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Radiofarda – Recent remarks by Iran’s education minister about 14 million schoolchildren being ready to go to war, has led to public outcry and condemnations among Iranians. Iranian officials have been making bellicose remarks in recent weeks after tensions flared with the United States. The Iranian Society for the Protection of the Rights of Children has released a public letter May 12 …

RFL/RE – Iran is concerned about the U.S. cutting off internet connection to the country and is mulling “drills” to make sure its banking and other vital services could work in such an environment A “task force” has been set up to “combat U.S. cyber threats,” Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology said on Monday, May 13. “To neutralize …

Al-Arabia – An American military team’s initial assessment is that Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies used explosives Sunday to blow large holes in four ships anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a US official said Monday. The official said each ship has a 5- to 10-foot hole in it, near or just below the water line, and the …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has declared the Islamic Republic is “too great to be intimidated by anyone” in a late night meeting with clerics. “God willing we will pass this difficult period with glory and our heads held high, and defeat the enemy,” Rouhani said late Monday as he met Sunni clerics to mark the holy Muslim month …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in New Delhi for talks with his Indian counterpart after India halted imports of Iranian oil in the wake of renewed U.S. sanctions.Speaking ahead of the May 14 talks, Zarif said he had traveled to India to discuss the “most recent developments in the region as well as our bilateral relations” …