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Kurdish Kolbar Dies in Avalanche While Working in Sarvabad

Iranwire – A Kurdish border porter died in an avalanche in the highlands of Sarvabad on Sunday. Amin Hosseini, from Darki village, was caught in the avalanche while working in the Jalaneh Pass area around noon. His body was later transferred to a medical center. Hosseini, who was married with four children, worked as a kolbar, carrying goods across the Iran-Iraq …

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Trump: Iran ‘Frightened’ After Air Defense Losses, Prefers Deal Over Conflict

Iranwire – President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran is “frightened” after losing critical air defense systems and would be eager to negotiate with the United States, expressing his preference for diplomacy over potential Israeli military action. “Iran is very frightened… because their defense is pretty much gone,” Trump told Fox News, referring to Israel’s October strikes, which U.S. officials …

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Iran Executes Three More People, Total Reaches 99 in 40 Days

Iranwire – Three prisoners were executed in Tabriz and Zanjan prisons, according to the Iran Human Rights Organization, as Iran continues to carry out death sentences. On Sunday, Shahram Manafzadeh, 33, and Farhad Abdoli, 29, were executed at Tabriz Central Prison. Both men, who worked as industrial workers in a milling workshop, were convicted of rape in the same case. …

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Public Anger Rises As Iran’s Economy Worsens

RFL/RE – Public outrage is mounting in Iran as the country’s struggling economy worsens under crippling U.S. sanctions. The national currency plunged to a record low on February 11 soon after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the restart of a “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic republic. In response, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to dismiss the prospect of negotiations with …

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Iran pardons journalists who covered woman’s death that triggered protests

VOA – Iran’s top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists who uncovered the death of a young woman in police custody, the judiciary’s news outlet, Mizan, said Tuesday. The case triggered widespread protests in 2022. Journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi had been sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively, by an Iranian Revolutionary Court in 2023 for …

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