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Al-Monitor – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced today that the United States would designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization.” The Wall Street Journal reported April 5 that as early as this week President Donald Trump would designate the IRGC as a “foreign terrorist organization,” an unprecedented move against a national armed force. Iranian officials, as …

Radiofarda – The Islamic Republic President Hassan Rouhani has promised to “swiftly compensate” losses to flood victims, in a cabinet meeting on April 7. Meanwhile, Rouhani called all his cabinet members to prepare an accurate assessment of damages to people’s houses, industrial units, agricultural lands, orchards, and livestock farms. However, Rouhani’s first deputy, Eshaq Jahangiri had earlier admitted regretfully that …

Al-Arabia – Mahan Air, a private Iranian airline accused by the West of transporting military equipment to Middle East war zones, on Monday launched a direct flight to Venezuela, as Tehran voices support for Caracas against a US-backed opposition.Mehr news agency quoted the spokesman of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh as saying that the route was launched in the …

RFL/RE – A British-Iranian woman is facing two years in jail in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) for allegedly insulting her ex-husband’s new wife on Facebook, a campaign group says. The Detained In Dubai campaign group said Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at Dubai airport in March after flying there to attend her ex-husband’s funeral. The group said she faced …

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of more towns and villages threatened by floods in the country’s southwest. With heavy rains drenching much of the country since March 19, floods have swept through hundreds of towns and villages in 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces. At least 70 people have been killed. The oil-producing Khuzestan Province, in southwest Iran, …