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VOA – With Syria’s eight-year war waning, many foreign fighters who have fought in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are returning to their home countries. Some of those fighters are Iranian-backed Afghan refugees. Since 2011, Iran has sent thousands of undocumented Shi’ite Afghan refugees to Syria to fight alongside forces of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iran’s elite …

VOA — In the latest escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump on Monday labeled Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization — an unprecedented move that marks the first time the U.S. has formally named another country’s military as terrorists. Experts say the decision will likely raise the already strained relationship …

CHRI – Michael White Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment US Navy veteran Michael White was repeatedly taken to court in Iran without an attorney or a translator before he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in March 2019, a family representative told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). During an April 3 interview, the family’s rep Jonathan Franks informed CHRI …

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 …