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Radiofarda – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is eighty-years-old. For a senior Shi’ite cleric in the Iranian regime, the eighth decade of life does not necessarily mean being closer to death. There are several Shi’ite clergymen in Iran today who are much older than Khamenei, including, to name a few, ayatollahs Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani, 100, …

Radiofarda – In a statement on Sunday, June 9, more than 200 civil and political activists living in and outside of Iran called for unconditional talks between Iran and the U.S. Referencing the Iranian people’s desire for détente with forces around the region and world at large, 225 signatories to the statement called for the public and civil and political …

Radiofarda – In a speech on June 9, the special military adviser and aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, described recent comments by Khamenei as “coded and having a hidden meaning.” Rahim Safavi was referring to Khamenei’s remarks on May 23, when he urged the young Iranian generation to launch an upward movement …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s foreign minister warned the US on Monday that it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance amid a visit by Germany’s top diplomat seeking to defuse tensions. A stern-faced Mohammad Javad Zarif offered a series of threats over the ongoing tensions gripping the Arabian …

Iran-HRM -As the eighth Women’s World Cup was being started in France on June 7, 2019, female football fans were punched and beaten by security guards outside the famous Azadi Stadium in Tehran for seeking to watch the game between the national teams of Iran and Syria. The Women’s World Cup kicked off with nine teams from Europe, six teams from …