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Radiofarda – Iran’s Judiciary on Thursday summoned another signatory of a 77-signature opposition statement condemning the bloody suppression of November protests for “Propaganda Against the Islamic Republic”. The family of Isa Saharkhiz, a reformist journalist, published an image of the court order today on social media platforms. Saharkhiz who has five days to appear in court has previously been imprisoned …

Radiofarda – Spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC), Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif, has accused the media of misquoting recent remarks made by a veteran IRGC General, threatening to reduce Tel Aviv to ashes from the Lebanese territory. Earlier on Tuesday, December 10, Mizan, a conservative website in Iran had cited the IRGC General Morteza Qorbani as saying, “If …

RFL/RE – U.S. Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley testified about the Department of Defense activities in Syria and the Middle East. While the hearing chaired by Representative Adam Hill closely focused on the recent pullout of U.S. troops from Syria and the Turkish incursion, questions about the DoD’s activities about Iran …

Radiofarda – Iran’s security chief Ali Shamkhani has claimed that “85 percent of protesters shot to death in the Tehran County during the mid-November anti-government protest had nothing to do with protest gatherings.” Shamkhani, who according to the Iranian administration’s spokesperson Ali Rabiei, has prevented the releasing of the protest casualty toll, however, claimed that the victims have “shot each …

Al-Arabia – Iraq’s top Shi’a cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday condemned recent killings and kidnappings of protesters, urging the state to assert control over the widespread use of weapons. He also called on the armed forces to remain professional, loyal to the state and free from foreign influence, a representative of al-Sistani said during a sermon on Friday …