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CHRI – Iranian actress Maryam Moghaddam (also referred to as Moqadam), has written an open letter to Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi asking why she was suddenly barred from working on a movie. “Mr. Minister! This is the state of the film industry you are in charge of: I was pulled from a film project on the …

Al-Monitor – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid an official visit to Turkey on April 17, following his visit to Syria the previous day. Although bilateral issues were a part of the agenda of Zarif’s meetings in both countries, the timing of the trip and the content of his talks in Damascus and Ankara indicated that his diplomatic tour was, …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has claimed on Friday that his officers have identified tens of U.S. spies outside Iran. Speaking before the Friday prayers in Tehran on April 19, Alavi said his ministry has identified “290 CIA spies” in various countries, Iranian official news agency IRNA quoted him as saying. Alavi said: “CIA spies were identified and …

Radiofarda – Four Iranian republican parties and political organizations have condemned the presence of foreign militia, including the Iraqi Hashd al-Sha’bi in flood stricken areas of Iran and have called for deporting them from the country. The four groups, namely the Union of Iranian Republicans, The National Front of Iran, the Solidarity of Iranian Republicans and the Leftist Party of …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sent a letter to his counterparts around the world warning against U.S. intentions to directly confront Iran. Arguing that Washington’s decision to designate the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”, is “supported and triggered by some ideological elements within the current US administration”, Zarif says …