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CNBC – Tehran faces rising food prices and food shortages. Iran’s government is running out of options to help stem the costs. A local cook estimates prices have increased by 50% to 100% in the last year. The cost of beef has gone from 380,000 rials a kilo three months ago to nearly 1.2 million rials per kilo, pricing out …

Shabtabnews – On 17th July , on the second day of the annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference, the conference discussed the widespread crackdown on religious freedom around the world , including the suppression of Yazdis, Bahia’s, Christians and Sufis. The representative of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR), Dr Hamid Gharagozloo and Mrs Shahrareh Afshari in …

Radiofarda – The small island nation of Bahrain in the southern part of the Persian Gulf is preparing itself to host an international summit this fall on regional maritime and aviation threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, and Bahraini Foreign Minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa, announced the summit in …

Radiofarda – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday. The quake struck at a depth of 14 kilometres (8.7 miles), acccording to Mehr. The agency did not provide any information about possible casualties or damage. (Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

Al-Arabia – The UK’s defense minister said on Thursday that the country is “rightly concerned” about protecting their goods in the Strait of Hormuz.