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Radiofarda – On January 20 Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guard appointed Mohammad Hejazi as Vice-Commander of the Qods (Quds) Force, a development that signals even more impetus to the role of Iran’s extra-territorial military-intelligence unit. Brigadier General Hejazi is not new to the Qods Force. His footsteps have been seen in Lebanon very recently where according to the Israel Defence …

Radiofarda – The latest report on inflation by Iran Statistical Center (ISC) says foodstuff prices have climbed 30 percent compared with last year, in an unrelenting trend of rising inflation and prices in the sanctions-hit country. ISC is the only entity issuing sporadic economic reports in Iran since March 2019, when the Central Bank and other government offices stopped issuing …

Al-Arabia – Iran has asked the US and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, a request that will add to international frustration at Tehran’s failure to send the recorders abroad for analysis. Canada, 57 of whose citizens were among the 176 people killed in the crash, has said France should handle the …

Al-Arabia – At least two people were killed by Iraqi security forces when they fired at demonstrators in the cities of Karbala and Baghdad, according to Al Arabiya sources on Tuesday. Demonstrators blocked major roads in the capital Baghdad, as well as the governorates of Najaf, southwest of the capital Baghdad, and the city of Karbala, in central Iraq. They …

Al-Arabia – Two rockets have landed near the US embassy in Baghdad located in the heavily fortified Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, according to security sources. Sirens could be heard across the zone immediately after the rockets made impact. The US has blamed Iran-backed paramilitary groups for a spate of similar attacks in recent months on the Green Zone, …