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iranintl – The leader of Iran’s ultra-hardliner Paydari Party is paving the way for the return of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to politics, one of his former aides claims. In an interview with the conservative Khabar Online, excerpts of which were published Monday, Abdolreza Davari alleged that the Secretary General of Paydari, Sadegh Mahsouli, in a recent interview, has signaled to …

Iranwire – Fuel pumps in Iran are reportedly back online a day after a cyberattack paralyzed gas stations across the country, but less than half of stations are still able to take subsidized fuel cards. The CEO of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, Jafar Salari Nesab, said on December 19 that “almost all” gas stations are operational, though only …

Iranwire – In a powerful act of defiance, Iranian singer Khatereh Hakimi has shared a video of herself singing “Safarnak,” accompanied by three women journalists imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin prison. The video, which was posted on social media, shows Hakimi playing the guitar and singing. The journalists Nasim Sultanbeigi, Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi can also be heard singing over …

Iranwire – Iranian Revolutionary Guards have shot dead a transborder porter, or kolbar, in the western province of Kurdistan, according to Kurdish human rights activists. The man, identified as Ali Qaderi from Baneh, was fatally shot without prior warning at the Asnawa crossing on the border with Iraq.  Qaderi, a 52-year-old father of four, was shot in the heart, and …

RFL/RE – Record temperatures, prolonged droughts, and the drying up of rivers and lakes are displacing tens of thousands of Iranians each year, experts say. Many of the climate migrants are farmers, laborers, and fishermen who are moving with their families from the countryside to major urban areas in Iran in search of alternative livelihoods. To mark International Migrants Day …