They were all sentenced to qisas (retribution) for murder charges. The execution of a juvenile offender was postponed for a month.   According to IHR sources, on the early morning of Wednesday, January 1, eight men were executed at Karaj city’s …

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Wearing Out a Welcome in Iraq

responsiblestatecraft.org – The scene in the Green Zone in Baghdad easily evokes memories of Tehran forty years ago. A U.S. embassy in the Persian Gulf region is under siege by an angry mob.  The protestors, predominantly young, break through the outer walls of the compound as U.S. diplomats take refuge in a safe room. President Trump implicitly extends the parallel …

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Shahla Riahi, Actress and Iran’s First Female Director, Dies at 92

PayvandNews – Veteran Iranian theater, cinema and television actress, Shahla Riahi, who was also the county’s first female director, has passed away at the age of 92. Shahla Riahi: 1927-2019 Riahi’s son confirmed to IRNA news agency that his mother had died on Tuesday night.Born in Tehran on February 7, 1927, Shahla Riahi, whose real name was Ghodratzaman Vafadoost, began her …

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Higher Gasoline Price In Iran Has Driven 60,000 Fishermen Out Of Business

Radiofarda – A newspaper in Iran has reported that the higher gasoline price announced in November has paralyzed the country’s family fishing industry, affecting 60,000 fishermen. Iran, which is under immense financial pressures due to U.S. sanctions tripled state gasoline prices on November 15 to around 22 US cents a liter or 83 cents a gallon. Even though prices were …

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